Happy ABBA-versary! Fans mark 50 years since 'Waterloo' took the world by storm

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ABBA have announced a special edition reissue of 'Waterloo' in honor of the smash-hit album's 50th anniversary.

A half-century ago 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 destiny in quite a similar way."

In the English coastal town of Brighton, where the 1974 competition was held, fans staged a flashmob dance and silent ABBA disco to mark the anniversary. People are also reading… ABBA's melodic disco pop sold hundreds of millions of records worldwide. The stage musical"Mamma Mia!" based on its songs is 25 years old and spawned two movies.The band members have not performed together live for four decades, but released a comeback album,"Voyage," in 2021.

In a thank-you message to fans Saturday, the four band members said it was"slightly dizzying and deeply humbling" to know that their songs had been passed down the generations and"still resonate around the world."

 

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