Dancing Queen (single/LP/12″ version)
~ Recording by ABBA
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Dancing Queen | 3:52 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 314 517 007-2 |
| 2.3 | Dancing Queen | 3:48 | ABBA | Celebration 2000 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| News of the World (UK newspaper), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 545 066-2 |
| 1.32 | Dancing Queen | 3:51 | ABBA | The Best Mother’s Day Album in the World…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | Michael B. Tretow |
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| producer: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) Björn Ulvaeus |
| bass: | Rutger Gunnarsson (from 1976-08-04 until 1976-08-05) |
| cello: | Hans‐Göran Eketorp (Swedish cellist) (on 1976-09-12) Åke Olofsson (Swedish cellist) (on 1976-09-12) |
| clavinet and keyboard: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) (from 1976-08-04 until 1976-08-05) |
| drums (drum set): | Roger Palm (from 1976-08-04 until 1976-08-05, on 1976-12-03) |
| viola: | Åke Arvinder (Swedish violist) (on 1976-09-12) Lars Brolin (on 1976-09-12) Håkan Roos (Swedish violist) (on 1976-09-12) |
| violin: | Martin Bylund (Swedish violinist) (on 1976-09-12) Anders Dahl (Swedish violinist) (on 1976-09-12) Lars Stegenberg (Swedish violinist) (on 1976-09-12) Gunnar Michols (Swedish violinist) (on 1976-09-12) Claes Nilsson (Swedish violinist) (on 1976-09-12) Bertil Orsin (Swedish violinist) (on 1976-09-12) Sixten Strömvall (Swedish violinist) (on 1976-09-12) Harry Teike (on 1976-09-12) Krzysztof Zdrzalka (Swedish violinist) (on 1976-09-12) |
| lead vocals: | Agnetha Fältskog (in 1976-09) Frida (Swedish singer and member of ABBA) (in 1976-09) |
| strings arranger: | Sven-Olof Walldoff |
| arranger: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) Björn Ulvaeus |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Polar Music AB (in 1976) Polar Music International AB (in 1976) |
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| recorded at: | Metronome Studio in Stockholm (in 1976) Glen Studio in Stockholms län (Stockholm county) (from 1976-08-04 until 1976-08-05) KMH Studios in Stockholm (on 1976-12-03) |
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| has remixes: | Dancing Queen by Rock Emo Nightcore (nightcore remix creator) |
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| sampled by: | Dancing Queen Feat. Rouch (nu disco mix) by Block & Crown (house / electro duo) feat. Rouch Fly With Me by 98° (US pop & R&B group) The Queen and I by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (British electronic band with several aliases) |
| mash-ups: | i have four tulpas and they are all ABBA by The Third Vagina |
| part of: | Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 2) (order: 2) SWR1 Hitparade 2006 (Baden-Württemberg) (number: 5) (order: 5) SWR1 Hitparade 2003 (Baden-Württemberg) (number: 7) (order: 7) Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 9) (order: 8) Q50 – December 2005 (number: 37) (order: 37) BILLIONS CLUB (order: 61) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 171) (order: 172) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 286) (order: 286) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/2ATDkfqprlNNe9mYWodgdc [info] https://open.spotify.com/track/7xuq68AHTGN6weMeU1XLlC [info] |
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| recording of: | Dancing Queen (in 1976) |
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Related works
Dancing Queen
| writer: | Stig Anderson (Stikkan) Benny Andersson (ABBA) Björn Ulvaeus |
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| publisher: | Bocu Music Ltd. EMI Grove Park Music, Inc. EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) Union Songs AB (publisher) Union Songs Music Universal Music Publishing Group Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. EMI Waterford Music (from 1976 to present) Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (from 1976 to present) Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB (from 1976 to present) |
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| premiered at: | Kungliga Operan (Royal Swedish Opera) in Stockholm (on 1976-06-18) |
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| referred to in medleys: | ABBA Cappella (order: 2) |
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| later parody versions: | Dancing Queer Desperate Queen Mamma Mi-Diorce (Mamma Mia / Dancing Queen) |
| later translated versions: | La reina del baile Nữ hoàng đêm nay Rettungssing ダンシング・クイーン |
| later versions: | Dancing Queen (German version) |
| part of: | Mamma Mia! (1999 musical) |
| music quoted in: | The Queen and I |
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