ABBA released Waterloo on March 4, 1974, months before the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Brighton on April 6. But the song was written specifically for the competition the previous December, ...

Bjorn Ulvaeus reveals that the Beatles were the “biggest inspiration“ behind ABBA’s 1974 hit “Waterloo.” During an upcoming appearance on Apple Music 1’s Deep Hidden Meaning Radio with host Nile ...

ABBA has created some incredible music over the years, starting off with some amazing work for the Eurovision song contest - and the story behind the song is just as worth hearing. ABBA were made up ...

A half-century ago on Saturday, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song, which opens: “My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender, and I have met my ...

On this day 52 years ago, ABBA released the title track off their second album, “Waterloo,” before taking the song to the Brighten Dome a month later and winning the whole contest. A breakthrough ...

ABBA's 1974 hit song "Waterloo" was voted the "All-Time Best Song of the Eurovision Song Contest" Saturday during a show organized on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) by Danmarks Radio… ...

The Eurovision song contest celebrated its 50th birthday by beaming live from Copenhagen with all its usual kitsch and glamour. Saturday night's programme ended with the announcement that Abba's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “It's about four people wanting more than anything else to be a pop group and singing in the language of pop, which is English,” ...