'Dancing Queen' is the biggest
hit single recorded by Swedish
group ABBA, and as such is
considered to be their
signature song. The song was
written by Benny Andersson,
Björn Ulvaeus and Stig
Anderson, recorded in 1975 for
the group's album Arrival, and
released as a single in 1976.
The song is popular at
sporting events.'Da
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'Dancing Queen' is the biggest
hit single recorded by Swedish
group ABBA, and as such is
considered to be their
signature song. The song was
written by Benny Andersson,
Björn Ulvaeus and Stig
Anderson, recorded in 1975 for
the group's album Arrival, and
released as a single in 1976.
The song is popular at
sporting events.'Dancing
Queen' spent six weeks at
number one in the United
Kingdom from August 1976 and
became ABBA's only American
number-one in April 1977, as
well as reaching number one in
numerous countries including
Sweden, Norway, West Germany,
Austria, Belgium, Switzerland,
Ireland, The Netherlands,
Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia),
South Africa, Mexico,
Australia and New Zealand. It
also made the national top
twenty in Austria, Canada,
France, Finland, Italy, Japan,
Spain, and Switzerland. The
song was re-released in 1992
in the UK, as Erasure sparked
an Abba revival after the
success of their 'Abba-esque'
EP topped the UK charts. The
re-issued 'Dancing Queen'
reached #16 in the UK in
September of that year.In
2000, 'Dancing Queen' came
fourth in a Channel 4
television poll of The 100
Best Number 1s.[1] In 2001,
the song was chosen as number
148 as part of the 365 Songs
of the Century list. In 2004
it became ABBA's only song on
Rolling Stone's list of the
500 Greatest Songs of All
Time, ranked number
171.Although it does not
contain many of the most
common key characteristics of
disco music, it has come to be
considered as one of the best
examples of this
genre.'Dancing Queen' features
a shared lead vocal
performance by Agnetha
Fältskog and Anni-Frid
Lyngstad. Its opening keyboard
glissando and hummed vocals
are one of the most
identifiable sections of 1970s
pop music.Like a majority of
ABBA songs, 'Dancing Queen' is
relatively straight-forward;
it is about a seventeen year
old girl having a good time on
a Friday night. She is not
fazed by the social and
political pressures in her
daily life as a teenager on
the dancefloor, and all she
wants to do is dance, no
matter the identity of her
dancing partner. ABBAsolutely
awesome song! ABBA Rocks!

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