A 1976 Billion Song! - "Dancing Queen" by Abba

“You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen“ The song “Dancing Queen“ is a Europop and disco song by the Swedish group ABBA, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Arrival (1976). It became ABBA’s only number one hit in the United States, and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, West Germany and the Soviet Union. 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. The song “Dancing Queen“ by ABBA is a dance anthem that celebrates being young and free. The lyrics urge everyone, rega