Lay All Your Love on Me

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Lay All Your Love on Me
| Cover = Lay_All_Your_Love_On_Me.jpg
| Artist = ABBA
| from Album = [[Super Trouper (album)|Super Trouper]]
| Released = 1981
| Format = 12-inch Single
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Length = 4:32
| Label = [[Polar Music]]
| Writer = [[Benny Andersson]] & [[Björn Ulvaeus]]
| Producer = [[Benny Andersson]] & [[Björn Ulvaeus]]
| Director = —
| Certification = —
| Chart position = * #7 (UK)
| Last single = "[[Super Trouper (song)|Super Trouper]]"<br />(1980)
| This single = "Lay All Your Love on Me"<br />(1981)
| Next single = "[[One of Us (ABBA song)|One of Us]]"<br />(1981)
}}

"'''Lay All Your Love on Me'''" is an [[ABBA]] song recorded by the [[Sweden|Swedish]] quartet in 1980 for the ''[[Super Trouper (album)|Super Trouper]]'' album. It was later released in 1981 as a [[12-inch single]] only in limited territories, rather than the standard 7-inch record. At the time, it was the highest selling 12-inch record, though this has since been beaten by numerous other records. "Lay All Your Love on Me" appears on ABBA's ''[[ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits]]'' collection.

==The song==
"Lay All Your Love on Me" was an electro-[[disco]] song penned by [[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]], and recorded in 1980. [[Agnetha Fältskog]] took the lead vocal, a performance of devastating heartbreak. The song was not originally intended to be released as a single, but was released in 12-inch form in the United Kingdom and in a few other countries. "Lay All Your Love on Me" has since been much-[[cover version|covered]] and now features in the ''[[Mamma Mia!]]'' musical that showcases many of ABBA's hits. The song's lyrics contain the word "incomprehensible," which, with sixteen letters, is one of the joint largest words sung in a pop record [http://www.everyhit.com/record7.html].

==Chart success==
"Lay All Your Love on Me" was not released until 1981, the year after it had been recorded, as it was simply not intended to be a single. It was only after a [[remix]]ed version had soared in popularity, that it topped the U.S. [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart (along with "[[Super Trouper (song)|Super Trouper]]" and "On and On and On"). Therefore, the decision was made to release "Lay All Your Love on Me" in limited territories in a 12-inch form, as opposed to the standard 7-inch form. It reached a respectable number seven in the UK charts - a lower position than most ABBA songs had attained previously. It was, in fact, their lowest charting single since "[[I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do]]" reached number thirty-eight in 1975. However, reaching number seven in the charts was, at the time, the highest charting position achieved for a 12-inch only release.

"Lay All Your Love on Me" was covered by Minnesota-native techno-pop band [[Information Society]] on their 1988, self-titled debut. It was also one of four ABBA songs covered by [[Erasure]]'s ''[[Abba-esque]]'' EP which did top the UK charts, eleven years later in 1992.

[[Sylver]] made a cover version of "Lay All Your Love On Me" on their album ''Crossroads'', released in 2006. It was actually recognized as the best song on the cd, and was the first single released from the album.

"Lay All Your Love On Me " is rumored to be on Madonna's scheduled 2007 album.

The song has been also covered by [[Helloween]].

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[[Category:1981 singles]]
[[Category:ABBA songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles]]

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