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"Dancing Queen" is a song by the Swedish group ABBA, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Arrival (1976). It was written by Benny Andersson , Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson . [ 2 ]
A new authorised biography about Swedish superstars Abba has offered a behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of their best-known songs, “Dancing Queen”.. Melancholy Undercover: The book ...
It spent 10 weeks in the UK Top 10 (more than any other ABBA single), [15] and was also the second of three consecutive UK No. 1 singles for ABBA, after "Mamma Mia" and before "Dancing Queen". [16] As of September 2021, it is ABBA's sixth-biggest song in the UK with 903,000 chart sales (pure sales and digital streams). [17]
A music video, filmed during the making of 1976 TV special ABBA-dabba-doo!, was made for the song to promote it, which combined original footage, as well as clips and outtakes from previous ABBA "promo videos", and it actually debeut seventeen years after being actually filmed, as part of the More ABBA Gold video compilation in 1993.
ABBA songs appear to be a popular choice for weddings, as another bride in California was surprised by a performance from her mother and some friends who danced to ABBA’s classic “Super ...
Including their releases under their former name "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid" or "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida", ABBA have released songs for nine studio albums, a Spanish language album, a series of compilations and two live albums. A number of unreleased songs recorded by ABBA have not appeared on any of these releases.
The song is unique in that it is the only studio recording to feature lead vocals by all four ABBA members. An excerpt of the song (where only Benny and Frida are heard) was released on the box set Thank You for the Music. The excerpt was particularly edited so as not to include the chorus, as it is said that Björn and Benny violently dislike it.
Cher recorded the song for her ABBA cover album Dancing Queen. In 2019 Joshua Lee Turner released a YouTube cover of the song. [104] [non-primary source needed] In 2018, Austin Weber uploaded his cover of the song on YouTube where he remade the song with a synth keyboard, recorded his own vocals and danced to them while in Kyoto, Japan. This ...