ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me (Lyrics)

"Lay All Your Love on Me" was recorded by the Swedish pop group ABBA in 1980 for their seventh studio album, Super Trouper. The electro-pop song explores the high emotions and passions that can emerge when falling in love.
The song hit number one in the US dance charts in 1981, but has lasted in popularity over the years, becoming an ABBA staple. In 2006 it was named the 60th greatest dance song of all time by Slant magazine.
(C) 1981 Polar Music International AB
ABBA Lay All Your Love On Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
But now it isn't true
Now everything is new
And all I've learned has overturned
I beg of you
[Chorus]
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel a kind of fear
When I don't have you near
Unsatisfied, I skip my pride
I beg you, dear
[Chorus]
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me
[Verse 3]
I've had a few little love affairs
They didn't last very long and they've been pretty scarce
I used to think that was sensible
It makes the truth even more incomprehensible
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause everything is new
And everything is you
And all I've learned has overturned
What can I do?
[Chorus]
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

[@brianurban1460]

Whoever is randomly scrolling thru the comments have a nice day

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

Yeah, me. Really must get out more! You have a nice day too.

[@sirgarypeters684]

And wish you a nice day, too!

[@leahmacpherson3250]

No sir, YOU have a nice day

[@lorijacobson2686]

You too!

[@oop6976]

You to 💖

[@maddiem7477]

Don’t lie, a lot of us searched: Don’t go wasting your emotions

[@asiagrave4604]

No I searched up don’t go😂

[@radasharamdeo67]

Yup I did

[@jhddhhrhrh6289]

Lmaooo

[@RobertAimar25]

I searched ,, i wasn't jealous before we met " :) !

[@Pabpovich]

Damm why you so loud for .. maybe

[@GodwinUhunoma-b1b]

After 10 years this song is still my comfort 😭😔💔

[@royaltinman2226]

I’ve been trying to find this song for a little over a decade and at last, here I am

[@cloudyXvivian]

I'll see this song in the next ten years Ten years later: Forgets there was such a song

[@josealbertouribemoreno1876]

Idk why this song fits so well with Onepiece, it just does.

[@richardjagan4378]

Always loved ABBA even as a kid and I’m from the 80’s

[@everyvillanislemon599]

As a person who loves all kinds of music I'm ashamed I haven't heard this already so badass.

[@mustaphatukur2257]

Alhamdulillah, My ears have heard this song before I died. Astaghfirullah, yet Alhamdulillah 😊.

[@cupid5222]

1:20 AHH

[@Ecb_editz]

Anyone here in 2024

[@wojciechgilewicz4258]

yes sir

[@abubakarjr.guiamalodin8124]

I always hear it on clips for animee

[@wahababdal3276]

luffy gear 5 🔥

[@BlackMonkeyLex]

is a really old song isnt it hunn? now i think this is my best song to listen went having to rest babyyy

[@frzkkzeny]

3:22 , i only came back here because of luffy gear5.

[@Ocean_Forever]

"I was in jail just before we met" this line hits so hard

[@amirudinaniq5621]

who else came from tiktok >

[@riadia.x]

All those years I was singing " I was in jail just before we met"

[@Rpeesss]

😂😂😂this had me dying

[@derrickespinosa6663]

ME TOO 😭

[@nikkidoherty7471]

at what part??

[@Reilly1962]

Maria Ria. Blimey Maria, what sort of friends do you have? You look so sweet from your picture 🧐

[@danielhill3261]

LOL!! Haha haha

[@AboSami99]

If you’re listening this music in 2024 and after… thank you for having a good taste

[@guccihorsepiss2406]

good taste is subjective

[@PrinceShanzai]

:D

[@genuineinterest]

Me: *sees any ABBA song with unfamiliar title* Me: maybe I actually don't know this one huh let's see Me one (1) second in: never mind AAAAAA

[@irisaurios]

SAME

[@kath4350]

So truueeeee

[@souljwroe4352]

Literally doing this haha its impossible to not know there songs!! Amazing

[@ebonym9902]

SAME LMAO

[@emilyebanks4650]

Same wtf

[@tenejdavidovic9952]

the chourus is so damn powerfull. how do you even make something that great??

[@Nitzpitz]

Try the Corona version = Lay no virus on me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWevXqh6rJh8kMU

[@johnkiunke4508]

it sounds like a bach chorale, I think that's what they imitated

[@petermende9002]

@@johnkiunke4508 True. It sounds great as well on a church organ! Maybe if you haven't already watched and heard you might like principal45 playing it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXiod5KoqK6qd80

[@RandomCatOnYoutubee]

Yeah

[@mniufejidos3464]

@@johnkiunke4508 which chorale?

[@banshusband8095]

me: *sees unfamiliar abba song* me: oh i wonder how i don’t know it also me, an editor: DONT GO WASTING YOUR EMOTIONS

[@princessmoonlight1356]

SAME

[@dandyandyyy]

PEACHES IN THE ICON SELLS THIS

[@oreosux]

ur a editor but upload gacha content? damn 💀

[@localloyal]

I see mary in your profile picture 👀👀

[@leospotions1133]

oreoVEV0 gacha editor

[@CheeseLoverRed]

Recorded in the 1980's, but still sounds fresh today.

[@ileniheelu9489]

True

[@lana-b]

Surprised there is no tik tok comments -_-

[@necr0cryptz]

Bruh why do people act like not having tik tok is a whole personality trait

[@lana-b]

@@necr0cryptz Idk bro

[@me-cf9ul]

same

[@yamileee]

there is some

[@mpregmonday8370]

lol look at the newest comment now smh

[@roanlindeman2942]

This song is so amazing. ABBA is one of the best music bands ever with Queen

[@natashastephen9796]

Abbas the best

[@marta.st00j]

Y E S

[@ml106]

Sorry, but Queen doesn't come close to ABBA

[@jackiessquirrel5508]

M4T you are right

[@steffss1662]

Queen were inspired by ABBA in many ways!

[@dramaticvirghoe]

IMAGINE VIBING TO THIS IN A SKATE ROLLING RINK WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED!!!

[@Scree_Girl]

That sounds fun, today's music isn't as good as 80s music.

[@tommie42]

@@Scree_Girl agreed, everything either sounds too similar or is repeated

[@smorrisby]

My local skating ring only ever played Abba.

[@tea8050]

My mum was able to do that, she was in her 20s when it came out

[@peaches__]

@@Scree_Girl honestly 80s music sucks it’s incredibly cheesy

[@saiki1151]

THE ONE PIECE IS REAL

[@amy1133]

i'm literally sitting in my bed at 0:22 am listening to this song while closing my eyes. goosebumps. this is so good.

[@sandrarosenberg2515]

Sandra

[@deniseappelman218]

Same😊

[@synon9m]

that's hot

[@fjorinasimoni9832]

Oh my strong emotions....Energetic, spiritual song....I love abba💖💖💖💖💖

[@jellybutter3123]

1:02am here

[@Cece-gg9mi]

People pressed when we come from tik tok but it actually helps the artist and we discover new songs like chill yall EDIT : Since there is a lot of drama for a youtube comment I wish to apologize if I was rude to anyone. I did overract. ABBA doesnt need "help" I was just talking in general ^^

[@yvmihisux]

ikr!!!

[@flawedaughter]

i'm sayinn

[@beepbooptop]

Yeah everyone who hates on people discovering songs through tick tock /or just tick tock should grow the f up. Hating something isn't a personality

[@ffion2942]

YOUVE NEVER HEARD OF ABBA OR MAMMA MIA?

[@ffion2942]

UNCULTURED

[@marcv.d.marques611]

you will want to hear this music in 500 years.

[@stargazin695]

Yes.

[@girlyeeyee5836]

It’s famous on TikTok nowww

[@Awesomesupermario246]

No lol

[@strange5258]

i'll be dead

[@starfish8382]

Gl being alive by then

[@zamahkingmultiversus369]

All their songs have an unique vibe. Such a legendary band

[@bogdanradonjic7180]

123 likes and no coments!?ama change dat

[@mrturkeylegs2718]

lol

[@LarzGustafsson]

True.

[@JedidiahJedidiah-ig4pz]

. . l m l

[@JedidiahJedidiah-ig4pz]

v . 😊😊😊

[@mcfcok1683]

The chorus sounds like a Hymn. Beautiful song

[@x6621]

The chorus was actually inspired by Frida’s memories of singing with her church congregation as a child in the summertime of 1950s Sweden.

[@mcfcok1683]

@@x6621 Wow that’s amazing, thanks for telling me :)

[@forestcuriousity]

I thought the exact same thing

[@samhordesongs]

666 likes

[@spatrk6634]

its very like something that Bach would wrote. baroque sounding

[@kcsi1]

It is about ordinary emotion of young people but elevated and sounds like a hymn.

[@minolio]

Can't imagine a better way to define this song...

[@Hbmd3E]

Lay all your love on Jesus and dont run with the idols?

[@DJfractalflight]

I was thinking that too! It really does sound like a hymn sung in church but with synths. To bring all the synthers to repentance. Praise be unto Jesus upon whom all love is answered and none wasted :)

[@annoyingguy9939]

That's the perfect way to put it.

[@Hbmd3E]

@@annoyingguy9939 YES! commentator must b particulary wise

[@xxmarcoxx3189]

One piece

[@tapioca1398]

When I first heard it in an edited audio I thought it was like a Russian anthem or something tbh

[@irineakeneos9022]

ME TOO SIS

[@Sage03]

Same!

[@evqa06]

are you talking about the stranger audio? i love it so much. people ruined it when it got popular. i loved watching vids of dictators under that sound.

[@prolymoly7137]

What?

[@xsitied2708]

i’ve always just thought that’s what it was

[@tomstone2013]

Angels are singing

[@Gnathorn]

And some dude is playing the bass?

[@purpleturkey1792]

AMEN ... 👍❤

[@elisabethprince7462]

Aziraphale is singing that who ( sorry about Good omen post but this reminded me of him and crowley).

[@anderlundberg9297]

@@Gnathorn Rutger Gunnarsson

[@anderlundberg9297]

@@Gnathorn Rutger Gunnarsson

[@lilyd2021]

No I didn’t come here from tictok I literally just love this song

[@astraxworld]

want a medal?

[@Ellieee1117]

Same

[@deethagxddd8355]

nb gaf cuh

[@deethagxddd8355]

@@astraxworld or sumn😂

[@xsitied2708]

same

[@edcliffe2988]

My favourite ABBA song. Wonder why it never got more play time on the radio.

[@ВикторияПолозова-с4е]

У нас,в России,она постоянно звучит по радио!!!

[@michaelmarto69]

now it plays more on tiktok and KZbin shorts

[@iscuit]

​@@ВикторияПолозова-с4е я русский швед, и почему-то это меня радует

[@flfar3445]

They have a lot of good ones tho!😊

[@edcliffe2988]

@@flfar3445 I was never a huge ABBA fan, so I can't consider myself part of their fan base. However, as with many bands, there is an occasional diamond that sparkles in a way that gets my attention. Certainly not their only song that I find palatable, but this one hit a chord with me many years ago and I find it's still resonating.

[@Hinata-gm8dm]

The vibe is indescribable

[@roisinnigcrainn7722]

But when you catch it, you know

[@snoop5127]

2:04 this part is amazinggg

[@Stelle05]

......

[@kristinakolozova209]

"I beg you dear"? Amazing.

[@realasifrizwan]

1:08 is way better

[@ayangnyaela]

@@Stelle05......

[@domgegemink6285]

@@ayangnyaela mayad

[@musicmind72]

Is there any other band in history who has written and sung songs like these? Just look at the rhythm.. look at the lyrics... and one is overawed by the sheer genius of ABBA. I think there has been none other like these guys and never will be. Agreed?

[@fabianpeterhaensel8901]

Yes, Obama

[@mr.summerset8054]

Queen

[@filippovnaa]

Queen

[@ShionWinkler]

Freddie Mercury for the Win!, but Abba is a good second place.

[@musicmind72]

@@ShionWinkler.. Queen's music is timebound .. Abba's is timeless.

[@gingfreecs946]

That's luffys song

[@aawyd]

Not me searching up “don’t go wasting your emotions” cause I couldn’t remember the name😭😭

[@berkristy8286]

Me too 😭😭

[@kalaxp8651]

If you here this Sentence in 1:21 that is the name of the song.

[@davidlux3835]

I searched up your emotions bc I have memory loss lol

[@gavinband2817]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[@mamabear385]

You and me both

[@Gnathorn]

@@mamabear385 I think it's amazing. But maybe it's just me ;)

[@Laliscrew]

@@Gnathorn yes dude, out of billions in the world, i'm certain you're the ONLY ONE

[@hiljaageshe3058]

Gavin Band sameee

[@BluZero]

This comment sure is old, what you doing now??

[@DragonsDream]

I've been a fan of Abba for years but for some reason never heard this song before, so this song feels like a hidden gem for me 💎

[@gurrenlorenzo6795]

Same for me, I discover this for a Short of KZbin, I search the line "wasting your emotion" and found this.

[@N0vaB0ba398]

My mother would go mad if I knew Dancing Queen or Voulez-vous but not this 😂

[@LarzGustafsson]

I've been a fan since the 70's. Living in Sweden, they were inevitable.

[@iValkure]

LOL, this was the first ABBA song I heard and fell in love with the band - it was rocking disco clubs like earthquakes in 1981.

[@trickywharf2028]

1:09 for tiktok people

[@knock0264]

THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!!!

[@julissalucero735]

How?

[@darkstarkam]

Who else's waiting for the Gear 5? 🗿

[@CASEY3338]

Gear five luffy?

[@Quake5186]

The one piece THE ONE PIECE IS REAL

[@akram51]

Gear 5 theme song

[@sg72646]

My favourite Abba song by a mile!

[@azazelviking3510]

kickboxer Excellent taste!This,and Gimme,are so powerfully strong...

[@fjorinasimoni9832]

It' s so spiritual💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💑

[@paulweaver7074]

Oh God, I don't know! It's so hard to choose. This one makes you want to dance

[@MegaPETITELADY]

Mine too ! Sounds like classic music but makes you wanna dance.

[@laurenslife5811]

And mine too 🥰

[@maddywilkinson9539]

My aunt passed away when i was 10. i remember listening to ABBA in car whenever we would have sleepovers or i would go out with her. Now listening to this 8 years later, being 18, its such a happy memory to look back on. I hope she would be proud of the person i have become.

[@tianagall178]

She will be very happy

[@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe]

Hell even I'm proud of you. It's very impressive to me that you can look back at your time with her, with happiness. I don't even know you, but I love your aunt with you, for having made you so happy. I hope you're doing even better today.

[@SuadEris]

🤜🤛✌️

[@7wzz]

The one piece is real

[@wood2640]

"Fake" -akainu-

[@rynocerusrex5050]

Comment section people: Do you watch anime?

[@WhaleMilk]

Just here comparing BDG's cover to the original. Very little changed lol

[@Allan_Melon]

Such a timeless band, Im a 26 year old guy, listening to this , its simply fantastic music :)

[@Nitzpitz]

Try the Corona version = Lay no virus on me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWevXqh6rJh8kMU

[@XvCiiA]

19

[@bronzewaffle2310]

22 and I totally agree

[@ghost_emre_a7710]

I am 18

[@cakemonstar2600]

13 year old highschooler. I relate to this very much

[@lilgnida]

One piece shorts brought me here

[@oceans80]

This song was so ahead of it's time it was overlooked a bit in 1980, when disco was going out of fashion and new wave took over, This was really the first trance dance track.

[@Nitzpitz]

Try the Corona version = Lay no virus on me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWevXqh6rJh8kMU

[@ALLMETAL1970]

As well as hair metal bursting on the scene, the 80s was a great time to be alive

[@LarzGustafsson]

I love punk myself.

[@sithmikulasekara5653]

The one piece is real.

[@fauzanazizi5907]

*blazikowaz sinyom ilikipaidiede*.....URAAAAAAAA!!!

[@Noname-mj8fz]

Fk Russia

[@alejandrolongopas8685]

This theme always seemed to me sophisticated, ahead of its time. The refrain is like a chorus that crosses all that claim with pure melancholy.

[@thea-train1182]

Yeah

[@mars11115]

This song goes with every legendary moment

[@idasmillaschmidt9667]

I feel like ABBA isn't getting remembered. I showed my playlist to my friends (ABBA, Earth, Wind, & fire, Toploader and ScissorSisters) And they hated it, And I feel like i'm the only person in my class (I'm 11) That remembers these Musical geniuses :(

[@hofficalz]

Give it time. Most of the best artists and hits of the 70s/80s are found by older age when the peer pressure doesn't play such a big role anymore

[@Livia-hk7mp]

The same with me

[@ryusseii]

Howcometheydonglikethiswth

[@qsstores6933]

If I was you I'd get new friends, ones that have a great taste in music like you!

[@petrecioaca6347]

When I sing ABBA at school every body lisents

[@that_guy_from_the_internet]

It's 2022 and this song is still fire!

[@sphikenigel543]

jan 14 2023 bro

[@itsjundoe]

Feb 14

[@KaiserClone]

Februare 21

[@stopcyberbullying2138]

​​@@KaiserClone 7 march

[@Moldsp0nge]

Haha April 3 2023

[@thiagito_negr0]

One piece edit music:

[@diegootaku8281]

ONE PIECE SUPREMACY

[@edgarbeat275]

At 3:50 that synth solo is incredible. Benny's accordion and baroque music knowledge combined. The sheer playfulness and precision just effortless. The little key flutters geometry of melody. Literally showing off in the last three seconds.

[@laurenslife5811]

Love that bit too 🥰

[@staffsyeoman]

Agreed, it's almost Bach.

[@komissonata3895]

This comment was both a treat to my eyes and imagination. Thank you.

[@Mingus8]

Agree.. this song is basicly a Bach tune with a disco beat.

[@-yan.]

🤓

[@nordestinoc.r.f970]

Luffy Gear 5 from Brazil! 😂🇧🇷❤️

[@kaikecx2431]

falo da bahia e vc?

[@diego00seven]

​@@kaikecx2431 Ele não sei, mas eu do rio grande do sul 😊

[@kaikecx2431]

@@diego00seven brabo demais 🫶🏽💪🏻

[@-slice3818]

I thought this was from One piece

[@kingcoolin2339]

Shout out the one piece community

[@jackthefool5482]

THE ONE PIECE!! THE ONE PIECE IS REAAAAL!!

[@luisrosano3510]

One of their best.

[@davidtracey9094]

Luis Rosano divine

[@bernhardherrmann6430]

If not the B E S T ! O:-)

[@Gnathorn]

Could literally write that comment on all ABBA songs :)

[@jackiessquirrel5508]

Bernhard Herrmann they are all the best

[@bernhardherrmann7774]

@@jackiessquirrel5508 ,....well, Jacky.......! :-)

[@kaynebreaux9014]

All I see is Luffy

[@KaiserClone]

Who tf is luffy

[@einartass]

Who came here from one peace clips on tt?

[@user-mi7qf7pq1k]

1:56 is this the part you were looking for?

[@moldyorange398]

This song has been stuck in my head for DAYS

[@Ana-mf1cz]

Same:))

[@aaroncoughlan7852]

It’s been stuck in mine for 7 years bruh

[@seriousman61]

Gear 5 Luffy theme unofficially 😂

[@adarshshetty4338]

ONNNEEE PIIIEECCEEE IS REAAAALL

[@deat-mq5xi]

Am I the only one who doesnt see these one piece edits 😅 I see more edits of cosmology with this song

[@arthudisini]

1:14 ukraine & russia bring me here

[@oscarmayer4254]

🔱where is my gymbros?🔱

[@sifridbassoon]

OMG, how many times did I dance to this song in Dallas gay clubs back in the early 80s. Super Trooper was an awesome album. And the end of that era was The Visitors. I'm dancing around my bedroom with my wireless headphones on! haha

[@chee6916]

i wonder if future me would come back to this song in a few years

[@paddymitchell4995]

One of the greatest pop songs of all time ,anyone else agree with me?.

[@kacperklonowski1327]

Pov: all one piece edits

[@justsomeguywithoutamustach]

Gear 5 theme song

[@ZDisco]

Just imagine a finale to a movie/anime or whatever just the main villain reaches a whole new level and fucking demolishes everything

[@headlightspirits]

THAT WOULD BE SO COOL

[@elizabethmartin3831]

Fuck I want to do that now.

[@keyboard9984]

Attack on titan

[@starfish8382]

@@keyboard9984 yes.

[@ultimategamerz5578]

I have one... JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 6

[@近藤竜之助]

アノニマスのティックトック動画から来ましたw

[@MJ-ce1zo]

one piece song

[@TheJohnezekiel]

you searched dont go wasting your emotion cause u wanna see the song and u scroll into the comments.

[@fredricklukas6725]

That's true ...mostly when it comes to this ..just can't get it off my. Mind what you think? How are you feeling today?

[@setsu647]

one piece is real

[@gabrielgranados7370]

I searched: music used in videos of war🤣

[@joleencujoh2011]

As a Gen Z who's into old classic songs, I'm obsessed with this song rn.

[@noroses4you]

check out Tavares

[@calianna2166]

yah so you have watched tiktok

[@somerandomguy9868]

this aint even that old

[@Nick-vp7lj]

jojo reference?

[@cloudtaker633]

Same, but never knew the TikTok one existed

[@MultiRingtail]

Every One Piece Shorts creator’s music

[@fitriAjew]

When this song released in 1981, my mom was 17. Now she still got vibes on this masterpiece

[@clodaghmagee6044]

I’m that 2020 comment your looking for

[@theycalledmeamadman2772]

JOY BOY.....Has returned!!!!

[@Average_anime_enthousiast]

THE ONE PIECE, THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!!!!!!

[@orthomint]

One Piece edits with this song go hard fr

[@deat-mq5xi]

Seen more cosmology scaling edits than one piece

[@danikamcleod707]

Simon Pegg could play Bjorn in an ABBA movie.

[@dreamcatcher9689]

Danika McLeod i think David Spade would be even better

[@hollycranston4586]

Kaley cuoco as Agnetha

[@aaronbarlow4376]

@@hollycranston4586 As pretty as she is, it's hard to find someone as gorgeous as Agnetha was.

[@ginger3467]

julianne moore could play Frida

[@MilkTub]

movies based on musicians are all the rage at the moment, its only a matter of time

[@loukendioS]

bro i found this from one piece edits 💀

[@BiggusNickus]

Lay all your blood on meeeee...

[@JackieTab68]

No disrespect to the band or anybody that loves this song but all I can think of when I hear this is one piece 😂