ABBA: Dancing Queen (1976) Online

ABBA: Dancing Queen (1976) Online

"Dancing Queen" is a Europop song by the Swedish group ABBA, and the lead single from their fourth studio album, Arrival. ABBA donned traditional 18th Century costumes when they first performed this song for King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden the night before he was married to Silvia Sommerlath on 18/06/1976.

It became ABBA's only number one hit in the United States, and topped the charts in Australia, The Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, West Germany and Zimbabwe.

Musically, "Dancing Queen" is a Europop version of American disco music.

The song was written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson.

The music video on YouTube has more than 187 million views as of July 20, 2017.

"Dancing Queen" premiered on German and Japanese TV during the spring of 1976.

It saw its first live and domestic performance on 18 June 1976, televised on Swedish TV during an all-star gala staged by Kjerstin Dellert at the Royal Swedish Opera in honor of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and his bride-to-be, Silvia Sommerlath, who were married the next day.

The track was the fourth biggest single of 1976 in the UK.

The song has been adopted by the LGBT community and, according to Mojo magazine, remains one of the most ubiquitous "gay anthems".

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

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