The lyrics for this song were written by her ex-husband Bjorn (plaing the guitar beside her) he wrote it from his viewpoint after their recent split, but he thought it rang true when she sung it. When asked how it felt for her to sing those lyrics she said "it was like playing a part, but I couldn't let my feelings take over, it was quite a while afterwords that I realised we had made a small masterpiece "
Fantastic song, the most beautiful ever !! Agnetha fantastic, beautiful when she smiles, even more so when she is sad (but I wish she had never been sad!) The phrase: " But tell me does she kiss like i used to kiss you " is the most powerful that has ever been written in a song! Goose bumps. I really like Agnetha at the end when she says: "But you see": there you can see that she has the strength to get up and go on and she made it!
I can't help but mentally jump to the Alanis Morissette song with the "But tell me...." There's a woman who doesn't see losing someone as losing which is the way it should be
ABBA are legends. The day before you came, The name of the game, Happy new year, Fernando. If you want to, you have a rabbit hole to dig into here. LEGENDS with great melodies and lyrics. They even have their own museum here in Sweden.
One of the greatest break up songs ever written and even more powerful considering it’s Agnetha that’s going through it too …… stunning and always gives me a tear or two ….. ABBA at their finest .. 🎼🎶🎷🎵❤️❤️🥲💔🥃🥃🙏🏼🙏🏼🏴🏴
Listen closely to the line "I played all my cards". (emphasis on word "cards". It's a subtle thing but the break in her voice and the way it is more spoken than sung conveys so much emotion and shows just what a talented vocalist Agnetha was/is.
What I don't get is, if he wrote the song for Agnetha, does he consider himself the winner? Of the break up? If so, that's really messed up.... I always loved this song but for me it was always clearly about winning or losing. A job opening, an exam, a referall. To someone more apt for this. When two people decide to go separate ways, why would there be a winner and loser unless those two are incredibly immature....
There are so many lovely people on your channel ready to give advise, supply information. You are truly are a lovely person who gives it as it is. Don’t stop or I will be lost without this!
Love ABBA, Winner takes it all is a sweepingly magnificent song, sung to perfection by Agnetha, please react to If it wasn’t for the nights (Japan), a B side of theirs, but a killer track.
This is exactly the Abba Album with which I started to admit to like them. Had it as a Christmas present from my parents. Before, I was with all the other boys- Abba was a "No Go". Since then I have collected all Abba Albums, appreciated all their songs. Made Abba a part of my live. The sadness behind I started to understand when my parents got divorced 3 years later...
ABBA stands for Agnetha Faltskog Bjorn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson and Annifrid Frid Lyngstad. Their manager stig anderson took the initials of their names and made ABBA. Agnetha and Bjorn( The girl with the blond and the guy playing the guitar in the video) were married in 1971 their marriage was on rocky grounds at the height of ABBA's success in 1978. they separated in december 1978 and their divorce was filed in 1980 and when their divorce was filed the title the winner takes it all came to bjorn ulvaeus's mind. the song is about the pain of that divorce. Annifrid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson (The girl with the red hair and the guy playing the piano in the video)were engaged in 1971 but did not marry until the height of ABBA's success in october 1978. 2 years after the marriage it went on rocky grounds for some reason. On November 26 1980 they separated and in late 1981 their divorce was filed. ABBA wrote the song When all is said and done for that divorce. Shortly after the filing of the 2 divorces in the group the song one of us was written and sung entailing the end of a love story and the pain of the 2 divorces in the group
@@DereckReacts React to these next Dancing Queen Take A Chance On Me Waterloo The Name Of The Game Fernando Knowing Me Knowing You Sos I do I do I do I do I do Does Your Mother Know Honey Honey When All Is Said And Done Chiquitita Money Money Money Angel Eyes The Visitors Voulez-Vous One Of Us
This video was performed via satellite at the time. There were threats made at the time...kidnapping I think, and the group decided to remain in Sweden and broadcast from there. This was one of three songs performed. Super Trouper, The Winner Takes It All, and On & On & On were performed.
Yes, you are right. This video was recorded by a German TV crew in Stockholm, Sweden, and broadcast live to a German TV show. Abba (and in accordance with some media reports also the kids of Agnetha and Björn) had received threats to be kidnapped at that time, and Swedish police had advised them not to leave Sweden at all
I can't imagine singing a song that a ex wrote and singing it with him playing guitar next to you I wouldn't be able to it's a masterpiece though but I wouldn't have been able to it's hard enough knowing that you're in the same band together split up then singing such a beautiful heartbreaking song that they wrote nope I'd cry the whole time
Great track from ABBA. Another great song from the ‘80’s would be One night in Bangkok. This wonderful gem was also written by Bjorn and Benny along with Tim Rice for the lyrics. Murray Head sings it.....ENJOY
As someone else brought up, this was not the music video for this song. The original video conveyed the story of the song and was shot by Oscar nominated director Lasse Hallstrom, who did most of their music videos. Look into those if you can. Good luck on your channel - I subscribed. 👍
"The winner takes it all" Creo que es la primera composicion de ABBA en la que Agnetha canta en soledad absoluta durante toda la cancion y el resto esta dedicado unicamente en los coros (y me parece que este esquema se repite en "The day before you came") Esto le da mayor realce a su maravillosa interpretacion
It's fun to see the earliest reaction video of you. Still unsure but already full of passion. What would that Derrick say to you today and what would you tell him?
Such a sad emotional but incredibly beautiful song all at the same time, Lyrics dont get any better than this and its about her own divorce to sing it while in pain Best lyrically song and an absolute MASTERPIECE in music history the way it makes you feel everytime you listen even 40 years on just WOW
It's still contentious whether this song was written by the Guy to her left about their own divorce hence " The Judges will decide" and the poignancy. I enjoyed your reaction. Good Luck..
No hablo inglés, pero creo que no es necesario, una imagen vale más que mil palabras, es la primera reacción tuya donde te veo con ojos tristes, te seguimos y esto se nota. Saludos desde España 🇪🇦
I am so 99% sure this song will feature in the ABBA Voyage concert. Hope I'm right. It should. It is their Best, and it was never sung LIVE. Well, it won't be LIVE, but it will be in a semi-LIVE set-up, anyway. LOL.
OK so you state the obvious that the piano starts the song in a tv show. It was a tv appearance, not a video, about a sing which involved the divorce of both couples. How they had the strength to sing this whilst going through it themselves is amazing. a simple google search of this would have revealed this to you.
Love your appreciation for great bands like ABBA. You would really love The Carpenters and their story. Karen Carpenter has an amazing voice and could sing a phone book pitch perfect. Think they would be your next new love. Any song of theirs really.
Music videos weren't really a thing until MTV came around in the early 80s. Before that, most "music videos" were simply TV or live performances synced up to the single track. So it can be hard to tell if a video is live or not if it's a song prior to 1980.
🧡 ABBA ! Dereck, you look so different a year ago. ABBA had a great way of telling a story through song. The words are simple and clear, with meaning. And the music score. Every song stood out on its own merits. Bravo for you to react to this group from so long ago. And your list is extensive. I've got some listening to do. Thanks, my friend, for the memories.
Agneta and Björn actually where divorcing, and Björn had a new girlfriend, he wrote this song and gave it to Agneta to sing it, it must have been very hard for her, the emotions are real.
Hi. Thank you for the reaction. I`d suggest you use the official videos, because at the time they didn`t accually sing live anyway and they were pioneers in making music videos for promotion. Please react to Knowing Me Knowing You and The Day Before You Came. Here are the links: th-cam.com/video/iUrzicaiRLU/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/1HnOFwqpLRQ/w-d-xo.html
Kylie Minogue from the nineties, if you need any recommendations let me know. I don't know if you know of her, you may know 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' but you could start with 'Better The Devil You Know' from 1990, or 'What Do I Have To Do?' From 1991
Como dato importante... esta canción fue escrita por Björn y exigió que ella fuera la que tenía que cantarla... el le estaba siendo infiel (hacía tiempo)... ella se entera... pero el lo negaba... ella le pide el divorcio... el tema de la canción es el divorcio entre ellos... cuando le preguntaron a ella por la canción ella dijo que era dolorosa interpretarla... por eso la mayoría o todas las veces que la cantaron ella nunca sonreía... de ahí se convirtió en una de sus últimas como grupo... 6 meses después de divorciarse Björn se casó con quien negó a verle sido infiel a Agnetha se casó con su amante
thats just before the wrote the song ''Thank You For The Music '' ending their collaboration as a group . Freida and agnetha remained bitter at each other for years untill they finally forgave eachother .
Thank you for the Music erschien 1977, The Winner takes it all 1980. Und die Mädchen waren niemals verfeindeten oder verbittert. Nie fiel öffentlich ein böses Wort. Das ist auch eine Größe.😊😊❤
We’re watching a live breakup story with the two people in the video that it happened to. I don’t even know how they even had the courage to perform it. And they’re are filming it like it’s live. Up until now she has always looked so young, happy and innocent. But not here. There are lines of maturity and sadness in her eyes. This is reality. Even tho it’s saying the winner takes it all that’s not how it happened or happens. The winner lost too. It’s just how Bjorn felt and even Greta felt too. It’s always the other person who wins. Marriage was on the decline by the the time this was written with50% ending in divorce.a lot of people related to this song. It also happened to Gwen Stephanie of No Doubt and the other band member in their song don’t speak. They were in their late teens.
ABBA were musical genius, such a legendary group
Probably the most emotional song I've ever heard. Heartbreaking when you know the context.
Il faut avoir connu la douleur du partir pour vivre émotionnellement cette superbe chanson
@@claudinebeaufort2730 une interprétation tout aussi magistrale qu'incroyable compte tenu de sa situation personnelle
Yes, i absolutely agree with you.
The lyrics for this song were written by her ex-husband Bjorn (plaing the guitar beside her) he wrote it from his viewpoint after their recent split, but he thought it rang true when she sung it. When asked how it felt for her to sing those lyrics she said "it was like playing a part, but I couldn't let my feelings take over, it was quite a while afterwords that I realised we had made a small masterpiece "
Agnetha's voice was wonderful and when it goes on high notes it's even more beautiful.
One of the saddest breakup songs ever ,sang so perfectly by Agnetha !
An iconic song from an iconic band. One of the best pop songs ever written.
If you don’t cry when Agnetha’s voice breaks, you’re not human. Lovely reaction video mister
I've observed a lot of people reacting to this song and all choked up and held back the emotions. Powerful song.
Fantastic song, the most beautiful ever !! Agnetha fantastic, beautiful when she smiles, even more so when she is sad (but I wish she had never been sad!) The phrase: " But tell me does she kiss like i used to kiss you " is the most powerful that has ever been written in a song! Goose bumps.
I really like Agnetha at the end when she says: "But you see": there you can see that she has the strength to get up and go on and she made it!
I can't help but mentally jump to the Alanis Morissette song with the "But tell me...." There's a woman who doesn't see losing someone as losing which is the way it should be
This is the song of her Divorce, he wrote it. if she read the Lyrics in the studio, she crie´d but she sung it, and it was her best
I loved ABBA. Still listens to them almost everyday. Always stay in love!
Love the pink suit and the vulnerability in her voice and body language. This song is Agnetha's tour de force.
And what bold piano playing by Benny.
ABBA are legends. The day before you came, The name of the game, Happy new year, Fernando. If you want to, you have a rabbit hole to dig into here. LEGENDS with great melodies and lyrics. They even have their own museum here in Sweden.
Brilliant song about breaking up..performed by two married couples who were...breaking up. Sad, but a work of utter genius.
One of the greatest break up songs ever written and even more powerful considering it’s Agnetha that’s going through it too …… stunning and always gives me a tear or two ….. ABBA at their finest .. 🎼🎶🎷🎵❤️❤️🥲💔🥃🥃🙏🏼🙏🏼🏴🏴
Listen closely to the line "I played all my cards". (emphasis on word "cards". It's a subtle thing but the break in her voice and the way it is more spoken than sung conveys so much emotion and shows just what a talented vocalist Agnetha was/is.
What I don't get is, if he wrote the song for Agnetha, does he consider himself the winner? Of the break up? If so, that's really messed up....
I always loved this song but for me it was always clearly about winning or losing. A job opening, an exam, a referall. To someone more apt for this.
When two people decide to go separate ways, why would there be a winner and loser unless those two are incredibly immature....
Agnetha...what a talent she has. Been in love with her since 1976.
Agnetha, tu es tout simplement incroyable et nous t’aimons !! Grande personnalité avec un grand charisme et un méga talent équipé. Merci d’exister ❣💕
There are so many lovely people on your channel ready to give advise, supply information. You are truly are a lovely person who gives it as it is. Don’t stop or I will be lost without this!
Her strongest performance of an amazing piece of music
Sie waren die größten!!!👍👌💖
Amazing ABBA Song & Performance! Always So Good To Hear! Thanks For Sharing! Take Care!
Abba - The Day Before You Came
Agnetha's best ever vocal performance
this is not a live recording, you know that right?
@@rockyslay4310 it's lip synced
@@rockyslay4310 So?
I think "my love, my life" is even better. She shows more of her voice there.
This is her favorite song with ABBA
this song is special for me,when I hearing it ,Im like living through my past story again...
AGHHH this song always makes me cry
If you want more "Abba" listen to Dancing Queen, Waterloo, and more
Love ABBA, Winner takes it all is a sweepingly magnificent song, sung to perfection by Agnetha, please react to If it wasn’t for the nights (Japan), a B side of theirs, but a killer track.
This is exactly the Abba Album with which I started to admit to like them. Had it as a Christmas present from my parents.
Before, I was with all the other boys- Abba was a "No Go". Since then I have collected all Abba Albums, appreciated all their songs. Made Abba a part of my live.
The sadness behind I started to understand when my parents got divorced 3 years later...
ABBA stands for Agnetha Faltskog Bjorn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson and Annifrid Frid Lyngstad. Their manager stig anderson took the initials of their names and made ABBA. Agnetha and Bjorn( The girl with the blond and the guy playing the guitar in the video) were married in 1971 their marriage was on rocky grounds at the height of ABBA's success in 1978. they separated in december 1978 and their divorce was filed in 1980 and when their divorce was filed the title the winner takes it all came to bjorn ulvaeus's mind. the song is about the pain of that divorce. Annifrid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson (The girl with the red hair and the guy playing the piano in the video)were engaged in 1971 but did not marry until the height of ABBA's success in october 1978. 2 years after the marriage it went on rocky grounds for some reason. On November 26 1980 they separated and in late 1981 their divorce was filed. ABBA wrote the song When all is said and done for that divorce. Shortly after the filing of the 2 divorces in the group the song one of us was written and sung entailing the end of a love story and the pain of the 2 divorces in the group
Thank you for this background info! ❤️
@@DereckReacts ABBA were not so famous in the USA in the 70's due to lack of touring but after mamma mia the musical released they hit the USA map
@@DereckReacts All 4 members of ABBA are still alive and they releasing new songs this year sometime
@@DereckReacts React to these next
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Chiquitita
Money Money Money
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The Visitors
Voulez-Vous
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This video was performed via satellite at the time. There were threats made at the time...kidnapping I think, and the group decided to remain in Sweden and broadcast from there. This was one of three songs performed. Super Trouper, The Winner Takes It All, and On & On & On were performed.
Yes, you are right. This video was recorded by a German TV crew in Stockholm, Sweden, and broadcast live to a German TV show. Abba (and in accordance with some media reports also the kids of Agnetha and Björn) had received threats to be kidnapped at that time, and Swedish police had advised them not to leave Sweden at all
I can't imagine singing a song that a ex wrote and singing it with him playing guitar next to you I wouldn't be able to it's a masterpiece though but I wouldn't have been able to it's hard enough knowing that you're in the same band together split up then singing such a beautiful heartbreaking song that they wrote nope I'd cry the whole time
Agnetha's anguished vocal pierces through the thumping Euro dance beat.
The song actually applies to her recently failed marriage, written by her partner.
If you listen to the lyrics you can tell that it is written by a man, from a man's point of view. It's heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time.
You mean Agnetha’s new man is the winner? (Imagined)
How is it from the man's pov if it says "does she kiss like i used to kiss you" ?
Off the scale talent
Great track from ABBA. Another great song from the ‘80’s would be One night in Bangkok. This wonderful gem was also written by Bjorn and Benny along with Tim Rice for the lyrics. Murray Head sings it.....ENJOY
Thanx for this - i like your reflections as the song progresses, and then your reflection (recap) at the end. Nice job :-)
Glad you liked it, be on the look out for more! ❤️
Great Song Great group song is about the Relationships within the group and the breaking of their Marriages to each other.
This is not the original clip. But there is a lot more from them. They are the greatest
Noted! I will look into it ✌🏼
As someone else brought up, this was not the music video for this song. The original video conveyed the story of the song and was shot by Oscar nominated director Lasse Hallstrom, who did most of their music videos. Look into those if you can. Good luck on your channel - I subscribed. 👍
Agneta is more emotional in her swedish versions of some song like Sos, actually a lot ,english sos is hopeless
"The winner takes it all"
Creo que es la primera composicion de ABBA en la que Agnetha canta en soledad absoluta durante toda la cancion
y el resto esta dedicado unicamente en los coros
(y me parece que este esquema se repite en "The day before you came")
Esto le da mayor realce a su maravillosa interpretacion
Becoming emotional ;) Heartbreaking this beautiful woman singing about her own story.
The Winner Takes It All
So young Derek!!!!
And now ABBA are back....2021!
It's fun to see the earliest reaction video of you. Still unsure but already full of passion. What would that Derrick say to you today and what would you tell him?
Imho this is their best song by far. The lyrics are on point and the production is awesome.
Such a sad emotional but incredibly beautiful song all at the same time,
Lyrics dont get any better than this and its about her own divorce to sing it while in pain
Best lyrically song and an absolute MASTERPIECE in music history the way it makes you feel everytime you listen even 40 years on just WOW
It's still contentious whether this song was written by the Guy to her left about their own divorce hence " The Judges will decide" and the poignancy.
I enjoyed your reaction. Good Luck..
No hablo inglés, pero creo que no es necesario, una imagen vale más que mil palabras, es la primera reacción tuya donde te veo con ojos tristes, te seguimos y esto se nota.
Saludos desde España 🇪🇦
U NEED TO REACT TO THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, that’s all I gotta say
They kid just stay consistent you have a great vibe.
great song
The girls was SO good at playback - specially at the time! ;)
Долго думал,что AbbA, это супер
I am so 99% sure this song will feature in the ABBA Voyage concert. Hope I'm right. It should. It is their Best, and it was never sung LIVE. Well, it won't be LIVE, but it will be in a semi-LIVE set-up, anyway. LOL.
Love how you research music and give insightful comments. Keith
OK so you state the obvious that the piano starts the song in a tv show. It was a tv appearance, not a video, about a sing which involved the divorce of both couples. How they had the strength to sing this whilst going through it themselves is amazing. a simple google search of this would have revealed this to you.
Love your appreciation for great bands like ABBA. You would really love The Carpenters and their story. Karen Carpenter has an amazing voice and could sing a phone book pitch perfect. Think they would be your next new love. Any song of theirs really.
Music videos weren't really a thing until MTV came around in the early 80s. Before that, most "music videos" were simply TV or live performances synced up to the single track. So it can be hard to tell if a video is live or not if it's a song prior to 1980.
🧡 ABBA !
Dereck, you look so different a year ago.
ABBA had a great way of telling a story through song. The words are simple and clear, with meaning. And the music score. Every song stood out on its own merits. Bravo for you to react to this group from so long ago. And your list is extensive. I've got some listening to do.
Thanks, my friend, for the memories.
I FUCKING LOVE THAT YOU LOVE MADONNA AND ABBA.....stole my heart...xoxoxoxoxoxo
It is my favorite song!!!...
You are a good lad and the reactions are excellent.
Este tema tiene su versión en español SOLO HAY UN GANADOR, el duo Pimpinela hace una buena versión.
🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦
You NEED to watch the official video.
Creo que este chico estuvo conteniendo las lágrimas 😥😥😥
This is their best imo, though the rest are amazing, esp the dance stuff.
You're spot on with you're reaction ,
That was about their parting dam shame as you can see she is hurting she could not look at her husband he wrote it for all.
Queen..crazy little thing
Watch Ruth Jacott , Eurovision Songcontest 1993, The Netherlands entry with the Song “ Vrede” ( peace)
youve come a long way D
150k 🎊🎉🥳👍
React ABBA, Dancing Queen. 😘
Agneta and Björn actually where divorcing, and Björn had a new girlfriend, he wrote this song and gave it to Agneta to sing it, it must have been very hard for her, the emotions are real.
Oh Lordy !!
Chanson reprise par Mireille Matthieu 😁🇨🇵
In 100 years like classical music is still played and enjoyed this song will be in the same league as Bach m beethoven
OMG! Shania Twain, Janet Jackson, Kylie Minogue, ABBA, Mónica Naranjo ♥️. Don't forget Natalie Imbruglia, please 🙏🏻
Damit war das Ende von ABBA eingeleitet🤦😢😭‼️
Hi. Thank you for the reaction. I`d suggest you use the official videos, because at the time they didn`t accually sing live anyway and they were pioneers in making music videos for promotion. Please react to Knowing Me Knowing You and The Day Before You Came.
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I will look into this thank you!
Agnetha is Best singer in Sweden, Agnetha is Number 1,
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Kylie Minogue from the nineties, if you need any recommendations let me know. I don't know if you know of her, you may know 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' but you could start with 'Better The Devil You Know' from 1990, or 'What Do I Have To Do?' From 1991
The Strength of an Opera Soprano 5 : 18 - 5:34 ..
The lyrics are so amazing ! The Ex-husband writes the lyrics and his ex-wife is singing.
Como dato importante... esta canción fue escrita por Björn y exigió que ella fuera la que tenía que cantarla... el le estaba siendo infiel (hacía tiempo)... ella se entera... pero el lo negaba... ella le pide el divorcio... el tema de la canción es el divorcio entre ellos... cuando le preguntaron a ella por la canción ella dijo que era dolorosa interpretarla... por eso la mayoría o todas las veces que la cantaron ella nunca sonreía... de ahí se convirtió en una de sus últimas como grupo... 6 meses después de divorciarse Björn se casó con quien negó a verle sido infiel a Agnetha se casó con su amante
Please do should I laugh or cry by Abba
Listen to My Love My life by Abba beautiful tune not sure if you have covered this
thats just before the wrote the song ''Thank You For The Music '' ending their collaboration as a group . Freida and agnetha remained bitter at each other for years untill they finally forgave eachother .
Thank you for the Music erschien 1977, The Winner takes it all 1980. Und die Mädchen waren niemals verfeindeten oder verbittert. Nie fiel öffentlich ein böses Wort. Das ist auch eine Größe.😊😊❤
React to Queen, Somebody To Love LIVE from Montreal 81.
I like much too you video ABBA
At 5:20 and again at 5: 30 an F-7..who today can do this ?
this IS a TV show performance, it's not the actual video. there IS an actual video that does reflect the lyrics somewhat.
We’re watching a live breakup story with the two people in the video that it happened to. I don’t even know how they even had the courage to perform it. And they’re are filming it like it’s live. Up until now she has always looked so young, happy and innocent. But not here. There are lines of maturity and sadness in her eyes. This is reality. Even tho it’s saying the winner takes it all that’s not how it happened or happens. The winner lost too. It’s just how Bjorn felt and even Greta felt too. It’s always the other person who wins. Marriage was on the decline by the the time this was written with50% ending in divorce.a lot of people related to this song. It also happened to Gwen Stephanie of No Doubt and the other band member in their song don’t speak. They were in their late teens.
Laura Brannigan..Gloria
Chiquitita
Have you done When all is said and done? It’s not listed
Yes please check playlist or search
Hi Derek, love you. Can you please listen to Loici Battisti IL MiO canto Libero. You will cry and love it.x