ABBA's Super Trouper Glasgow reference explained as they mark 50 years since Eurovision win
dailyrecord.co.ukIt's nearly been a whole five decades since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with one of their biggest hits of all time.The winner in 1974 was Sweden, with the hit song Waterloo performed by ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and written by Stig Anderson.
This weekend will mark 50 years since the iconic moment, as a new winner will be crowned.And whilst the Swedish pop group have plenty of huge tracks over the years, as well as becoming the beloved soundtrack to Mamma Mia!, we take a look through some of their biggest dancefloor hits.
One of those was Super Trouper, which came out in 1980.The very start of the song makes reference to Glasgow, with the iconic line: "I was sick and tired of everything....when you called me last night from Glasgow." But what was the meaning behind it?
ABBA are widely regarded as one of the biggest pop bands of the 20th century. When the Mamma Mia! musical was originally proposed, Bjorn Ulvaeus set one condition: "You cannot change the lyrics...
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