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Who or what is a Super Trouper? – D

We can shed some light on that, if you’ll pardon the pun. A Super Trouper is a trademarked spotlight which follows a performer around a stage. A bigger mystery is why Abba namechecked Scotland’s largest city on their 1980 No 1 hit. It’s thought Björn Ulvaeus was simply on promotional duties in the Dear Green Place when he wrote the line “I was sick and tired of everything when I called you last night from Glasgow”.