Chart performance:
| Week | Position | Movement | Comments |
| 19-Sep-80 | 11 | New | |
| 26-Sep-80 | 10 | +1 | |
| 03-Oct-80 | 3 | +7 | Star rater |
| 10-Oct-80 | 2 | +1 | |
| 17-Oct-80 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24-Oct-80 | 1 | +1 | Peak |
| 31-Oct-80 | 1 | 0 | Peak |
| 07-Nov-80 | 2 | -1 | |
| 14-Nov-80 | 5 | -3 | |
| 21-Nov-80 | 5 | 0 | |
| 28-Nov-80 | 7 | -2 | |
| 05-Dec-80 | 9 | -2 | |
| 12-Dec-80 | 9 | 0 | |
| 19-Dec-80 | 14 | -5 | Biggest faller |
| 26-Dec-80 | 16 | -2 | |
| 02-Jan-81 | 20* | -4 | Biggest faller |
* Marks a 9 year run in the charts for Abba and sets a new record.
Written by: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Produced by: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Sunshine
| Hit number for artist | 17 |
| Peak position | 1 |
| Weeks | 16 |
| Biggest climber awards | 0 |
| Star rater climbs | 1 |
| Biggest faller awards | 2 |
| Top 20 points | 219 |
| Overall Top 20 points ranking | =289 |
| Top 20 points ranking for the artist | 5 |
| Top 30 Points | 379 |
| Overall Top 30 points ranking | =331 |
| Top 30 points ranking for the artist | 4 |
Annual ranking:
| 1980 | 11 |
| 1981 | =125 |
Other chart success:
| Argentina | 6 |
| Australia | 7 |
| Austria | 3 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Finland | 97 |
| France | 5 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Italy | 13 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| New Zealand | 16 |
| Norway | 3 |
| Spain | 10 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Switzerland | 3 |
| UK | 1 |
| US | 8 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 |
SA Radio charts:
| Capital 604 | 4 |
| Radio 5 | 1 |
The song would spend 2 weeks at 2 in the band’s native Sweden, stuck behind a song called ‘One More Reggae For The Road’ by Bill Lovelady. It was the band’s 8th SA number 1, the most any act had managed to that date and it would put them 2 ahead of Tom Jones who was second with 6 chart toppers. The original demo recorded by Björn Ulvaeus used nonsense French words for lyrics before he went home and wrote the English lyrics. He has been quoted as saying that while his divorce from Agnetha Faltskog did inspire the song, the lyrics are not about their divorce as there was no winner (or loser) in their case.
Video:
Artist link: Abba
SA Singles Charts 