Happy ABBA-versary! Fans mark 50 years since 'Waterloo' took the world by storm
Fans are celebrating 50 years since ABBA won a major battle with “Waterloo.”
By AP News
Published - Apr 06, 2024, 09:12 AM ET
Last Updated - Apr 06, 2024, 09:13 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — It’s 50 years since ABBA won a major battle with “Waterloo.”
A half-century ago on 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.”
The song rang out again Saturday at London’s Waterloo railway station — also named after the 1815 battle that dealt defeat to the French leader — where a choir belted out a rendition for commuters.
In the English coastal town of Brighton, where the 1974 competition was held, fans were staging a flashmob dance and silent ABBA disco to mark the anniversary.
