"The Last Time" is a song by the Swedish singer

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, written by Robin Randall, Judithe Randall, and Jeff Law, and produced by

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. It was taken as the

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to her third English language album ''I Stand Alone'' (1987), and released on 15 January 1988 via

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. It contained a different sound from Fältskog's previous releases due to the American West Coast influence of producers Cetera and

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. She also recorded a Spanish version of the single, "La última vez", which was included in South American editions of ''I Stand Alone''. The single charted poorly worldwide, its highest peak being in Belgium at number 24. In 1993

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covered this song and it is on his album ''Long Way from Love''.

Music video

Marcello Anziano and Lynne Miller of AWGO filmed the video for "The Last Time", along with the follow up single " I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)". She spoke of whether it marked difficult keeping up with her younger peers visually saying, "Obviously, my approach is completely different. I don’t want to look like a sixteen-year-old, but like the mature woman that I am. Indeed, I believe that it’s more difficult for an older artist to create some kind of video image. For me, the album and the video have the same quality standard." Pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' noted some "interesting editing as objects fly across the screen and shatter into a thousand pieces before your eyes."

Formats and track listings

7-inch single # "The Last Time" – 4:12 # "Are You Gonna Throw It All Away" – 4:52 12-inch single and 3-inch CD single # "The Last Time" (Extended Remix) – 6:52 # "The Last Time" (Album Version) – 4:12 # "Are You Gonna Throw It All Away" – 4:55

Charts

External links

"The Last Time"
Official Agnetha Fältskog website.

References

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