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A number one smash all over the world, and ABBA's only number one in the USA. On 18th June 1976 the song was premiered at a televised gala tribute to Sweden' future Queen Sliva who was to marry King Carl XVI Gustaf the following day. George McCrae's hit 'Rock You Baby' from 1974 was the inspiration for the

Abba Song facts

Composer
Ulvaeus/Andersson

Genre
Pop


Album
Arrival

Year of release
1976

UK Chart Position
 1 rhythm of Dancing Queen. It has been said that a piece of this song could be heard before the actual backing track started, just for the musicians to maintain the right feel. ABBA never meant to steal from this song.With ABBA's somewhat conventional European background, they often found it difficult to apply the right kind of dance rhythm to their music.
The ABBA writers view it as their most perfect pop song ever. Björn: "The day that Benny and I finished mixing the instrumental track of Dancing Queen, I was so excited, I just could not rest. Agnetha was asleep and I just had to share it with someone, so I drove all over Stockholm looking for someone to play it to. Finally I ended up at my sister's house. I played it over and over again to her. We couldn't believe how good it sounded."

Benny and Bjorn talk about songwritng 

Abba

Abba's songwriters Benny and Bjorn talk about their song writing techniques - "we start playing and fiddling around with chords and tempos, and sometimes something comes up".
 
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S Club 7

  Teen idols S Club 7 leant their vocal chords to an Abba tribute album, Abbamania that was released in 1999.

No matter how many times you hear it it still gives you the same uplifting and happy feeling that only this song can!

Wayne
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