"Eagle" Is A Song That Was Recorded In 1977 By The Swedish Pop Group ABBA. It Was The First Track On The Group's Fifth Album ABBA The Album In Terms Of The Album's Sequence Of Songs And The Longest Track They Ever Recorded At 5 51 1 Second Longer Than "The Day Before You Came" At 5 50 . The Third And Last Official Single From ABBA The Album It Was Released Only In A Limited Number Of Territories As A Single And In France As A Double A-Side With "Thank You For The Music." "Eagle" Was Not Released As A Single In The United Kingdom. It Was Intended To Be A U.S. Single But Was Withdrawn. "Eagle" Was Written And Composed By Benny Andersson And Björn Ulvaeus Who Provided Its Music And Its Lyrics Respectively As A Kind Of Tribute To A Band That The Two Men Admired At The Time The Eagles. The Recording Which Commenced On 1 June 1977 Had The Working Titles Of "High High" And "The Eagle." Lyricist Ulvaeus Was Inspired By Richard Bach's 1970 Novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull When He Wrote The Lyrics For This Song. In Later Years Music Critics Have Hailed "Eagle" As One Of ABBA's More Outstanding Tracks In Terms Of Lyrics.