The Winner Takes It All

Summary

The Winner Takes It All is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,065 views/month, #122 of 19,375).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Winner Takes It All's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• The Winner Takes It All's composer is recorded as Björn Ulvaeus^[4].
• The Winner Takes It All's composer is recorded as Benny Andersson^[5].
• The Winner Takes It All's genre is pop music^[6].
• The Winner Takes It All's based on is recorded as The Story of My Life^[7].
• The Winner Takes It All was performed by ABBA^[8].
• The Winner Takes It All was performed by ABBA^[9].
• The Winner Takes It All was performed by Simons^[10].
• Among the performers on The Winner Takes It All was Trombo Combo^[11].
• The Winner Takes It All was performed by Siobhán McCarthy^[12].
• Among the performers on The Winner Takes It All was Meryl Streep^[13].
• Among the performers on The Winner Takes It All was Susan Boyle^[14].
• Among the performers on The Winner Takes It All was Cher^[15].
• The Winner Takes It All is part of Super Trouper^[16].
• The Winner Takes It All's language of work or name is recorded as English^[17].
• The Winner Takes It All was released on July 21, 1980^[18].
• The Winner Takes It All's lyricist is recorded as Benny Andersson^[19].
• The Winner Takes It All's lyricist is recorded as Björn Ulvaeus^[20].
• The Winner Takes It All's tonality is recorded as F-sharp major^[21].
• The Winner Takes It All's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Winner Takes It All'}^[22].
• The Winner Takes It All's has characteristic is recorded as divorce song^[23].
• The Winner Takes It All's has melody is recorded as The Story of My Life^[24].
• The Winner Takes It All's working title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Story of My Life'}^[25].
• The Winner Takes It All's different from is recorded as The Winner Takes It All^[26].
• The Winner Takes It All's derivative work is recorded as Va todo al ganador^[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Song^[28]

• Community tags: piano ballad^[29]

• MusicBrainz ID: c2c2b8cc-78cc-3825-81aa-965e8e2ef91d^[30]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include ABBA^[8], Simons^[10], Trombo Combo^[11], Siobhán McCarthy^[12], Meryl Streep^[13], and Susan Boyle^[14].

Publication

The Winner Takes It All was published on July 21, 1980^[18]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[17]. Its genre is pop music^[6]. It is part of Super Trouper^[16].

Why It Matters

The Winner Takes It All ranks in the top 0.63% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,065 views/month, #122 of 19,375).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31]