2041 – ABBA – Lay all your love on me (1980)

 

Escrita por Benny Andersson e Bjorn Ulvaeus, foi gravada entre setembro e outubro de 1980 no Polar Music Studios em Estocolmo, e lançada em 3 de novembro de 1980, no disco Super Trouper, o sétimo disco do grupo. Sairia também em compacto, em julho de 1981, com On and on and on como Lado B. Foi produzida por Benny Andersson e Bjorn Ulvaeus. Chegou ao número 7 no Reino Unido, número 8 na Irlanda, número 13 na Bélgica, número 26 na Alemanha Ocidental e número 68 na Suécia. Agnetha Falyskog cantou. Anni-Frid Lyngstad fez backing vocals. Benny Andersson tocou teclado, sintetizadores e fez backing vocals. Bjorn Ulvaeus tocou guitarra e fez backing vocals. Lasse Wellander tocou guitarra. Rutger Gunnarsson tocou baixo e Ola Brunkert tocou bateria. O vocal do refrão é feito como um coro de igreja. Foi regravada pelo Information Society, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

I wasn't jealous before we met
Now every woman I see is a potential threat
And I'm possessive, it isn't nice
You've heard me saying that smoking was my only vice

But now it isn't true
Now everything is new
And all I've learned has overturned
I beg of you

Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me

It was like shooting a sitting duck
A little small talk, a smile, and baby I was stuck
I still don't know what you've done with me
A grown-up woman should never fall so easily

I feel a kind of fear
When I don't have you near
Unsatisfied, I skip my pride
I beg you, dear

Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

I've had a few little love affairs
They didn't last very long and they've been pretty scarce
I used to think I was sensible
It makes the truth even more incomprehensible

'Cause everything is new
And everything is you
And all I've learned has overturned
What can I do?

Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me

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