Abba's legendary album 'Waterloo' is being reissued

Published March 28, 2024 at 5:47 AM EDT

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WATERLOO")

ABBA: (Singing) My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender...

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Good morning, I'm Leila Fadel. ABBA's legendary album "Waterloo" is being reissued. It's to celebrate the album's 50th anniversary and the Swedish quartet's 1974 Eurovision win. It will even include the album's title track in four different languages. The reissue will be out next month.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WATERLOO")

ABBA: (Singing) Waterloo - I was defeated...

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