40 years ago this week, ABBA gained their ninth and final UK Number 1 single. Super Trouper was the third release from their penultimate LP of the same name, and it ascended to the pole position on the Official Singles Chart on this week in 1980 after two previous weeks at Numbers 2 and 13 respectively.
Regarded by fans and critics alike as one of their greatest hits (it's their second biggest single in the UK), the melancholic tune speaks to the Swedish foursome's disillusion with life in the spotlight - ironic, considering that the song itself is named after the Super Trouper, a kind of spotlight that is used in stage productions.
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