The Winner Takes It All
ABBA
1981
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1980
Release: 1980Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The official album history dates the original single to July 1980, before Super Trouper; the album's November day is not assigned to this earlier single.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1980.html, 1981.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
The making of Super Trouper
Original 1980 album and recordings, The Winner Takes It All single in July 1980, Our Last Summer, and later 1981 single issue of Lay All Your Love on Me.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Inspired by Björn Ulvaeus' divorce from bandmate Agnetha Fältskog.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1981.html, song-list position 24
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1981 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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