Just from listening to this song alone, you can tell that ABBA were beginning to develop their sound even more, with more complex harmonies and a more grand soundscape.
I don't think there are many other ABBA songs with lead vocals by Bjorn and/or Benny but with a solo intro by one of the ladies. Move On from 1977 has a spoken intro by Bjorn and lead vocals by Agnetha and Frida, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head to be remotely similar.
The song is, in classic ABBA style, about a relationship coming to an end, but the main character wants this relationship to end with one final dance and memory, one final goodbye. I believe this song is about a breakup just going off of the opening verse: "Oh, my love it makes me sad why did things turn out so bad was it just a dream everything we did everything we had", but I think this song can be fitting for any type of final goodbye.
Bjorn and Benny's vocals manage to capture the sadness very well in the song, and Agnetha and Frida have some really beautiful backing vocals that grow with each chorus.
Also, I should mention, I *think* this is the first ABBA song to reference birds in their songs, "Our love is a snowbird, it's flying away", and I recently learned that a snowbird is a nickname for the Junco bird, that just so happens to be one of my favorite backyard birds. Just a fun fact. :D
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