ABBA: Waterloo

ABBA: Waterloo
  • Release date: 1 Apr 1974
  • Release year: 1974
  • Runtime: 3 minutes
  • Country: Sweden
  • Keywords: reference to napoleon, 20th century, 1970s, music video
Plot:
"Waterloo" is the first single from the Swedish pop group 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. "Waterloo" was written specifically to be entered into the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. "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.
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