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On this day in 1974, whilst on their first American tour, Swedish group ABBA scored their first US top 10 hit when “Waterloo” went to No.6.
"Waterloo" is the first single from ABBA's second album, “Waterloo” and their first under the Epic and Atlantic labels. This was also the first single to be credited to the group performing under the name ABBA.
On 6th April 1974 the song was the winning entry for Sweden in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. The victory began ABBA's path to worldwide fame. The Swedish version of the single was a double A-side with "Honey, Honey" (Swedish version), while the English version usually featured "Watch Out" on the B-side.
"Waterloo" was written specifically to be entered into the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, after the group finished third with "Ring Ring" the previous year in the Swedish pre-selection contest, Melodifestivalen 1973.
"Waterloo" is about a woman who "surrenders" to a man and promises to love him, referencing Napoleon's surrender at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The single became a No.1 hit in several countries and went on to sell nearly six million copies, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.
The song shot to No.1 in the UK and stayed there for two weeks, becoming the first of the band's nine UK No.1's, and the 16th biggest selling single of the year in the UK. It also topped the charts in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, West Germany, Ireland, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland, while reaching the Top 3 in Austria, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and ABBA's native Sweden.
At the 50th anniversary celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, it was chosen as the best song in the competition's history.
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