Jump to content

Dancing Queen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ns kid (talk | contribs) at 11:02, 22 June 2021 (→Reception and legacy: Adds review content). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

For other uses, see Dancing Queen (disambiguation).

"Dancing Queen"
Artwork for Scandinavian releases, also used for other releases in different layouts
Single by ABBA
from the album Arrival
B-side"That's Me"
Released15 August 1976
Recorded4–5 August 1975
StudioGlen Studio
Genre
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Benny Andersson
  • Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"Fernando"
(1977) 		"Dancing Queen"
(1976) 		"Money, Money, Money"
(1977)
Music video
"Dancing Queen" on YouTube

"Dancing Queen" is a Europop song by the Swedish group ABBA, and the lead single from their fourth studio album, Arrival. It was written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson.[1] Andersson and Ulvaeus also produced the song. "Dancing Queen" was released as a single in Sweden on 15 August 1976, followed by a UK release and the rest of Europe a few days later.[2] It was a worldwide hit.[2] It became ABBA's only number one hit in the United States, and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany and Rhodesia.[1] "Dancing Queen" also reached the top five in many other countries.[3][4]

Musically, "Dancing Queen" is a Europop version of American disco music.[4] As disco music dominated the US charts, the group decided to follow the trend, replicating Phil Spector's Wall of Sound arrangements.[4] The song alternates between "languid yet seductive verses" and a "dramatic chorus that ascends to heart-tugging high notes." It features keyboard lines by Andersson, which accentuate the melody's sophistication and classical complexity, while Ulvaeus and Andersson interlace many instrumental hooks in and out of the mix.[5] Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog's layered vocals have been noted for their dynamism,[4] "[negotiating] the melody's many turns flawlessly."[5] Lyrically, the song concerns a visit to the discotheque, but approaches the subject from the joy of dancing itself.[5] Today, the song has become ABBA's most recognizable and popular song.[6]

In 2015, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

History

The recording sessions for "Dancing Queen" began on 4 August 1975. The demo was called "Boogaloo" and as the sessions progressed, Andersson and Ulvaeus found inspiration in the dance rhythm of George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby", as well as the drumming on Dr. John's 1972 album, Dr. John's Gumbo.[1] The opening melody echoes "Sing My Way Home" by Delaney & Bonnie (from Motel Shot, 1971).[citation needed] Fältskog and Lyngstad recorded the vocals during sessions in September 1975, and the track was completed three months later.

During the sessions, Benny Andersson brought a tape home with the backing track on it and played it to Anni-Frid Lyngstad, who apparently started crying when listening. Lyngstad said, "I found the song so beautiful. It's one of those songs that goes straight to your heart".[1] Agnetha Fältskog later said: "It's often difficult to know what will be a hit. The exception was 'Dancing Queen.' We all knew it was going to be massive."[7]

While working on the lyrics, the first half of the second verse was scrapped: "Baby, baby, you're out of sight/hey, you're looking all right tonight/when you come to the party/listen to the guys/they've got the look in their eyes..." It survives in footage from a recording session.[8]

The band (especially Andersson) wanted to release "Dancing Queen" as the follow-up single to "Mamma Mia" but their manager, Stig Anderson, insisted that the more sedate and folksy "Fernando" should be first,[1] as he felt it would appeal to a broader audience and so was more likely to be a hit.[9] Therefore, whilst "Dancing Queen" premiered on German and Japanese TV during the spring of 1976, the song did not appear on vinyl until later that summer, having had its first live and domestic performance on 18 June 1976 during an all-star gala staged by Kjerstin Dellert at the Royal Swedish Opera[10] (and shown on Swedish TV) in honour of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and his bride-to-be, Silvia Sommerlath, who were married the next day.[11] For their 1980 Spanish-language compilation-album Gracias Por La Música, ABBA recorded a Spanish version of "Dancing Queen", renamed "Reina Danzante", with Spanish lyrics provided by Buddy and Mary McCluskey. The track was retitled "La Reina Del Baile" when included on the compilation album ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos in the 1990s.

In 1993, in honour of Swedish Queen Silvia's 50th birthday, Anni-Frid Lyngstad was asked to perform "Dancing Queen" on stage, repeating ABBA's 1976 performance of the song at the pre-wedding gala for King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Frida contacted The Real Group and together they did an a cappella version of the song on stage at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm, in front of the king and queen. The Swedish prime minister at the time, Ingvar Carlsson, was also in the audience that night and said it was an ingenious idea to perform "Dancing Queen" a cappella. The performance was recorded by Sveriges Television (SVT) and is included in the biographical documentary Frida – The DVD and The Real Group's 1994 compilation album Varför får man inte bara vara som man är.

For the soundtrack of the 1994 Australian film Muriel's Wedding, songwriters Ulvaeus and Andersson allowed the use of "Dancing Queen" and other ABBA hits. "Dancing Queen" was among the ABBA songs included in Mamma Mia!, the jukebox musical first produced in 1999 and adapted in 2008 as movie: Mamma Mia!. It is also featured in the film's sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

The first International Standard Musical Work Code was assigned in 1995 to "Dancing Queen"; the code is T-000.000.001-0.

Reception and legacy

"Dancing Queen" was a worldwide No. 1 hit, topping the charts in more than a dozen countries including ABBA's native Sweden (where it spent 14 weeks at the top),[12] Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom,[13] Ireland, Mexico,[citation needed] the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway (where it charted for 32 weeks (VG-lista Top 10), making it the 11th best-performing single in that country),[14] South Africa and Rhodesia. "Dancing Queen" also topped the charts in the United States, ABBA's only No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100,[15] and was a Top 5 hit in Austria, Finland, France and Switzerland. The song sold over three million copies.[16] The track was the fourth biggest single of 1976 in the UK.[17]

According to Donald A. Guarisco of AllMusic, the track's "sincerity and sheer musicality have allowed it to outlast the disco boom and become a standard of dance-pop."[5] The song's release also cemented ABBA as an international act and signified the beginning of the group's 'classic period', which would span the following four years.[2] It has become a standard for dance divas like Carol Douglas and Kylie Minogue,[5] and it has been covered numerous times by acts including U2.[18] The song has been adopted by the LGBT community[2] and, according to Mojo magazine, remains one of the most ubiquitous "gay anthems".[19] Billboard Magazine found the theme of a person's greatest experience coming at a disco age 17 to be more substantive than most ABBA songs, and compared the vocal harmonies to the Mamas and the Papas.[20]

In the UK Singles Chart, "Dancing Queen" was the last of three consecutive chart-toppers for ABBA in 1976, following "Mamma Mia" and "Fernando" earlier in the year.[13] The song was re-released in the UK in 1992, taking advantage of an ABBA revival sparked by the success of Erasure's Abba-esque EP. The re-issued "Dancing Queen" reached No. 16 in the UK in September 1992.

In 2000, "Dancing Queen" came fourth in a Channel 4 television poll of "The 100 Greatest Number One Singles".[21][22] It was chosen as No. 148 on the Recording Industry Association of America's Songs of the Century list. It is ranked No. 174 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time,[23] the only ABBA song on the list. That same year, it made VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs in Rock & Roll at No. 97. Also in 2000, editors of Rolling Stone with MTV compiled a list of the best 100 pop songs; "Dancing Queen" placed 12th among songs of the 1970s.[24]

On 9 November 2002, the results of a poll, "Top 50 Favourite UK #1's", was broadcast on Radio 2, celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Official UK Charts Company. 188,357 listeners voted and "Dancing Queen" came out at No. 8. On 5 December 2010, Britain's ITV broadcast the results of a poll to determine "The Nation's Favourite ABBA Song" in which "Dancing Queen" placed at No. 2.[25]

In 2009, the British performing rights group Phonographic Performance Limited celebrated its 75th anniversary by listing the 75 songs that have played most in Great Britain on the radio, in clubs and on jukeboxes. "Dancing Queen" was number eight on the list.[26]

Former US presidential candidate John McCain named "Dancing Queen" as his favourite song in a top-10 list submitted to Blender magazine in August 2008.[27]

In August 2012, listeners to the 1970s-themed UK radio station "Smooth 70s" voted "Dancing Queen" as their favourite hit of the decade.[28]

In October 2014, the musical instrument insurer Musicguard carried out a survey determining "Dancing Queen" to be the United Kingdom's favourite "floorfiller". Unlike its closest competitors, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson (No. 2) and "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles (No. 3), it turned out to be very popular throughout the nation whereas the other two were strong regional favourites.[29][30]

In 2015, "Dancing Queen" was inducted into the Recording Academy's Grammy Hall of Fame.[31]

Online music magazine Pitchfork positioned Dancing Queen at number 80 in its 2016 ranking of the 200 best songs of the 1970s. Reviewer Cameron Cook wrote it is "a song so confident in its structure that its starts from the middle of its chorus", adding that it "bottles the out-of-body euphoria that accompanies dancing for dancing’s sake, with no agenda or motive other than pure joy." Eschewing the "disco" label sometimes attached to the track by latter-day critics, Cook called it "a pitch-perfect portrait of the hedonistic disco scene they were mimicking via their own, more down-to-Earth Europop".[32]

In September 2016, The Guardian ran an article by Tim Jonze entitled "Why Abba's Dancing Queen is the best pop song ever". Jonze writes: "Dancing Queen is beautifully produced: catchy and euphoric, the perfect backdrop for a song that encapsulates the carefree bliss of youth". Several artists are cited as being influenced by the song, including Elvis Costello ("Oliver's Army"), MGMT ("Time to Pretend") and Chris Stein of Blondie ("Dreaming").[33] In 1993, Hong Kong singer Angela Pang covered this song in Cantonese.

Track listings

7" Vinyl

  1. "Dancing Queen" – 3:52
  2. "That's Me" – 3:15

1992 7" European re-issue

  1. "Dancing Queen" – 3:52
  2. "Lay All Your Love on Me" – 4:35

1992 12"/CD European re-issue

  1. "Dancing Queen" – 3:52
  2. "Lay All Your Love on Me" – 4:35
  3. "The Day Before You Came" – 5:50
  4. "Eagle" – 5:49

1992 12" US re-issue

  1. "Dancing Queen" – 3:52
  2. "Take a Chance on Me" – 4:04[7]

Personnel

ABBA

Additional personnel

Music video

The song was accompanied by a music video, filmed in 1976 in Alexandra’s discotheque in central Stockholm, Sweden.[34] 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 500 million views as of May 2021.

Charts

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia — 300,000[66]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[67] Gold 45,000‡
Ireland (IRMA)[68] Gold 50,000^
Italy (FIMI)[69]
sales since 2009 		Gold 15,000‡
Japan
physical sales 		— 350,000[70]
Japan (RIAJ)[71]
digital sales 2005-2013 		Gold 100,000*
Kenya — 10,000[72]
Portugal — 20,000[73]
United Kingdom (BPI)[75] Platinum 1,550,000[74]
United States (RIAA)[76] Gold 1,000,000^
Yugoslavia[77] Silver 80,000 
Digital
United States — 597,000[78]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

A-Teens version

"Dancing Queen"
Single by A-Teens
from the album The ABBA Generation
Released7 March 2000
Recorded1999
GenreBubblegum pop, europop, disco
Length
  • 3:52 (album version)
  • 3:20 (UK radio edit)
LabelUniversal Music Group
Songwriter(s)B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus
Producer(s)Ole Evenrude
A-Teens singles chronology
"Happy New Year"
(1999) 		"Dancing Queen"
(2000) 		"Upside Down"
(2000)

"Dancing Queen" is a single released by A-Teens, an ABBA tribute band from Sweden. It is the fourth and final single from their first album, The ABBA Generation.

When the single came out in the spring of 2000, it peaked at number one in Mexico, becoming their first number one hit in that country. The song was also a smash hit in South America peaking at number three in Argentina, number five in Chile, number six in Colombia and number fifteen in Brazil.

This was the main single for the United States promotion, when the album was released in March 2000. "Dancing Queen" reached ninety-five on the Billboard Hot 100, thirty-six on Airplay and number thirteen on the Hot Single Sales Chart.[79][80]

"Dancing Queen" was released as a double A-side with "The Name of the Game" in Europe, where both songs were promoted on radio simultaneously; Universal Music Group thought that "Dancing Queen", being the last single, needed a back-up to be successful. The video for "The Name of the Game" was an unofficial video, made especially for an A-Teens TV special in Sweden and it was never intended to be a promotional video. It was only aired by Channel 4. It appeared in the album Lizzie McGuire: Total Party!.

Music video

Directed by Patrick Kiely, the video is set in a big high school. The video is a tribute to the movie The Breakfast Club, where band members (and extras serving as background dancers) are left in a classroom which transforms into a nightclub. Paul Gleason, the actor who played the assistant principal in the film, reprises the role for the video. It also appears in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.

Releases

European 2-Track CD single

  1. "Dancing Queen" [album version] – 3:48
  2. "The Name of the Game" – 4:17

European/Mexican CD maxi

  1. "Dancing Queen" [album version] – 3:48
  2. "Dancing Queen" [Pierre J's Main Radio Mix] – 3:27
  3. "Dancing Queen" [Pierre J's Main Extended Mix] – 5:47
  4. "Dancing Queen" [BTS Gold Edition Mix] – 5:13

US CD single (7 March 2000)

  1. "Dancing Queen" [album version] – 3:48
  2. "Dancing Queen" [extended version] – 5:48

US cassette (7 March 2000)

  1. "Dancing Queen" [album version] – 3:48
  2. "Dancing Queen" [extended version] – 5:48

Other versions

Glee version

Naya Rivera and Amber Riley of the Glee cast performed the song in "Prom Queen". It charted on the Billboard Hot 100.[81] U.K pop group Brotherhood of Man also recorded the song.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again version

"Dancing Queen" was released on 13 July 2018 alongside the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again soundtrack, by Capitol and Polydor Records. It was released on 21 July 2018 as the fourth single from the soundtrack. The song is performed by Pierce Brosnan, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Dominic Cooper and Amanda Seyfried; it was produced by Benny Andersson.

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[82] 74

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Palm, Carl Magnus (2005). Abba : the complete guide to their music. London: Omnibus Press. pp. 36–7. ISBN 1-84449-505-1. OCLC 60589495.
  2. ^ a b c d Sheridan, Simon (22 May 2012). The Complete Abba. Titan Books. ISBN 978-0857687241. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  3. ^ Mansour, David (1 June 2005). From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 108. ISBN 978-0740751189. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d Creswell, Toby (2005). 1001 Songs. Hardie Grant Books. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-74066-458-5. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e Guarisco, Donald A. "Dancing Queen – ABBA". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  6. ^ AbbaVEVO (8 October 2009), Abba - Dancing Queen, retrieved 8 January 2021
  7. ^ a b Oldham, Andrew; Calder, Tony; Irwin, Colin (1995). ABBA: The Name of the Game. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. pp. 124–5. ISBN 0283062320.
  8. ^ "ABBA – Dancing Queen – The Missing Verse / Lost Lyrics" on YouTube. Retrieved on 15 November 2008.
  9. ^ ABBA: Secrets Of Their Greatest Hits. Channel 5 (UK). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  10. ^ Dagens Nyheter 19 June 1976
  11. ^ "Royal Romance". 15 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  12. ^ "Sweden". Home.zipworld.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  13. ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 330–1. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  14. ^ "BEST OF ALL TIME – SINGLES". VG-lista. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  15. ^ "United States of America". Home.zipworld.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  16. ^ Oldham, Calder & Irwin (1995), p. 85
  17. ^ "Top 50 Singles of 1976". Music Week. No. 25. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 25 December 1976.
  18. ^ Live in Sweden with Björn & Benny, 1992 on YouTube. Retrieved 19 July 2017
  19. ^ The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion. Canongate. 18 February 2008. p. 371. ISBN 978-1847670205. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  20. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. 4 December 1976. p. 59. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  21. ^ "100 Greatest ... (The 100 Greatest Number One Singles)". ITN Source. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  22. ^ "Channel 4 : The 100 best singles As the public voted in the UK, January 2001". Procol Harum. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  23. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  24. ^ "The Pop 100: The Seventies". Superseventies.com. 18 June 1976. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  25. ^ "ABBA on TV - The Nation's Favourite ABBA Song". abbaontv.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  26. ^ "The Top 75". 6 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  27. ^ "White House DJ Battle". Blender Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
  28. ^ "Smooth Radio presenters head to Smooth 70s". Radio Today. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  29. ^ Boogying Britain: Abba's Dancing Queen voted favourite floorfiller – what else was in top 10?. Daily Mirror, 30 October 2014
  30. ^ Abba's 'Dancing Queen' voted Britain's best 'floorfiller'. Business Standard, 2 November 2014
  31. ^ "Grammy Hall of Fame". 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  32. ^ "The Best 200 Songs of the 1970s". 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  33. ^ Jonze, Tim (8 September 2016). "Why Abba's Dancing Queen is the best pop song ever". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  34. ^ "IN FOCUS: DANCING QUEEN". abbasite.com. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  35. ^ "Kent Music Report National Top 100 Singles, No 120". Kent Music Report. 11 October 1976. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  36. ^ "Austrian Charts > ABBA". austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  37. ^ "Ultra Top - Belgian Charts". Ultra Top. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  38. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2 April 1977. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  39. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  40. ^ Billboard – Google Books. 9 October 1976. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  41. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 36, 1976" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  42. ^ "ABBA – Dancing Queen" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  43. ^ a b c "Hits of The World". Billboard. 26 February 1977. p. 84. Retrieved 3 November 2020 – via Google Books.
  44. ^ "Hits of The World". Billboard. 11 December 1976. p. 51. Retrieved 3 November 2020 – via Google Books.
  45. ^ "ABBA – Dancing Queen" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  46. ^ "The Irish Charts > ABBA". IrishCharts.ie. Retrieved 3 November 2020. Note: User must define search parameter as "Abba".
  47. ^ "Hits of The World". Billboard. 6 November 1976. p. 66. Retrieved 3 November 2020 – via Google Books.
  48. ^ "New Zealand Charts > ABBA". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  49. ^ "Norwegian Charts > ABBA" (in Norwegian). norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  50. ^ "Hits of The World". Billboard. 29 January 1977. p. 69. Retrieved 3 November 2020 – via Google Books.
  51. ^ Faltskog, Agnetha & Ahman, Brita (1997) 'As I Am: ABBA Before & Beyond', Virgin Publishing, p.65
  52. ^ "Swedish Charts > ABBA". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  53. ^ "Charts". Hit Parade. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  54. ^ "Hot 100 - ABBA". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  55. ^ "Adult Contemporary - ABBA". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  56. ^ Downey, Pat; Albert, George; Hoffmann, Frank W (1994). Cash Box pop singles charts, 1950–1993. Libraries Unlimited. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-56308-316-7.
  57. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  58. ^ "Top Selling Singles of 1976 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 8 December 1963. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  59. ^ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1976". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  60. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1976 - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com.
  61. ^ "Top 100 1976 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  62. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  63. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  64. ^ Billboard, 24 December 1977.
  65. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1977". Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  66. ^ Baker, Glen (8 November 1979). "ABBA the World - Australia". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  67. ^ "Danish single certifications – ABBA – Dancing Queen". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 7 May 2019. Scroll through the page-list below until year 2019 to obtain certification.
  68. ^ Stewart, Ken (8 November 1979). "ABBA the World - Ireland". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc: ABBA-18. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  69. ^ "Italian single certifications – Abba – Dancing Queen" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 6 May 2020. Select "2014" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Dancing Queen" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
  70. ^ "List of best-selling international singles in Japan". JP&KIYO. 2002. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  71. ^ "Japanese digital single certifications – Abba – Dancing Queen" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 30 December 2020. Select 2013年2月 on the drop-down menu
  72. ^ "ABBA the World - Kenya". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc: ABBA-18. 8 November 1979. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  73. ^ Fernando, Tenente (8 November 1979). "ABBA the World - Portugal". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc: ABBA-30. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  74. ^ Myers, Justin (22 April 2019). "ABBA's Official Top 20 biggest songs". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  75. ^ "British single certifications – ABBA – Dancing Queen". British Phonographic Industry.
  76. ^ "American single certifications – ABBA – Dancing Queen". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  77. ^ "ABBA fenomen ili fenomenalna ABBA". Džuboks. No. 33. April 1977. p. 5. Retrieved 3 November 2020 – via Popboks.
  78. ^ Trust, Gary (23 January 2009). "Ask Billboard: Mariah Carey, Abba, Oasis, The Verve". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  79. ^ "Official home and community – Upside Down charts". A-Teens.Com. 4 January 2001. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  80. ^ "Dancing Queen". Billboard.
  81. ^ Grein, Paul (18 May 2011). "Week Ending May 15, 2011. Songs: Idol Boosts Tyler". Chart Watch. Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  82. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dancing_Queen&oldid=1029844895"