"Dancing Queen" is a Europop and disco song by the Swedish group

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, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, '' Arrival'' (1976). It was written by

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and

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. Andersson and Ulvaeus also produced the song. "Dancing Queen" was released as a single in Sweden on 15 August 1976, followed by a UK release and the rest of Europe a few days later. It was a worldwide hit. It became ABBA's only number one hit in the United States, and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, West Germany and the Soviet Union. "Dancing Queen" also reached the top five in many other countries. Musically, "Dancing Queen" is a Europop version of American disco music. As disco music dominated the US charts, the group decided to follow the trend, replicating Phil Spector's

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arrangements. Andersson and Ulvaeus have cited George McCrae's " Rock Your Baby" as a source of inspiration for the style of the song. The song alternates between "languid yet seductive verses" and a "dramatic chorus that ascends to heart-tugging high notes". It features keyboard lines by Andersson, which accentuate the melody's sophistication and classical complexity, while Ulvaeus and Andersson interlace many instrumental hooks in and out of the mix. Agnetha Fältskog and

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’s layered vocals have been noted for their dynamism, " egotiatingthe melody's many turns flawlessly." Lyrically, the song concerns a visit to the discothèque, but approaches the subject from the joy of dancing itself. Today, the song has become ABBA's most recognisable and popular song. In 2015, the song was inducted into the

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Background and release

The recording sessions for "Dancing Queen" began on 4 August 1975. The demo was called "Boogaloo" and as the sessions progressed, Andersson and Ulvaeus found inspiration in the dance rhythm of George McCrae's " Rock Your Baby", as well as the drumming on Dr. John's 1972 album, ''

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''. The opening melody echoes "Sing My Way Home" by Delaney & Bonnie (from '' Motel Shot'', 1971). Fältskog and Lyngstad recorded the vocals during sessions in September 1975, and the track was completed three months later. During the sessions, Benny Andersson brought a tape home with the backing track on it and played it to Anni-Frid Lyngstad, who apparently started crying when listening. Lyngstad said, "I found the song so beautiful. It's one of those songs that goes straight to your heart". Agnetha Fältskog later said: "It's often difficult to know what will be a hit. The exception was 'Dancing Queen.' We all knew it was going to be massive." While working on the lyrics, the first half of the second verse was scrapped: "Baby, baby, you're out of sight/hey, you're looking all right tonight/when you come to the party/listen to the guys/they've got the look in their eyes..." It survives in footage from a recording session. The band (especially Andersson) wanted to release "Dancing Queen" as the follow-up single to " Mamma Mia" but their manager,

, insisted that the more sedate and folksy "

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" should be first, as he felt it would appeal to a broader audience and so was more likely to be a hit. Therefore, whilst "Dancing Queen" premiered on both German and Japanese television during the spring of 1976, the song did not appear on vinyl until later that summer, having had its first live and domestic performance on 18 June 1976 during an all-star gala staged by Kjerstin Dellert at the

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(and shown on Swedish TV) in honour of King

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and his bride-to-be, Silvia Sommerlath, who were

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the next day. For their 1980 Spanish-language compilation-album '' Gracias Por La Música'', ABBA recorded a Spanish version of "Dancing Queen", renamed "Reina Danzante", with Spanish lyrics provided by Buddy and Mary McCluskey. The track was retitled "La Reina Del Baile" when included on the compilation album '' ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos'' in the 1990s. In 1993, in honour of Swedish Queen Silvia's 50th birthday,

was asked to perform "Dancing Queen" on stage, repeating ABBA's 1976 performance of the song at the pre-wedding gala for King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Frida contacted The Real Group and together they did an a cappella version of the song on stage at the

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in Stockholm, in front of the king and queen. The Swedish prime minister at the time,

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, was also in the audience that night and said it was an ingenious idea to perform "Dancing Queen" a cappella. The performance was recorded by

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(SVT) and is included in the biographical documentary ''

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'' and The Real Group's 1994 compilation album ''Varför får man inte bara vara som man är''. When King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia attended the

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nightclub in London, the King requested that the DJ would play "Dancing Queen" owing to its use shortly before their wedding as previously mentioned. For the soundtrack of the 1994 Australian film '' Muriel's Wedding'', songwriters Ulvaeus and Andersson allowed the use of "Dancing Queen" and other ABBA hits. "Dancing Queen" was among the ABBA songs included in ''

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'', the jukebox musical first produced in 1999 and adapted in 2008 as movie: ''Mamma Mia!''. It is also featured in the film's sequel, '' Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again''. The first International Standard Musical Work Code was assigned in 1995 to "Dancing Queen"; the code is T-000.000.001-0.

Critical reception

According to Donald A. Guarisco of

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, the track's "sincerity and sheer musicality have allowed it to outlast the disco boom and become a standard of

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." The song's release also cemented ABBA as an international act and signified the beginning of the group's 'classic period', which would span the following four years. It has become a standard for dance

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s like Carol Douglas and

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, and it has been covered numerous times by acts including Ireland's U2. The song has been adopted by the

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and, according to '' Mojo'' magazine, remains one of the most ubiquitous " gay anthems". ''

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'' found the theme of a person's greatest experience coming at a disco age 17 to be more substantive than most ABBA songs, and compared the vocal harmonies to

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. '' Cash Box'' said that the song is "backed by a strong upbeat, in keeping with the title" and "the hooks brought by lush vocal harmonies, as well as the reverb-soaked wall of sound that distinguishes this group, are present."

Chart performance

"Dancing Queen" was a worldwide No. 1 hit, topping the charts in more than a dozen countries including ABBA's native Sweden (where it spent 14 weeks at the top), Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, West Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway (where it charted for 32 weeks (VG-lista Top 10), making it the 11th best-performing single in that country), South Africa and

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. "Dancing Queen" also topped the charts in the United States, ABBA's only 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and was a Top 5 hit in Austria, Finland, France and Switzerland. The song sold over three million copies. The track was the fourth biggest single of 1976 in the UK. In the

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, "Dancing Queen" was the last of three consecutive chart-toppers for ABBA in 1976, following " Mamma Mia" and "

" earlier in the year. The song was re-released in the UK in 1992, taking advantage of an ABBA revival sparked by the success of Erasure's ''

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'' EP. The re-issued "Dancing Queen" reached No. 16 in the UK in September 1992. As of September 2021, it is ABBA's biggest song in the UK, being their only million-seller with 1.65 million chart sales, including 93 million streams since 2014.

Legacy

In 2000, "Dancing Queen" came fourth in a

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television poll of " The 100 Greatest Number One Singles". It was chosen as No. 148 on the Recording Industry Association of America's Songs of the Century list. It is ranked No. 174 on ''

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''s 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the only ABBA song on the list. That same year, it made

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's ''100 Greatest Dance Songs in Rock & Roll'' at No. 97. Also in 2000, editors of ''Rolling Stone'' with MTV compiled a list of the best 100 pop songs; "Dancing Queen" placed 12th among songs of the 1970s. ''Billboard'' and ''Rolling Stone'' both ranked the song number one on their lists of the greatest ABBA songs. On 9 November 2002, the results of a poll, "Top 50 Favourite UK #1's", was broadcast on Radio 2, celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Official UK Charts Company. 188,357 listeners voted and "Dancing Queen" came out at No. 8. On 5 December 2010, Britain's ITV broadcast the results of a poll to determine " The Nation's Favourite ABBA Song" in which "Dancing Queen" placed at No. 2. In 2009, the British performing rights group Phonographic Performance Limited celebrated its 75th anniversary by listing the 75 songs that have played most in Great Britain on the radio, in clubs and on jukeboxes. "Dancing Queen" was number eight on the list. Former US presidential candidate John McCain named "Dancing Queen" as his favourite song in a top-10 list submitted to ''

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'' magazine in August 2008. In August 2012, listeners to the 1970s-themed UK radio station " Smooth 70s" voted "Dancing Queen" as their favourite hit of the decade. In October 2014, the musical instrument insurer Musicguard carried out a survey determining "Dancing Queen" to be the United Kingdom's favourite "floorfiller". Unlike its closest competitors, " Billie Jean" by

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(No. 2) and " Twist and Shout" by

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(No. 3), it turned out to be very popular throughout the nation whereas the other two were strong regional favourites. In 2015, "Dancing Queen" was inducted into the Recording Academy's

. Online music magazine ''

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'' positioned ''Dancing Queen'' at number 80 in its 2016 ranking of the 200 best songs of the 1970s. Reviewer Cameron Cook wrote it is "a song so confident in its structure that its starts from the middle of its chorus", adding that it "bottles the out-of-body euphoria that accompanies dancing for dancing’s sake, with no agenda or motive other than pure joy." Eschewing the "disco" label sometimes attached to the track by latter-day critics, Cook called it "a pitch-perfect portrait of the hedonistic disco scene they were mimicking via their own, more down-to-Earth Europop". In September 2016, ''

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'' ran an article by Tim Jonze entitled "Why Abba's Dancing Queen is the best pop song ever". Jonze writes: "Dancing Queen is beautifully produced: catchy and euphoric, the perfect backdrop for a song that encapsulates the carefree bliss of youth". Several artists are cited as being influenced by the song, including

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(" Oliver's Army"), MGMT (" Time to Pretend") and Chris Stein of Blondie (" Dreaming"). In 1993, Hong Kong singer Angela Pang covered this song in the Cantonese language. The British online music industry magazine '' NME'' placed "Dancing Queen" at number 27 in its 2018 listing of the top 100 songs of the 70s, reviewer Rebecca Schiller calling it "one of the greatest pop songs ever."

Music video

The song was accompanied by
music video
filmed in 1976 in Alexandra's discotheque in central Stockholm, Sweden. The music video features all four members of ABBA singing and performing to dancing club patrons. Directed by the Swedish film director

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, the music video on YouTube has over 500 million views as of May 2021. The video since has been remastered in ultra-high definition in August 2021 since the 500 million view milestone.

Track listings

* 7" Vinyl # "Dancing Queen" – 3:52 # "

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" – 3:15 * 1992 7" European re-issue # "Dancing Queen" – 3:52 # " Lay All Your Love on Me" – 4:35 * 1992 12"/CD European re-issue # "Dancing Queen" – 3:52 # "Lay All Your Love on Me" – 4:35 # " The Day Before You Came" – 5:50 # "

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" – 5:49 * 1992 12" US re-issue # "Dancing Queen" – 3:52 # " Take a Chance on Me" – 4:04

Personnel

ABBA * Agnetha Fältskog – lead vocals and backing vocals *

– lead vocals and backing vocals *

– electric guitar *

– piano and

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Additional personnel * Rutger Gunnarsson – bass guitar * Roger Palm – drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sales and certifications

A-Teens version

"Dancing Queen" is a single released by

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, an ABBA

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from Sweden. It is the fourth and final single from their first album, '' The ABBA Generation'' (1999). Released in the spring of 2000, it peaked at number one in Mexico, becoming their first number-one hit in that country. The song was also a smash hit in South America peaking at number three in Argentina, number five in Chile, number six in Colombia and number 15 in Brazil. This was the main single for the United States promotion, when the album was released in March 2000. "Dancing Queen" reached 95 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, 36 on Airplay and number 13 on the Hot Single Sales Chart. "Dancing Queen" was released as a double A-side with "The Name of the Game" in Europe, where both songs were promoted on radio simultaneously;

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thought that "Dancing Queen", being the last single, needed a back-up to be successful. The video for "The Name of the Game" was an unofficial video, made especially for an

television special in Sweden and it was never intended to be a promotional video. It was only aired by Channel 4 in the UK. It appeared on Disney's soundtrack album '' Lizzie McGuire: Total Party!''.

Music video

Directed by Patrick Kiely, the video is set in a large high school. The video is a tribute to the 1980s film '' The Breakfast Club'', where band members (and extras serving as background dancers) are left in a classroom which shifts into a nightclub. Paul Gleason (he died seven years after the video filmed), the US actor who played the assistant principal in the film, reprises the role for the video. It also appears in '' Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb''.

Releases

* European 2-track CD single #"Dancing Queen" (album version) – 3:48 #"The Name of the Game" – 4:17 * European/Mexican CD maxi #"Dancing Queen" (album version) – 3:48 #"Dancing Queen" (Pierre J's Main Radio Mix) – 3:27 #"Dancing Queen" (Pierre J's Main Extended Mix) – 5:47 #"Dancing Queen" (BTS Gold Edition Mix) – 5:13 * US CD single (7 March 2000) #"Dancing Queen" (album version) – 3:48 #"Dancing Queen" (extended version) – 5:48 * US cassette (7 March 2000) #"Dancing Queen" (album version) – 3:48 #"Dancing Queen" (extended version) – 5:48

Other versions

Sandii & the Sunsetz

In 1978, Japanese synthpop duo Sandii & the Sunsetz did a cover version for their album ''Mystery Nile.''

Maruca e Anastácia version

Maruca and Anastácia perform the lounge version of the song for the album ''Lavilla Vol 01'' (Edinet S.r.l. Publishing Group, EDNCD036).

Abbacadabra version

In 1992, the British disco group, known for covers of ABBA's songs in a Hi-NRG style charted at number 57 on the UK singles chart countdown after the song was licensed from Almighty Records by Pete Waterman's PWL, due to its popularity on his late-night television program '' The Hitman and Her''. In the US, the song was signed to BMG, where Abbacadabra's version became a club hit after being remixed by Love To Infinity.

''Glee'' version

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of the ''

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'' cast performed the song in " Prom Queen". It charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 74 and in the United Kingdom at number 169. British pop groups

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and S Club 7 also recorded the song.

''Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'' version

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. It was released on 21 July 2018 as the fourth single from the soundtrack. The song is performed by

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, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Dominic Cooper and Amanda Seyfried; it was produced by Benny Andersson.

Charts

References

External links

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