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Behind Carla Wehbe's cover of ABBA's 'The Winner Takes It All' for Like A Version
Carla Wehbe was locked and loaded with her choice for her debut Like A Version, it wasn't going to be anything other than the band who sound tracked her childhood – ABBA.
"My mum is obsessed with ABBA," she said.
"I've always dreamed of doing an ABBA song if I ever got to do Like A Version."
While she didn't grow up in a house that always had music playing, it's in the older eras of music where Carla found comfort and joy. So it was only natural that she honour that with her entry into the Like A Version archives.
Carla's version of ABBA's 1980 power ballad leans more into the sentimental and self-aware energy at the end of a relationship, harnessing the emotions with swelling strings, steel lap guitar and Carla's weapons-grade vocals.
"I love drama and I love big orchestral feeling," she said.
"I love strings and I love pedal steel, so I got all the instruments that I love the most and put them in there. And then I wanted to make it as emotional and powerful as possible."
There's no doubt this cover is brimming with emotion and power, it's knocked the wind right out of us in the best way.
Posted 2h ago 2 hours ago Thu 12 Jun 2025 at 10:30pm
