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Album– Jahrescharts: 1981". charts.de. Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015 . Retrieved 5 May 2010.

Outside of Europe, "Super Trouper" was a more modest hit. For example, in the United States, where ABBA never attained quite the popularity experienced elsewhere, the single reached No. 45. However, combined with " Lay All Your Love on Me" and " On and On and On", it topped the US Hot Dance Club Play chart in May 1981. The song reached the lower regions of the charts in countries such as Australia [7] and Japan, [8] but in Mexico it reached No. 3. [9] Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Palm, Carl Magnus (2017). ABBA: The Complete Recording Sessions (2nd Revised and Expandeded.). United Kingdom: CPI Group. p.400. ISBN 978-91-639-2656-3. While the song was written by Björn about a summer romance he had while a student, Frida’s interpretation is entirely believable, just one of many standout performances from her on this album, in some cases sadly overlooked due to the dominance of The Winner Takes It All. Read more: Making Erasure’s The Circus International - ABBA Album Reaches #1 Spot In 10 Countries" (PDF). Cash Box. 15 November 1980. p.36 . Retrieved 10 May 2022– via World Radio History.

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These were not the happiest of times in the ABBA camp from a personal point of view. Björn and Agnetha Fältskog divorced in the summer of that year, while they were making this seventh studio album. Frida and Benny were about to announce their divorce, which went through in 1981. The hit single that previewed the LP in the July, “The Winner Takes It All,” seemed to echo the sadness in the lives of all of the group.

British video certifications – ABBA – Super Trouper". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 6 May 2020. Chart File – Top 100 Albums 1980" (PDF). Record Mirror. 4 April 1981. p.38. ISSN 0144-5804– via World Radio History. International Dateline - Argentina" (PDF). Cash Box. 17 January 1981. p.36 . Retrieved 4 December 2019– via American Radio History. Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de . Retrieved 11 March 2020. With half of an album’s-worth of material written, the band completed a tour of Japan in March (which would be their last), before returning to work on the LP in earnest at the end of May.The Winner Takes It All is by no means the only song on Super Trouper to explore the pain of the breakdown of relationships. As affecting a song, if not so raw, Our Last Summer finds the wistful Frida of Knowing Me, Knowing You reflecting on a summer spent in Paris, reminiscing of “Walks along the Seine/ Laughing in the rain/ Our last summer/Memories that remain”. Each piece captures the essence and flair of ABBA's renewed style, blending iconic 70s vibes with modern fashion twists. One of their most fully formed collections of songs – and a unanimous band favourite – Super Trouper saw ABBA put aside their differences to fine effect… By Mark Lindores So let’s explore how the Super Trouper album evolved, song by song. The tone of maturity, calm and ease was set with the first of the Barbados-written songs to be recorded: ‘Andante, Andante’, a romantic Frida-led ballad about the consummation of a love affair, told metaphorically through musical instructions. The group then continued with the synthesizer-based ‘Elaine’, ultimately destined to end up as the B-side of ‘The Winner Takes It All’. The third song was ‘The Piper’, in which lyricist Björn delved into a subject matter that had been quite unusual for ABBA up until this time. Inspired by the Stephen King novel The Stand, he wrote a lyric about the rise of a fascist-type leader. “The lyrics deal with the fear that there will come a time when people will want such a leader again,” Björn later explained. Politically related subjects would be even more frequent on ABBA’s last album, The Visitors, where the Cold War would overtly inspire at least two songs.