The Winner's Gonna Take It All: The final...

[Remorque]

Flemish icon Ann Christy recorded it in my native tongue for her 1977 album Bravo...


...Elaine Paige reworked the song in 1983 and retitled it Like An Image Passing By for the English language edition of the stage musical ABBAcadabra...


... and Hazell Dean covered it in 1996 for her ABBA tribute album The Winner Takes It All.

Dear Lord...

Fellow Eurovision contestant (and winner) Charlotte Perrelli performed a live version of it as a tribute to the group...


...and more recently John Grant covered it with Villagers for his 2013 EP John Grant Gets Schooled.

It's actually a travesty that this is the best out of a bad bunch, innit...​

 

[SecretsOfFatima]

A bit sad to see this go, it's not one of my absolute favourites but I really like it. Some of those covers were...unique.

 

[Remorque]

Some of those covers were...unique.

Weren't they...

 

[Deleted member 312]

Next!

 

[VivaForever]

mmkay?

I love @iheartpoptarts.

 

[Deleted member 26234]

This is really a surprise! I thought My Love, My Life would be at the very least in the top 20! But it's o.k. with me - there are better songs :-).

 

[Hudvar]

tylerc904, meanwhile, focuses more on the lyrical side of the song, telling us "“What is it a dream alive?” is such a nice lyric. ​

Sorry to trample this... It's "was it a dream, a lie?"

 

[tylerc]

Ooh, that's disappointing (both the elimination and the lyrics!).

Charlotte's performance of it is really great actually, go girl.

 

[Angeleyes]

Remorque replied to the thread The Winner's Gonna Take It All: The ABBA Discography Rate. #63. There may be more posts after this.

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*My Love, My Life doesn't even make top 50*

 

[kalonite]

Gutted to see My Love, My Life go so early - that was a proper discovery for me this rate. The vocals are beautiful.

 

[DJHazey]

Caught up with my checklist. Songs to go next:

Thank You For The Music
I Wonder (Departure)
As Good As New
Does Your Mother Know
Our Last Summer
The Way Old Friends Do
Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
Under Attack

 

[SecretsOfFatima]

Caught up with my checklist. Songs to go next:

Thank You For The Music
I Wonder (Departure)
As Good As New
Does Your Mother Know
Our Last Summer
The Way Old Friends Do
Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
Under Attack

You'll be to go next if that happens. I'm kidding...kinda!

 

[Mikey1701]

Caught up with my checklist. Songs to go next:

Thank You For The Music
I Wonder (Departure)
As Good As New
Does Your Mother Know
Our Last Summer
The Way Old Friends Do
Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
Under Attack

Under Attack, Our Last Summer, As Good As Nee and Like An Angel are all wonderful.

 

[DJHazey]

Under Attack, Our Last Summer, As Good As Nee and Like An Angel are all wonderful.

It's pretty much all 6s there. I only have one 4/10 left and I made that bold. Nothing left is considered a bad song in my eyes.

 

[WhatKindOfKylie?]

Not a bad little ditty, but as I said in my commentary, a bit sub bar compared to the goods around this era.

 

[ChrisV]

I probably gave My Love My Life a bit lower than it deserved, but I still think it should have gone before Diddle My Fiddle.

 

[Mina]

Still a good amount of stuff to cut before it becomes painful for me though!

My score // # of songs remaining:
3: 2 songs
4: 6 songs
5: 6 songs
6: 9 songs
7: 11 songs
8: 10 songs
9: 7 songs
10/11: 10 songs

 

[idratherjack]

I have 29 x 10s still to come!

It is only going to get more exciting (and more painful) from here.

 

[WhatKindOfKylie?]

I have 29 x 10s still to come!

It is only going to get more exciting (and more painful) from here.

Without a doubt!

 

[P'NutButter]

You know those laser tunnel effects they used quite a bit in the 70's and 80's (and in Gaga's 'Applause' video) I always imagine a music video for 'My Love My Life' with Ags and Frida walking hand in hand through one...

hmmmm