ABBA knew that “Dancing Queen” would be a hit and that’s why they hadn’t released it as a single until the album was released. When Benny Andersson first played Anni-Frid Lyngstad the song’s backing track, she started to cry. She said in an interview to The Guardian, “And that was before me and Agnetha had even sung on it! I knew it was absolutely the best song ABBA had ever done.”
About This Song
This song was performed by ABBA at a televised tribute to Queen Silvia and King Gustaf XVI of Sweden on the 18th of June 1976, the day before the couple got married.
This song became the only number-one hit in the USA among their fourteen Top-40 hits there. This song also reached number one in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Rhodesia, South Africa, Sweden and West Germany.
This song was the first one to receive the International Standard Musical Work Code in 1995. The code is T-000.000.001-0.
“Dancing Queen” is the only ABBA song on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time having the number 174 place.
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