Elaine (song)
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| "Elaine" | |
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| Song by ABBA | |
| from the album Super Trouper (2001 reissue) | |
| A-side | "The Winner Takes It All" |
| Released | July 21, 1980 |
| Genre | Synth-pop[1] |
| Length | 3:44 |
| Label | Polar Music |
| Songwriters | Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus |
| Producers | Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus |
| Audio video | |
| "Elaine" on YouTube | |
"Elaine" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was used as the B-side to the 1980 single "The Winner Takes It All". It was not included on any of their original albums but was later included as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of Super Trouper.
The song is about a "devil-may-care path in pursuit of love".[2]
Composition
ABBA: Let the Music Speak describes "Elaine" as a "bold and brazen up-tempo number", adding that it has a "wealth of treated synth effects". The pace remains the same throughout the song, and the intro has a "melodic riff that is squeezed and contorted over a series of suspended chords". This is followed by a "whistlable refrain".[2] At the end of the second verse, the synths mimic the girls' voices.[3]
