ABBA – Dancing Queen

“Dancing Queen” – Single by ABBA from the album Arrival
B-side “That’s Me”
Released 16 August 1976
Label Polar Epic Atlantic
Songwriters Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson
Producers Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Charted No.1 in US; No.1 in UK; No.1 Sweden; No.1 in Portugal; No.1 in West Germany; No.1 in Ireland; No.1 in West Germany; No.1 in Netherlands.

It was a worldwide hit. It became ABBA’s only number one hit in the United States.

ABBA performed this song on June 18, 1976 at a televised tribute to Queen Silvia and King Gustaf XVI of Sweden, who were married the next day.

According to the BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans, when this song was played at a Windsor Castle event Queen Elizabeth said: “I always try to dance when this song comes on because I am the Queen and I like to dance.”

The song was accompanied by a music video filmed in 1976 in Alexandra’s discotheque in central Stockholm, Sweden.[50] The music video features all four members of ABBA singing and performing to dancing club patrons. Directed by the Swedish film director Lasse Hallström, the music video on YouTube has over 800 million views as of December 2023. The video was remastered in ultra-high definition in August 2021 to celebrate the 500 million view milestone.

Agnetha Fältskog – lead vocals and backing vocals
Anni-Frid Lyngstad – lead vocals and backing vocals
Björn Ulvaeus – electric guitar, backing vocals
Benny Andersson – piano and synthesizer, backing vocals