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Susan Boyle's Cover of ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All" Is Jaw-Dropping

The Britain's Got Talent Season 3 finalist performed the song in 2012. 

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In 2012 while on The ViewBritain's Got Talent Season 3 runner-up Susan Boyle performed a gorgeous rendition of "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA to promote her fourth album Standing Ovation - Greatest Songs From the Stage.

How to Watch

Watch the Season 20 premiere of America's Got Talent on Tuesday, May 27 at 8/7c on NBC and next day on Peacock

During Boyle's performance, dramatic piano music played while she crooned the emotional lyrics in a perfectly balanced tone. And when her voice soared during the gripping chorus, you'll surely be reaching for the tissues. Watch the jaw-dropping cover here

About "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA

A track off the band's iconic 1980 album Super Trouper, the ballad reached the number-eight position on the Billboard Hot 100. Lyrically, it tells the story of a rough break-up and was featured in the musical Mamma Mia!. In 2021, Rolling Stone named it the eighth best ABBA song, describing it as "the break-up ballad to end all break-up ballads" and adding, "There's an ABBA song to go with every emotional crisis." 

Split image of Susan Boyle and ABBA

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