Cher gained popularity in 1965 as one-half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher after their song "I Got You Babe" peaked at number one on the US and UK charts. Together they sold 40 million records worldwide. Her solo career was established during the same time, with the top-ten singles "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" and "You Better Sit Down Kids". She became a television personality in the 1970s with her CBS shows; first The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run, and then the namesake Cher. She emerged as a fashion trendsetter by wearing elaborate outfits on her television shows.
While working on television, Cher released the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Breed", and "Dark Lady", becoming the female artist with the most number-one singles in United States history at the time. After her divorce from Sonny Bono in 1975, she released the disco album Take Me Home (1979) and earned $300,000 a week for her 1979–1982 concert residency in Las Vegas.
In 1982, Cher made her Broadway debut in the play Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and starred in its film adaptation. She subsequently garnered critical acclaim for her performances in films such as Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), and Moonstruck (1987), the last of which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She then revived her music career by recording the rock-inflected albums Cher (1987), Heart of Stone (1989), and Love Hurts (1991), all of which yielded successful singles such as "I Found Someone", "If I Could Turn Back Time", and "Love and Understanding". Cher contributed to the soundtrack for her next film, Mermaids (1990), which spawned the UK number-one single "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)". She made her directorial debut with a segment in the abortion-themed anthology If These Walls Could Talk (1996).
Cher reached a new commercial peak in 1998 with the dance-pop album Believe, whose title track topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1999 and became the biggest-selling single of all time by a female artist in the UK. It features pioneering use of Auto-Tune to distort her vocals, known as the "Cher effect". Her 2002–2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time, earning $250 million. In 2008, she signed a $60 million deal to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three years. During the 2010s, she landed starring roles in the films Burlesque (2010) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) and released studio albums Closer to the Truth (2013) and Dancing Queen (2018), both of which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.
Having sold 100 million records, Cher is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her achievements include a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, the Billboard Icon Award, and awards from the Kennedy Center Honors and the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She is the only artist to date to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in six consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s. Aside from music and acting, she is noted for her political views, social media presence, philanthropic endeavors, and social activism, including LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS prevention.
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Waterloo
Cher Lyrics
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At Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender
Oh, yeah
And I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
The history book on the shelf
Is always repeating itself
Waterloo, promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
My, my
I tried to hold you back, but you were stronger
Oh, yeah
And now it seems my only chance is giving up the fight
And how could I ever refuse?
I feel like I win when I lose
Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo, promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
So how could I ever refuse?
I feel like I win when I lose
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
(Ooh ooh)
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
The chorus of Cher/ABBA's song "Waterloo" speaks of defeat and surrender in love parallel to Napoleon's surrender at the famoous battle. The singer acknowledges a defeat in love with her "Waterloo" and being unable to escape her fate of being with the other person. The lyrics show a certain acceptance of this fate and a willingness to surrender to it.
The use of the name "Waterloo" serves as a metaphor for the singer's situation in love in the same way it characterizes Napoleon's ultimate defeat. Additionally, the lyrics express the idea that history repeats itself and that this surrender in love is a common and recurring theme. The line "I feel like I win when I lose" suggests that the singer sees the surrender as a victory in itself, having found someone to love and be with despite the difficulties.
Line by Line Meaning
My, my!
Wow, wow! Exciting!
At Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender
At the battle of Waterloo, Napoleon surrendered to the British army.
Oh, yeah
That's right. It happened.
And I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
Just like Napoleon, I have also met my fate in a similar way.
The history book on the shelf
The book that tells us what happened in the past
Is always repeating itself
History is always repeating itself.
Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war
In my own personal battle, I was defeated, but you emerged victorious.
Waterloo, promise to love you for ever more
I promise to love you forever.
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
I couldn't escape from you even if I wanted to.
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
I know that my fate is to be with you.
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Used to express amazement or excitement.
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
I am finally facing my own personal Waterloo.
I tried to hold you back, but you were stronger
I tried to resist love, but love proved stronger than me.
And now it seems my only chance is giving up the fight
It seems like my only option is to stop resisting love.
And how could I ever refuse?
How could I resist you?
I feel like I win when I lose
Even when I lose, I feel like I have gained something.
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
I couldn't escape from you even if I wanted to.
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
I know that my fate is to be with you.
So how could I ever refuse?
How could I resist you?
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
I am finally facing my own personal Waterloo.
(Ooh ooh)
Used to enhance the emotional tone.
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
I know that my fate is to be with you.
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
I am finally facing my own personal Waterloo.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Benny Goran Anderson, Bjoern K. Ulvaeus, Stig Erik Leopold Anderson
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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[Verse 1]
My, my!
At Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender
Oh, yeah
And I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
[Pre-Chorus 1]
The history book on the shelf
Is always repeating itself
[Chorus]
Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo, promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
[Verse 2]
My, my
I tried to hold you back, but you were stronger
Oh, yeah
And now it seems my only chance is giving up the fight
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And how could I ever refuse?
I feel like I win when I lose
[Chorus]
Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo, promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
[Pre-Chorus 2]
So how could I ever refuse?
I feel like I win when I lose
[Chorus]
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
[Outro]
(Oh)
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
Jose Fernando Rodriguez Acosta
My, my!
At Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender
Oh, yeah
And I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
The history book on the shelf
Is always repeating itself
Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo, promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
My, my
I tried to hold you back, but you were stronger
Oh, yeah
And now it seems my only chance is giving up the fight
And how could I ever refuse?
I feel like I win when I lose
Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo, promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
So how could I ever refuse?
I feel like I win when I lose
Waterloo, couldn't escape if I wanted to
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo, knowing my fate is to be with you
Woah, woah, woah-oh
Waterloo, finally facing my Waterloo
niño Grogu 50 ñero mandalorian
Me gusta esta versión es buena para recordar buenos momentos con algún ser querido ❤ Saludos desde Chile
Sahid N Jiménez Torres
Me encanta esta versión de Cher. Y me recuerda mucho la serie AJ and they Queen
Daniel Ordoñes Campo
AJ y Robert siempre estarán en mi corazón jaja es definitivamente la mejor serie de netflix
Larry Toothbrush
Unlistenable
Rubi Latif
Can't stop playing this album!
Timeless classics from Abba sung by the one and only Cher💖
Her voice is just magic!
Lindemberg Castro
Gente, que versão maravilhosa! Muito obrigado por homenagear o ABBA, eles merecem! ♥️💜
Diego Baldasso
Assisti Aj and the Queen umas 10 vezes já, virou minha série favorita muito fácil, e as músicas são perfeitas 😍😍
Thiago Pereira
Que delícia de música, estou assistindo " Aj and the Queen" ouvi essa música e já vou baixar 💢💃🏽🤸🏼♂️♥️😘
gostosakkkjj
Nossa eu tbm
Filipe Sena
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