ABBA wins Eurovision Song Contest 1974

[WIESIEK58]

Stuppied guy.

[fdsvenskvisslare]

Hej other ABBA fans!

Hope our ABBA tribute song is of your interest and if so; to your pleasure

A live video uploaded

Lyrics made up by 15 ABBA song titles.

HEY YOU, RING ME TONIGHT

Hey you, Hey you over there

With the long golden hair

Don't stare, don't stare can't you see

Take a chance on me

[ernestpresley]

era muy chiquito

[m1947n]

It was good 35 years ago and still

[Aniballuis]

but abba won :)

[bourlivak88]

fuck you, its great piece of rock´n´roll..

[monstertilli]

Great!

Danke schön!

Ich liebe ABBA!

Thanks for upload - that a highlight!

[Chokladmunk3910]

Lol they weren't really shocked to win

[SuzieMaster]

Was this when they won or was it their performace? Cause they sing at english ;)

[promagnum]

The girls are full of excitement, and the boys are full of piss. They're having a ball!

I love it.

[Geekzon]

Aaah! Classic swedish tunes, and still making me swing mah hips.

From Sweden :D

[Alison2k8xxx]

abba all the way !

from - irleand - XXX

[duxberry1958]

yes ,,,, but teachin came very close

[MissAnoni]

I love ABBA! Best Eurovision Winners ever! Go Sweden!

[Staceyiyee]

Fantastic :)

[RaffaellaQ]

Eurovision long time ago..there were better songs and better singers! The one who had voice went to eurovision but now if u are sexy and beautifull everyone votes for u! Best regards from moldavia!

[blyid1]

ABBA one of the best groups ever! Still listening to their music 35 years later!!!!!!

[hegelec]

This is one of only a handful of Eurovision winners that has any musical merit to it whatsoever. Imagine ... a fun, catchy, intelligent pop song which has dated well!

Most Eurovision crap makes me cringe when I think about it.

[bomzuzynios]

one of the womens face is really long

[HerNameIsLinnea]

when i see this i realise how proud i am to be swedish! :D

[Ruchsacksepp]

you can be proud, aryan nation!

[dahoss65]

I like Abba too, but c'mon....they are not the best group ever

[Girlagain]

Here was the begining. A story that thrilled us; two couples with magic and talent to give and share. Too sad that they separated! But despite the years there are still ABBA fans around the world. We love you guys! FOR EVER! Greetings from Colombia!

[almodovare1]

C'est le fait d'avoir gagné à l'Eurovision qui a propulsé leur carrière sans quoi ils ne seraient jamais connus... JA-MAIS!!!

[karolis371]

Hairstyle and moving are funnny:)

[ANDRAKATOR]

I did know that Margaret Thatcher was led the Eurovision concert...

[roxxynena1]

ooo me gusta como canta ese grupo muy bueno.

[oOJakkeOo]

Älskar ABBA! Bra gjort att vinna eurovision!

[clarre93]

prooud of being swedish =)

[SiaDW]

me too :)

[LoreleyMary]

viva abba forever :x

[stilliris3]

Så ska det låta :D sverige äger

[ustedescomo]

los 70's puessssss <3

The Doors, Blondie, ABBA, Pink Floyd, etc. etc.

[AbbaChick]

My favourite band! And my favourite Eurovision song!!!!!!!!!!! Wooh! Go Sverige! Go ABBA!!!

[LeighHobnob]

Back in the good old days before politics took over.

[VonGyybel]

good old pop songs swedes always knew how to make nice little tunes

[tmny876]

the score board could have been a bit bigger!,any how that was the best ESC winner ever with anne maria david 2nd. Also was the 1977 esc broadcast live from england? because there was a strike by the bbc that year.

[philipriding]

is that the deal or no deal board in the background?.

[Kyara1993]

Agnetha must be an angel.

[mergonite]

hey! Frida almost fell down in 1:01 ¡? well, maybe just a misstep

[Jagerebecca]

Damn proud to be swedish!:D

Go ABBA

[CarlDuke]

I'm American and just as proud because I had the good taste to appreciate this gloriously talented group. In a time of musical mediocrity these talented people harkened back to an era when excellence and success were linked and not lonely strangers. You certainly should be proud.

[hairspraygirl97]

Go sweden Im from sweden go abba

[AgnethaeFrida]

promise to love you forever more, abba1

[simplygu]

I really don't like Frida's hair, but of course her voice is awesome. Agnetha is a goddess as usual. Mmm... what a nice butt, I mean... voice. LOL

[geoffreyah]

Frida likes to jump, while Agnetha seems to rock from side to side-about they're dancing habbit's

[STEF1995S]

yeah!!!! abba is the best band from all coun tryes and all the times!!!!!! and waterloo is a great song, like all the others, of cours :))

[Alexvideoclip]

They were 15 years ahead of their time

in design and  videos clips.

[zbertman]

I was stationed in the Netherlands and watched this live on NOS. I still love ABBA.

[JockStewart3rd]

thanks for posting this, I've always mistakely thought Abba won this landslide victory back in 1974, but I can see it was fairly close until the end.

Imagine if Italy had won, would Abba have gone on to be as big as they became. Maybe they would have anyway, who knows :)

[Formulabruce]

Olivia-Newton-Jon didnt win, and look what she did, she was there! In fact The bothers Gibb and Olivia and ABBA were all on TV together!

[golbis]

this is the einstein of the pop groups

[stamatis53]

Best Eurovision winners ever:

1965 France Gall - Poupee de cire

1972 Vicky Leandros - Apres toi

1974 Abba - Waterloo

1979 Milk & Honey - Hallelujah

[golbis]

you have good taste

[SpongebobsFreundin]

iwie cool ^^

[FOAMANTE2]

love Mamma Mia saw it movie 78 times and New York musical years ago 4 times. Thanks for posting greatest musical ever.

[thejohnproduction]

love abba...love sweden:D

[TotalOverdoseGuru]

ABBA is the best gruop EVER! nobody will forget them! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH! Sina

[Juliaotopper]

Älskar ABBA <3

[Fairyxxxxxdude]

You dont get any songs anywhere NEAR this good in eurovision now :( Shame really. Then again, no one could beat abba anyway. :P

[kichonteam]

Agnetha is so cute

[triptofane]

Yeah she is!!

[belami121]

i love Abba and I love Agnetha

[RebeccaaJB]

I'm from Sweden! :D

Jag är från Sverige! :D

[icyclaw123]

*applause*

i wanna visit Sweden one day!

[rakke12]

sure why not tomorrow?

[cam230723]

the only good thing to ever come out of Eurovision. Nowdays, it is merely a breeding ground for shit Eastern European acts

[proGoalie88]

you do understand that the whole eastern Europe hasn't got as many ESC-wins as western Ireland and Luxembourg together.

And in past 15 years there has been like.. what.. 14 new winning nations? Is that really such a bad thing? (Of course if you're Irish, British or Swedish person who are used to the "fact" that they are always the leading nations in this race..)

[royaltigeress123]

wow eurovision has really changed over the years! i mean u just dunt get acts like that anymore well us brits ent exacly always winners are we! AHHHH WELL! Gd song

[syetamir]

love sweden been here in 25 years nice country and cool people,.älskar sverige.sweden 4ever.amir

[kennethloo]

No ABBA no MAMMA MIA the movie!

Kenneth from Malaysia

[xoxrosheenxox]

I love ABBA even though im 13 ! but without them there would be no ABBA songs and without them no "MAMMA MIA"!!!woohoo

[Norwaymember]

Jag elskär elin frän sverige!! men jag er frän norje!!!!

[eljuancadesmiguel]

!!! barbaro,extraordinario,bellisi­mo,¡¡¡gracias ABBA

[RebeccaaJB]

Sweden is the best!

Sverige är bäst!

[sonrisa86]

European Song Contest was also different those times =)

oh 70s... nice clothes hehe

[tallpaul88]

Step right-on up to the plate, Frida and 'Netha! Show 'em how it's DONE!

[Savenhof]

there is no one groop like it...

[agonyuncle]

waterloo

[polemic8]

I love ABBA but i have a question: who is the stylist who have dressed the 2 poor girls? The blonde one seems to came from Star Trek and the other one from the Oktoberfest in Munchen!!!By the way,,,,,,ABBA for ever!

[sumocat40]

Welcome to the 70s!

[SPITFIIIYAAH]

The dresser of ABBA is a teacher at my school. His name is Olle, cant recall his last name though. He's about the same age as the members of ABBA, always with a hard tan & he's homosexual. Thats who.

(Stockholm, Sweden)

[peanutsxs]

olle sandstrowe??

[birchlake31]

Inger Svenneke gjorde Abbas kläder till Eurovsion song contest 1974. Senare skapades

kläderna av Owe Sandström

linnéa

[michaelpoplett]

Inx splocken ein bein votra Iffel? Fabulatum Ick been flossen por la largess voole voo Rodders.

[jonwaccoe]

If you don't like ABBA you don't like music :)

[mejerchold]

sweden... i love sweden...

[mysugababes]

It's not only memories. Their music is still live and will be live forever;)

[jonbrumie]

who wood have thought they wood go on to be so famous and so many brillant songs great thx for posting

[groeslon]

Is that Katie Boyle?

[michaelpoplett]

Actually, yes, I think it is. Did she do Blue Peter? Shocking, truly shocking!

[oreolvrs1987]

where it all began.....

[souler999]

That's the mark of Abba... Look at Cher.. Is it any differents?

[DeXtroZor]

proud to be a Swede ;D så iiii er!

[supermodelavadora]

i love ABBA KISSESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[BosBosLoveABBA]

I LOVE ABBA!!!!!!!!!!

[alicatsf]

This was my first memory ever, that is the impact it had on me.

[polemic8]

A great artist well known in the whole europe, i am sorry for you ,,,,

[polemic8]

I think a legend was born that eve! Maybe only in E.S.C. 1984 with Franco Battiato we had so emotion.

Thanks Abba, God bless you all.

[eurovision0portugal]

Lol who is franco battiato?!...

[scepterATkatamail]

this song has all the flavour of mine most beautiful years.. at that time I didn't appreciated in the proper way, but this song emerge from the my memory today overbearing.

I suggest to search and look at the movie "to get her"

[lolliepop90]

it used to be a few countries singing, see who does the best, vote, they win. now its shag them vote hack the contest, get some stupid host on, then its every country in the world screaming boogies! then whoever wins commits suicide!

[Clovira]

Yes, and I think the songs now isn't that good.

[lolliepop90]

i miss the old songs, like waterloo!

[007redpaint]

They didn't look very excited at all when they won the contest it looked more like they were called to perform in a concert lol:) ABBA rocks!!!

[parma71]

ABBA is the greatest group ever.

[neotheone999]

I need to listen to Abba while driving in my Volvo to Ikea and have some Swedish meatballs and buy some cheap furniture.

[tessina5555]

ABBA, ikea, meatballs and volvo:) And we are only 9 million in this country..

[cytotoxix]

The person who dared mention Celine Dion and ABBA in one breath should be taken out at dawn to be shot. Celine Dion has a good voice, is a beautiful woman, a faithful wife, sings her own songs very well, but ruins the songs she covers. Also, Dion tries to sound like African-American singers. Bad idea. ABBA was, in my view, the best band of the 70s, along with Queen.

[sjilje]

I love ABBA, and I love the fact that Eurovision back then wasn't about having a big show, but a great song! And oh, those '70s-clothes! I was born too late!!

[ginger0612]

Niilani, you are right, the ABBA are the only winners of ESC who made it big afterwards. They did it because of their talent and hard work. And let's not forget, they were already very successful individually even before the ESC. They are truly talented.

[Niilani]

Sometimes i'm really proud to be swedish. :) And i'm proud over ABBA. I think that they are the only winners of ESC ever, who've got this big sucess.

[eFlyFowler]

don't forget Celine Dion

[Homoholic]

eFlyFowler, how can you mention the God-awful celine dion and wonderful Abba in the same sentence? I'd rather gouge my eyes out with a blunt instrument than listen to dion for one minute!

* Waterloo is still my favourite song from Abba. I was only 11 or 12 when I saw this on TV and I was crazy about Abba for years.

[teatralnik]

if this song participated nowadays, it would win again. great!!!!!!

[nuucha]

definately I agree with you

[Robfoxman]

lol

[Ullarr]

This is the best victory, and the only one in esc that success followed

[MargusKiistheCritic]

The myth is wrong.

Serge Gainsborough (as composer), Sandy Shaw, Brotherhood of Man, Teach-In, Celine Dion, Dana International etc. also found international success after ESC.

[wojteklennon]

Margus, let's say the truth...nobody, except for them became so huge after ESC. Celine Dion started her carrier in US and became succesfull there at first. The rest of your mentions were fleeting one-hit-wonders.

[MargusKiistheCritic]

Let say the truth -- very small number of artists have achieved such commercial success like ABBA. With or without ESC. And I am sure, the win in ESC was just a small step for them. Just like for Celine Dion.

[Bird3500]

Eurovision 2008 Vote Portugal - Vânia Fernandes - Senhora do mar

[AbbaChick]

Wow. It's been exactly 34 years since this day. Wow. Love you ABBA!!!!

[diapheneity]

Which one was hotter? Agnetha or Frida? vote at fanpop dot com /spots/abba/picks/results/8551

[hermitcrabbot]

Actually, they're both 98.6 degrees fahrenheit.

[OlaSvensson2]

ESC heart is Abba

[riccikim3462]

what a wonderful beginning in this century!!!

[Flamingowe]

TOP NOTCH

[lautarocos]

Did anyone notice that the shoes the blonde was wearing are the SAME the blonde un-bearded guy used in the "Melodifestival"???...

[nonamer88]

Oh my, that was totally awesome :D

[americanspirityellow]

Never lost her looks old Katie boil did she.

[totteringtart]

freda looked much nicer with dark hair

[tallpaul88]

Frida was ever blonde? YUK! She wouldn't be the same!

[thefamilycat]

What spoiled the music was the hideous costumes worn constantly by this group-who were music wise as good as Phil Spector

[moorlock2003]

Their costumes were wonderful. What do YOU wear, shades of grey?

[LeonSzillard]

hah, tight trousers..

[Marthanna]

I think the gals..guys...everyone had 'em...TIGHT TROOS! Hahahaha!

[bearing44]

what ever the discussion Rotary was allways used before 1974

[prontford]

I still can't get over Katie Boyle's performance here.

[Nin85]

Simply the best! Such a classic!

Finland gave highest points to ABBA. I'm so proud. LoL

[CliveKoopa]

Why are they using the old jury system that year? The year before they were using the more modern system when the winning country got at least 100 points and why was it not hold in the country which the previous country won?

[marbe166]

No, they were not using the modern system in 1973. From 1971-1973 they used a system where each country had two jurors who each gave every song a mark from 1 to 5. This was very unfair because the countries gave out different numbers of points in total. Therefore that voting system was scrapped and they returned to the old one in 1974.

[marbe166]

The modern one was use for the first time in 1975, although it wasn't until 1980 that the votes were cast in ascending order. In 75-79 the votes were cast in starting order. Votings for 75, 76, 77 and 79 (and many more) can be found on youtube.

[setheurovision94]

Yes indeed, in the 70s the EBU really started to scratch its head over the voting system - in 1975 our familiar system (minus the voting order) was introduced, and was immediately considered such a fair success that it's stuck ever since. Hooray for that! :)

[littlelatam]

fantastic

[marksarah1]

Abba. Truly the best.

[3hamlet3]

thanks to those 24 people who gave their vote to Sweden =) ABBA 4-ever!

[11aydabitermi]

I love ABBA!!!

[Willybwooi]

Swedish is the best in this genre , but this genre SUCKS

[andreg81]

amen to that!!

[4rMo]

water loo

[NeilCohen]

Classic!

[fipster102]

Great to see this footage and compare it to the incredible entertainers they became later.

[mike210476]

Fantastic to see this footage& what became of ABBA.

[Lyelee]

love love love it

[crocus98025]

best song

[utfake]

thanks !!! what GREAT memories....

[ashie259]

Leuk. Bedankt voor het plaatsen.