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((other uses|When All Is Said and Done (disambiguation)))
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((Infobox song
| name       = When All Is Said and Done
| cover      = ABBA - When All Is Said And Done.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[ABBA]]
| album      = [[The Visitors (ABBA album)|The Visitors]]
| B-side     = [[Should I Laugh or Cry]]
| released   = 31 December 1981 (U.S.)
| recorded   = 16–19 March 1981 at Polar Music Studios; finished 14 November 1981
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[europop]]
| length     = 3:20
| label      = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] (U.S.)
| writer     = [[Benny Andersson]]<br />[[Björn Ulvaeus]]
| producer   = Benny Andersson<br />Björn Ulvaeus
| prev_title = [[One of Us (ABBA song)|One of Us]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = [[Head over Heels (ABBA song)|Head over Heels]]
| next_year  = 1982
| misc       = ((Extra album cover
 | header  = "No Hay a Quien Culpar"
 | type    = single
 | cover   = ABBA - No Hay a Quien Culpar (El Salvador).jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = El Salvador single
))
((External music video|((YouTube|tUh4u-lYEhM|"When All Is Said and Done")) ))
))
"'''When All Is Said and Done'''" is a song recorded in 1981 by Swedish pop group [[ABBA]], and is featured on the group's eighth<!-- Please do not replace this with "final" here, as they got back together after 35 years in 2016. Thank you. --> studio album, ''[[The Visitors (ABBA album)|The Visitors]]''. The track – with lead vocals by [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]] – was released as a single in the United States (with the non-album track "[[Should I Laugh or Cry]]" as the B-side) on 31 December 1981 on Atlantic 3889, and reached No. 27 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in March 1982.

==Overview==
ABBA consisted of two married couples who later divorced. Similar to the group's 1980 track, "[[The Winner Takes It All]]", which could have been influenced by the split between band members [[Björn Ulvaeus]] and [[Agnetha Fältskog]], "When All Is Said and Done" detailed the divorce between [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]] and [[Benny Andersson]].

Written during a time of emotional turmoil, Ulvaeus has admitted that the split between Benny and Frida was at the back of his mind during the songwriting process for "When All Is Said and Done". He sought approval from Benny and Frida before the group began working with the song. When recording began in March 1981, only one month had passed since their separation.<ref>((cite web |url=https://abbasite.com/articles/when-all-is-said-and-done-the-lost-hit-single/ |title=In Focus: When All is Said and Done - the Lost Hit Single |website=abbasite.com |date= 13 June 2012|access-date=10 June 2018))</ref>

"When All Is Said and Done" saw Frida giving words and emotions detailing all of her sorrow and pain, not only for herself, but for all of those who had been through a separation. The backing track the group had first recorded was completely changed after Frida had laid down her powerful and emotional vocals. As Frida herself later recalled: "All my sadness was captured in that song."

ABBA also recorded a Spanish version of "When All Is Said and Done" (entitled "No Hay a Quien Culpar"), which was released as a single in Mexico and several South American countries. The Spanish title written by Buddy and Mary McCluskey translates as "There Is No One to Blame". The track was also slightly remixed, for example leaving out the double-tracked snare drum of the original English version and adding new synth overdubs, giving the song a warmer feeling than the original version. The Spanish interpretation reached No. 29 in Mexico.

===Music video===
In August 1981, a music video was filmed to promote the song, directed by [[Lasse Hallström]]. Parts of the video that feature Lyngstad by the [[sea]] were filmed in the [[Stockholm archipelago]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.raffem.com/ABBARelatedPlacesVideos.htm |title=Rafaels and Stefans pictures |website=Raffem.com |date=1981-08-29 |access-date=2016-10-25))</ref> The scenes where the other ABBA members appear were filmed in [[Stockholm]]. ABBA also filmed a video for "No Hay a Quien Culpar", the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] version of the song, in October 1981. This interpretation is an almost exact copy of the English version, the only difference being Frida's new hairstyle. As a result, with parts of the English version of the video being featured in the Spanish clip, "''No Hay a Quien Culpar''" includes both of Frida's different hairstyles.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qmzmD4POMk ABBA: No Hay A Quien Culpar. Retrieved 10 June 2018.</ref>

==Reception==
Although most countries released the track "[[One of Us (ABBA song)|One of Us]]" as the first single from ''The Visitors'' in December 1981, ABBA's American record label, [[Atlantic Records]], instead opted for "When All Is Said and Done". It was a modest hit for the group in the US, peaking at No. 27 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100; ABBA's 14th and final US Top 40 hit to date.<ref name="Billboardhot100" />

The track reached No. 10 on the [[Adult Contemporary (Billboard chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart, giving the group their eighth and final Top 10 hit, and also charted on the ''Billboard''<nowiki/> Dance/Disco chart, reaching No. 8.<ref name="Billboarddanceclubplay" />

"When All Is Said and Done" also achieved particular success in Canada, peaking at No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart in March 1982 (and spending nine weeks on the chart).<ref name="RPM" />

"When All is Said and Done" was also released as a single in Australia (with the album track "Soldiers" as the B-side). A minor hit there, the song peaked at No. 81.<ref name="kent" />

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called it a "melodic, uptempo track" that has "pretty harmonies and a keen sense of accessible yet polished pop textures."<ref>((cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=December 26, 1981|accessdate=2023-01-21|page=87|title=Top Single Picks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCQEAAAAMBAJ))</ref>

==Charts==
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! scope="col"| Chart (1982)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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! scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=kent>((cite book|title=Australian Charts Book 1993—2005|author=David Kent|isbn=978-0-646-45889-2|year=2006|publisher=Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W.|page=10))</ref>
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((single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|10|artist=ABBA|rowheader=true|access-date=7 October 2021))
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((single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|8|artist=ABBA|rowheader=true|access-date=7 October 2021|refname=Billboarddanceclubplay))
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==''Mamma Mia!''==
"When All Is Said and Done" was included in the 2008 [[Mamma Mia! (film)|film version]] of the ABBA musical, ''[[Mamma Mia! (musical)|Mamma Mia!]]'', performed by Sam Carmichael (played by [[Pierce Brosnan]]), with one line – "slightly worn but dignified, and not too old for sex" – also sung by [[Meryl Streep]]. The song is substantially different from the original release, not only in that it has been reworked into a ballad but also that a new second verse was written by Björn Ulvaeus specifically for the movie soundtrack and added to the song's original lyrics as recorded by ABBA:

"It's been there in my dreams, the scene I see unfold<br />
True at last, flesh and blood, to cherish and to hold<br />
Careless fools will suffer, yes, I know and I confess:<br />
Once I lost my way when something good had just begun<br />
Lesson learned – it's history – when all is said and done"

In the context of the movie, the lyrics also take on an entirely different meaning: as opposed to the original which describes a couple going their separate ways, it portrays two lovers finding their way back to each other and rekindling their romance. The song is sung when Sam decides to propose to Donna after he confesses to marrying another woman and then divorcing her; Donna ultimately accepts.

==Cover versions==
*In 1996, British singer [[Hazell Dean]] recorded a dance-oriented cover of "When All Is Said and Done" for her album ''The Winner Takes It All: Hazell Dean Sings Abba''.
*A soft vocal cover version of the song can be found on the 2004 ABBA tribute album ''Funky ABBA'' by Swedish musician [[Nils Landgren (musician)|Nils Landgren]]. This version features [[Benny Andersson]] on piano and vocals by Swedish jazz singer [[Viktoria Tolstoy]].
*In 2006, Swedish opera singer [[Anne Sofie von Otter]] covered the song on her ABBA tribute album ''I Let the Music Speak''.
*A [[eurodance]] version by DJ Ensamble was featured on the 2006 tribute album ''Trancing Queen''.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.eurodancehits.com/review.html |title=Reviews |publisher=Eurodancehits.com |access-date=4 January 2012))</ref> It is also included on the compilation ''V.A. Remixland Summer 2007''.
*In 2007, [[The Idea of North]] performed an [[a cappella]] version of the song on their ''Live at the Powerhouse'' CD and DVD.
*In 2018, Norwegian jazz artist Inger Marie Gundersen covered the song on her album Feels Like Home.

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