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[DANCING QUEEN]{1} Written by: Stig Anderson{2}, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus Produced by: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus Performed by: ABBA{3}{4} First released:{5} Single: 1975 (Europe), 1976 (US) Album: 1975

{1}"Dancing Queen" was a #1 hit all over the world, including the U.S. Hot 100, Sweden, Australia, Germany, Mexico, Holland, Norway, Spain and the UK. The lowest the song scored was in Japan, reaching only #19. Also, the song was certified Gold in both the U.S. and the U.K. "Dancing Queen" features the shared lead vocal performance by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Its opening keyboard glissando is one of the most instantly recognizable intros in pop music.

{2}Stig Anderson was the band's manager.

{3}Group Members appearing on this recording: Agnetha Fältskog (co-lead vocals) Björn Ulvaeus (vocals, guitars, songwriting) Benny Andersson (vocals, keyboards, songwriting) Anni-Frid Lyngstad (co-lead vocals)

{4}Covered by (partial list): The A*Teens, Abba All Stars, ABBA-Esque, The ABBA Revival Band, The ABBA Tribute Band, A'ba-Cus, Abbacadabra, Ronnie Aldrich, Angeleyes, The BB Band, Claudja Barry, Björn Again, Bo-Wop, Dinu Bomba & the Strings of Paris, Brotherhood of Man, Donna Burke, Richard Clayderman, The Countdown Singers, Carol Douglas, E-Rotic, Wayne G, The Groove Machine, Ray Hamilton, Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Hit Crew, Housecream, Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers, James Last, CoCo Lee, The London Symphony Orchestra, Christy Love, Kylie Minogue, The New World Orchestra, Caroline O'Connor, Party Animals, The Real ABBA Gold, Edmundo Ros, The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, Sixpence None the Richer, The Starlite Orchestra, The Singers at Studio 99, Symphonic Rock Project, T.H.C., The Ten Tenors, Gary Tesca, Texas Lightning, U2, UMO (Unidentified Musical Objects). Shana Vanguarde, Klaus Wunderlich, The Yahoos, Huang Lu Yi, Young J, et al.

{5}Appears on:{*} Single(s): (1)ABBA: A-side: "Dancing Queen" B-side: "That's Me" (a) Polar, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #POS-1225, Sweden-1975. (b) Atlantic, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #45-3372, US-1976{6}. (c) RCA Victor, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #102814, Australia-1976. (d) Polydor, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #2001-680, Germany-1976. (e) Carnaby, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #MO-1623, Spain-1976. (f) Epic, Orange Label, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #SEPC-4499, UK-1976. (g) Epic, Yellow Label, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #SEPC-4499, UK-1979. (h) Polydor, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #200-1680, Netherlands-1976. (i) RCA Victor, Sleeve, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #51-51879, Colombia-1976 (j) Melba, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #45-X-140132, France-1976.

(2)ABBA: A-side: "Dancing Queen" B-side: "Fernando" (a) Pepita, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm, Mono Single, #SPSK-70224, Hungary-1976. (b) Old Gold, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #OG-9726, UK-1987. (c) Amiga, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #AWA-456237, East Germany-1976.

(3)ABBA: A-side: "Dancing Queen" B-side: "Tiger" (a) Disco Mate, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #DSP-112, Japan-1977.

(4)ABBA: A-side: "Dancing Queen" AA-side: "Fernando" (a) Atlantic, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #OS-13203, US-1987.

(5)ABBA: A-side: "Dancing Queen" B-side: "Lay All Your Love on Me" (a) Polydor, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #PO-231, UK-1992.

(6)ABBA: A-side: "Dancing Queen" B-side: "Take a Chance on Me" (a) Polydor, 12", Vinyl, Single, #859789-1, US-1993. (b) Atlantic, 5", CD, Single #853088-2, Canada-1994.

(7)Various Artists: A-side: "Dancing Queen" (ABBA) B-side: "Sugar Baby Love" (The Rubettes from Muriel's Wedding) (a) Label Unknown, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #Unknown, France-1994.

(8)Various Artists: A-side: "Dancing Queen" (ABBA) B-side: "Bridal Dancing Queen" (Toni Collette from Muriel's Wedding) (a) Polydor, 5", Single CD, #42285-1944-2, USA-1995.

(9)ABBA: A-side: "Fernando" B-side: "Dancing Queen" (a) Oldies, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #OS-13203, US-1997.

EP(s): (1)ABBA: Track 1: "Dancing Queen" Track 2: "Dum Dum Diddle" Track 3: "Arrival" Track 4: "That's Me" (a) RCA Victor, 10", Vinyl, 45rpm EP, #102-8009, Brazil-1977.

(2)ABBA: Track 1: "Dancing Queen" Track 2: "Lay All Your Love on Me" Track 3: "The Day Before You Came" Track 4: "Eagle" (a) Polar, 12", Vinyl EP, #PZ-231, UK-1982. (b) Polydor, 12" Vinyl EP,#863573-1, Europe-1992. (c) Polydor, 5" CD EP, #PZCD-231, UK-1992.

(3)Various Artists: Track 1: "Sunshine Saturday" (New Edition) Track 2: "Movie Star" (Harpo) Track 3: "Dance Little Lady Dance (Tina Charles) Track 4: "Dancing Queen" (ABBA) (a) Royalsound, 7", Vinyl, 45rpm EP, #TKR-425, Thailand-1987.

Album(s): (a)ABBA: Arrival: (1) Polar, 10-Track, LP, #POLS-272, Sweden-1975. (2) RCA Victor, 10-Track, LP, #VPL-1-4028, US-1975. (3) Atlantic, 10-Track, 8-Track Cassette, #TP-18207, US-1975. (4) Epic, 10-Track, LP, #EPC-4955, UK-1975. (5) Polar, Gatefold Cover, 10-Track, LP, #405-LDA.20238, France-1975. (6) Polar, 10-Track, Cassette, #405-CA.20238, France-1975. (7) Polydor, 11-Track, LP, #231-048-3, Austria & New Zealand-1975. (8) Melody, 10-Track, LP, #33C60-11057-8, Russian Federation-1975. (9) RTB, 10-Track, LP, #55-5636, Slavic Nations-1975. (10) Atlantic, 10-Track, LP, #SD-18207, US-1976. (11) DiscoMate, 10-Track, LP, #DSP-5102, Japan-1976. (12) New Jen Sheng, 10-Track, LP, #JS-5186, Taiwan-1976.

"Fernando" was released on the original track listing (1975-1976) for the Australian and New Zealand version of the original record only. It came after "Why Did It Have To Be Me" and before "Tiger."

Track listing (Arrival): 1975-1976 release: CD LP ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track A1 & 1. "When I Kissed the Teacher" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) Track A2 & 2. "Dancing Queen" (Andersson, Stig Anderson, Ulvaeus) Track A3 & 3. "My Love, My Life" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) Track A4 & 4. "Dum Dum Diddle" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) Track A5 & 5. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) Track B1 & 6. "Money, Money, Money" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) Track B2 & 7. "That's Me" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) Track B3 & 8. "Why Did It Have to Be Me?" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) Track B4 & 9. "Tiger" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) Track B5 & 10. "Arrival (instrumental)" (Andersson, Ulvaeus)

Remastered and reissued in 1977 with one bonus track: Track 11. "Fernando" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)

(13) Atlantic, Reissued, 11-Track, LP, #SD-19115, US-1977. (14) Epic, 11-Track, LP, #EPC-86018, UK-1977. (15) Polar, Alternate Gatefold Cover, Spedial Edition:"Centenaire du disque," 11-Track, LP, #LDA.20238, France-1977. (16) RCA Victor, Gatefold Cover, 11-Track, LP, #VPL1-4034, Australia & New Zealand-1977. (17) RCA Victor, 11-Track, LP, #MILS-4262, Mexico-1977.

Issued as a CD in 1984: (18) Polydor, 11-Track, CD, #42282-1319-2, US-1984. (19) Polydor, 11-Track, CD, #533-981-2, UK & Australia-1984. (20) Polydor, 11-Track, CD, #821-319-2, Germany-1992. (21) Polydor, 11-Track, CD, #POCP-2204, Japan-1992.

Remastered and reissued in 2001 with a second bonus track: Tracj 12. "Happy Hawaii"(Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) Note: Happy Hawaii is the B-side of "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and the early version of "Why Did It Have To Be Me?"

(22) Polar, Reissued, Remastered, 12-Track, CD, #549-953-2, Sweden-2001. (23) Polar, Reissued, Remastered, 12-Track, CD, #5314-549-961-2, US-2001. (24) Polar, Reissued, Remastered, 12-Track, CD, #549-961-2, Europe-2001.

Remastered and reissued again in 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set with several bonus tracks: Track 13. "La Reina Del Baile"(Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey. Note: "La Reina Del Baile" is the Spanish version of "Dancing Queen." When this track was first released in 1980, the Spanish title was "Reina Danzante." Track 14. "Conociéndome, Conociéndote"(N)(Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, McCluskey, McCluskey.) Note: "Conociéndome, Conociéndote" is the Spanish version of "Knowing Me, Knowing You." Track 15. "Fernando" (Spanish Version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, McCluskey, McCluskey.)

Tracks 13-15, vocals recorded January 1980. These three songs are from the album Gracias Por La Música (Septima SRLM 1, June 23, 1980).

(25) Universal, Special Edition, Remastered, 12-Track CD, plus bonus 3-Track DVD, #981-073-3, UK-2004.

Reissued again October 16, 2006 as a 30th Anniversary edition of the original release, called the Deluxe' Edition. This features the same track listing as the 2005 release, with one additional track "Fernando" sung in Swedish by Anni-Frid (Frida)(solo version, not with ABBA): Track 16. "Fernando" (Spanish Version by Anni-Frid, solo.)

The anniversary edition also came with a bonus DVD with the following clips: 1. ABBA-DABBA-DOOO! One hour Television Special 2. "Dancing Queen" (Musikladen) 3. "Fernando" (BBC - Top of the Pops) 4. "Happy Hawaii" (Cartoon of ABBA) 5. "Dancing Queen" (Recording Session) 6. ABBA in London (November 1976) 7. ABBA's 1976 Success (News Report, Sweden) 8. Arrival TV Commercial I - (UK) 9. Arrival TV Commercial II - (UK) 10. International Sleeve Gallery

(26) Universal, Deluxe Edition, 16-Track-CD, 10-Track DVD, #985-836-2, Japan-2006. Japanese exclusive limited edition digitally remastered (released as part of the "W Pack Series" in 2007) and containing a total of 25 tracks, with unique wraparound packaging and Japanese text. This was a 2 album set and contained all the cuts from both the album Abba, and the album Arrival: CD 1 - ABBA: 1. Mamma Mia 2. Hey Hey Helen 3. Tropical Loveland 4. S.O.S. 5. Man In The Middle 6. Bang-A-Boomerang 7. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 8. Rock Me 9. Intermezzo No.1 10. I've Been Waiting For You 11. So Long Bonus tracks: 12. Crazy World 13. Medley

CD 2 - ARRIVAL: 1. When I Kissed The Teacher 2. Dancing Queen 3. My Love, My Life 4. Dum Dum Diddle 5. Knowing Me, Knowing You 6. Money, Money, Money 7. That's Me 8. Why Did It Have To Be Me 9. Tiger 10. Arrival Bonus tracks: 11. Fernando 12. Happy Hawaii

(27) Universal, Special Edition, 2 Album Set: (Arrival) 12-Track CD, (Abba) 13-Track CD, #UICY-90350 & 90351, Japan-2007.

Reissued once again in 2008 as part of the The Albums box set but without any bonus tracks: (28) Universal, Reissued, 12-Track, CD, #UICY-90041, Japan-2008. (29) Universal, 12-Track, SHM(N)-CD, #UICY-93889, Japan-2009. (N) SHM=Super High Material. et al.

{*}The albums and records listed here may have different versions of the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.

{6}Transcribed from this record.