The Winner Takes It All

"The Winner Takes It All"
Single by ABBA
from the album Super Trouper
B-side	"Elaine"
Released	21 July 1980 (1980-07-21)
Recorded	1980
Genre	Pop
Length	4:54 (album version) 4:20 (US promo edited version)
Label	Polar
Songwriter(s)	Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Producer(s)	Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"I Have a Dream" (1979) "The Winner Takes It All" (1980) "On and On and On" (1980)
Music video
"The Winner Takes It All" on YouTube

"The Winner Takes It All" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group's seventh studio album, Super Trouper (1980), it is a ballad in the key of G-flat major, reflecting on the end of a relationship. The single's B-side was the non-album track "Elaine". The song peaked at No.1 in several countries, including the UK, where it became their eighth chart-topper. It was also the group's final top 10 hit in the United States. It was written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, with Agnetha Fältskog singing the lead vocal.

In a 1999 poll for Channel 5, "The Winner Takes It All" was voted Britain's favourite ABBA song. This feat was replicated in a 2010 poll for ITV. In a 2006 poll for a Channel Five programme, "The Winner Takes It All" was voted "Britain's Favourite Break-Up Song."