Agnetha was born in 1950 in Jönköping, Sweden. She began her singing career around 1967 as lead singer for the Bernt Enghardt band, a typical 1960s Swedish dance band. In 1968, she signed a contract as a solo artist and released her first album, Agnetha Fältskog. It was a significant hit, as were the follow-ups, Agnetha Fältskog Vol. 2 (1969) and Som jag är (1970). By this time, Agnetha was established as a major recording star in Sweden.
In 1969, Agnetha had become romantically involved with Björn Ulvaeus. Björn was at that time working with fellow songwriter/producer Benny Andersson on a series of projects. One such project was an occasional singing group, Festfolket, comprising of Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Benny's girlfriend, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (who also recorded as Frida).
During this time, Agnetha's solo career continued with more successes, including taking the role of Mary Magdalene in the Swedish stage version of Jesus Christ Superstar. In 1970, the two couples scored a significant hit, "Hej, gamle man", although it was credited as Benny & Björn. In 1971, Agnetha released her final "pre-ABBA" album, När en vacker tanke blir en sång.
In 1972, the foursome released their first official collaborative effort, the song "People Need Love", credited to Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid. An album, Ring Ring followed.
In 1974 with the release of their second album, the group was oficially renamed ABBA and would go on to dominate music charts for the next decade. Agnetha released one solo album during this period, Elva kvinnor i ett hus (1975). As ABBA began to wind down, she released an album of Christmas songs with her daughter entitled Nu tändas tusen juleljus in 1981.
Her first recording following her divorce from Bjorn (as well as the breakup of ABBA) was her first English solo album, Wrap Your Arms Around Me in 1983, followed by Eyes of a Woman in 1985.
She released two albums in 1987, the Swedish collection of children's songs Kom följ med i vår karusell, recorded with her young son and the English-language I Stand Alone. This would be her final studio album for seventeen years.
During this period, hits included "The Heat Is On", "Can't Shake Loose", "The Way You Are", "The Last Time" and "I Won't Let You Go".
In 2004, Agnetha returned to the public eye with both a compilation of her early work, The First Years 1967-1979 and a new English-language album, My Colouring Book. The singles "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" and "When You Walk In The Room" became big hits.
In the years since, her public profile has increased, even hinting at the possibility of an ABBA reunion some time in the future.
What Now My Love
Agnetha Fältskog Lyrics
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Now that you've left me
How can I live through another day
Watching my dreams turning to ashes
And my hopes into bits of clay
What now my love
Now that you're gone
No one would care
No one would cry
If I should live or die
Et maintemant
Que vais-je faire
De tout ce temps
Que sera ma vie
De tous ces gens
Qui m'indiffèrent
Maintenant
Que tu es parti
What now my love
Now that you're gone
I'd be a fool to go on and on
No one would care
No one would cry
If I should live or die
What now my love
Now there is nothing
Only my last goodbye
In Agnetha Fältskog's song "What Now My Love," the singer is grappling with the aftermath of a breakup. The song captures a sense of despair and uncertainty that comes with love lost. The opening lines "What now my love, now that you've left me, how can I live through another day?" convey the singer's profound sense of loss and their struggle to carry on after the end of a relationship.
The singer cannot reconcile with the fact that their dreams have turned to ashes, and their hopes have been shattered into bits of clay. The imagery used in the lyrics depicts the painful transformation of something beautiful into something completely worthless. The lyrics also capture the societal attitudes around the loss of a relationship: the notion that no one would care or cry if they were to live or die.
Line by Line Meaning
What now my love
What am I supposed to do now that our love is over
Now that you've left me
I am alone, deserted and abandoned
How can I live through another day
Existing each day hurts more than dying
Watching my dreams turning to ashes
My ambitions have come to nothing, leaving me without a sense of direction
And my hopes into bits of clay
My expectations of love and companionship have been shattered
Now that you're gone
Without you, there is no life for me
I'd be a fool to go on and on
It is pointless to continue without your love
No one would care
There is no one left who cares about me
No one would cry
Likewise, no one would be saddened if I were to pass away
Et maintemant Que vais-je faire
And now, what will become of me
De tout ce temps
With all this time
Que sera ma vie
What will my life be
De tous ces gens Qui m'indiffèrent
Surrounded by indifferent people
Maintenant Que tu es parti
Now that you have left
Now there is nothing
Without love, everything is meaningless
Only my last goodbye
All that remains is my final farewell
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Carl Sigman, Gilbert Becaud, Pierre Delanoe
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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AGNETHA FÄLTSKOG - wrote her first song "Two little trolls" when she was five years old. Her father Ingvar was interested in amateur theater and used to put on small performances and local revues in Jönköping. When Fältskog was six years old, she made her stage debut by performing the song "Billy Boy" in one of her father's Christmas performances.
Agnetha Fältskog took early piano lessons, and she also performed at church. When she was seven years old, she received a piano as a gift from her parents. At the age of thirteen, she formed the group The Cambers together with her childhood friends Lena Johansson and Elisabeth Strub. Agnetha's main idol at this time was the American singer Connie Francis. Agnetha Fältskog graduated in 1967. After that she stopped studying to pursue a career as a singer and songwriter.
- CAREER BEFORE ABBA: As a 16-year-old, Fältskog became a member of the Swedish dance band Bernt Enghardt's orchestra. At the same time, she worked as a switchboard operator at a car company. Agnetha Fältskog wrote her songs. In Love) in November 1967, which also became her first No1 at Kvällstoppen in early 1968. Then the successes took turns: "Without you my life goes on", "Everything has changed", "Gypsy friend", "If tears would be gold" and "Where will my love go" were some of the titles. She then toured with Bertil Bertilsson, Hans Smedberg, and a model for the group Salt and Pepper with Stefan Möller, Lasse Sandborg, Benny Svensson and Mats Westman. She recorded several albums. The best-selling "Eleven Women In a House ",( Gold ) which included the Swedish top hit songs "Thank you for a wonderful ordinary day"as well as "Doktor " and "SOS" in Swedish ( recorded in an English Version By ABBA and a No 1 Hit In England .
- THE YEARS WITH ABBA - Agneta Fältskog is one of the four members of ABBA. She already participated in the "prototype" of ABBA, the ensemble with the four who in 1970 toured under the name Festfolket. (Party People) In the Swedish SuperGroup ABBA, Agnetha Fältskog shared the role of lead singer with Annifrid Lyngstad
- AFTER ABBA - After ABBA was dissolved, Fältskog released three English-language solo albums in the 1980s. These were Wrap Your Arms Around Me, Eyes of a Woman and I Stand Alone. She also appeared in the film Raskenstam in 1983 and sang the song "It's So Nice to Be Rich" the same year as a leitmotif in the film P&B. AGNETHA participated as a songwriter in the Melodifestivalen 1981, when she together with Ingela Forsman wrote "But The Night Is Ours".
- AGNETHA recorded the duets "Never Again" (with Tomas Ledin) in 1982, "The Way You Are" (with Ola Håkansson from the band " Secret Service ") 1986 and" I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye) "(with Peter Cetera from the band" Chigago ") 1987.
- After a seventeen year of artistic silence, Fältskog released the single" If I Thought You ' Ever Change Your Mind ",which is a Cilla Black song from the 1960s. In April 2004, the cover album "My Coloring Book" followed, which topped the Swedish sales lists and gave Agnetha Fältskog a Platinum Record. On March 11, 2013, Fältskog released a new single, "When You Really Loved Someone". It is included in the album A, which was later released in May 2013
- Agnetha Fältskog - And the other ABBA members was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 ( Usa )- And The Swedish Music Hall of Fame in 2014
Discography - Agnetha Fältskog - Solo Recordings
Swedish-language album-1968 - Agnetha Fältskog 1969
- Agnetha Fältskog Vol. 2 1970
- As I am - 1971
- When a beautiful thought becomes a song 1975
- Eleven women in a house 1981
- Now a thousand Christmas candles are lit, with daughter Linda Ulvaeus
- 1987 - Come join our carousel, with son of Christian Ulvaeus
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ALBUMS
1983 - Wrap Your Arms Around Me - - 1985 - Eyes of a Woman
1987 - I Stand Alone - - - 2004 - My Coloring Book - 2013 - A
COLLECTION ALBUM
1973 - Agnetha Fältskog's best - 1979 - Ten years with Agnetha
1985 - Team Toppen 1 - 1986 - Sing this song
1986 - Agnetha Collection '' - 1989 - Agnetha in Germany
1994 - Go with God - 1996 - My Love, My Life
1998 - That's Me - The Greatest Hits - 2004 - The first years 1967-1979 (6-cd box) -2008
- My Very Best SINGLES "I was so in love" / "" Follow me "(1967)" The end is good, everything good "/" Without you - "A summer with you" / "Reconciled" (1968) "The one I have been waiting for" / "Everything has changed" (1968)
"Sing this song" / "Something happens to me" (1969)
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" / "My Uncle Jonathan" (1969)
"For the Swedish summer" / "Once upon a time there were only two of us" (1969)
"Take my hand let's be friends" / "The Crown Prince of the Heart" (1969)
"Gypsy Friend" / "Like a Wind You Came to Me" (1969)
"If tears were gold" / "Little sunshine child" (1970)
"Like an echo" / "Just take it easy" (1970)
"A song and a fairy tale" / "I will do everything" (1970)
"The King's Guard Parade" / "I Want You to Be Happy" (1971)
"Many times more" / "He leaves me for"Many times more" / "He leaves me for
"New words "/" Dream is dream and fairy tale fairy tale "(1971)
"Where will my love go" / "Now you will be still" (1972)
"Ten miles to Korpilombolo" / "As happy as your eyes" (1972)
"We have reached the chorus" / "A song about sorrow and joy" (1973)
"Golliwog" / "Here for Your Love" (1974)
"They have forgotten" / "Gulleplutt" (1975)
"SOS" / "Show in the Eighth Month" (1975)
"When you take me in your arms" / "I was so in love" (1979)
"Never Again" / "Just for the Fun" (with Tomas Ledin) (1982)
"The Heat Is On" / "Man" (1983)
"Can't Shake Loose" / "To Love" (1983)
"Wrap Your Arms Around Me" / "Take Good Care of Your Children" (1983)
"It's So Nice to Be Rich" / "P & B" (1983)
"I Won't Let You Go" / "You're There" (1985)
"One Way Love" / "Turn the World Around" (1985)
"Just One Heart" / "Click Track" (The Netherlands) (1985)
"The Angels Cry" / "We Move as One" (The Netherlands) (1985)
"The Way You Are" / "Fly Like the Eagle" (with Ola Håkansson) (1986)
"The Carousel Song" / "Small and Tired" (with son Christian) (1987)
"On Sunday" / "My name is Blom" (with son Christian) (1987)
"The Last Time" / "Are You Gonna Throw It All Away (1988)
"Let It Shine" / "Maybe It Was Magic" (1988)
"I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)" / "If You Need Somebody Tonight" (with Peter Cetera known from The Group CHICAGO) (1988)
"The Queen of Hearts" (1998)
"If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (2004)
"When You Walk in the Room" (2004)
"Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" (2004)
"When You Really Loved Someone" (2013)
"Dance Your Pain Away" (2013)
"I Should've Followed You Home" (with Gary Barlow) (2013)
Singles in West Germany
"Robinson Crusoe" / "Sonny Boy" (1968)
"Señor Gonzales" / "My most beautiful day" (1968)
"Concerto d'Amore" / "Wie der Wind" (1969)
"Wer schreibt heut 'noch Liebesbriefe" / "Das Fest der Pompadour" (1969)
"Question mark I do not like" / "Like the next bus'" (1970)
"A little man in a bottle" / "I was looking for love with you" (1970)
"Go with God" / "A Thousand Wonders" (1972)
"Come to me" / "I think of you" (1972)
Filmography
1977 - ABBA - The Movie
1980 - ABBA - In Concert
1983 - Raskenstam
2004 - ABBA - The Last Video Ever
- Agnetha Fältskog - And the other ABBA members was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 ( Usa )- And The Swedish Music Hall of Fame in 2014
Steffi Christina
Brilliant, Agnetha the Queen of Pop ❣️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
richard kane
The single that should have been. Beautiful song, beautiful lady...ABBA meets U2 as Agnetha takes a sixties classic and pulls it into the noughties. Just beautiful, with that voice which cries as it sings. If heaven has a soundtrack, her melancholy voice would sing it.
abbafanglosuk
Yes, it makes you envious Shay. I think she's giving the message that this is a fresh start for her private life, after her previous misfortunes.
Almeri Franco
Todas as musicas dela são lindas❤️😍👏!!!
Lucy Lastic
Agnetha is a very shy, private person, but this film shows she is a very sensative passionate woman who has grown more beautiful as she has got older. As I have got older I can really feel the connection and appreciate her talent more now than ever. Amazing lady x
Almeri Teresinha Franco
Uma das mais lindas canções de Agnetha...
Krystynka1500
Piekna piosenka....po prostu miłość
Cintia Knuttsen
Es una hermosa versión. Además hicieron un tributo de imágenes de David Bowie e Iman con ésta canción. Demasiada emoción.
Maria de Lourdes Barros Moreira
AMEI, arrasou, é isso aí agnetha!!!
Russ Grunert
What a wonderful heartfelt version of this, I mist up every time I hear it.