ABBA "Dancing Queen" 1977

[areyoureadytojump]

Went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1977

[Deleted]

Nothing needs to be said about this song. One of the best pop songs ever.

[Agent Yoncé]

I wish I were alive during the 70s.

[620 Soul Train]

One of the defining moments in my life when this song came out. 1) I finally "acknowledged" my other grandma who is still living at 91 by the grace of God. 2) I saw "snow" - You see, I went from Myrtle Beach, SC to the midwest (visit only at the time) Wichita, KS. Yeah, this song was always on the radio. Love that song to this day!

[brady47]

I love this song, one of the very few 70s songs I know, and I still love playing it today.

My favorite part is the "And when you get the chance. You are the dancing queen. Young and sweet, only 17. Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine. See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen."

This song just makes me so happy.

[Luckie Starchild]

Jun 25, 2013 19:29:38 GMT -5 brady47 said:

My favorite part is the "And when you get the chance. You are the dancing queen. Young and sweet, only 17. Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine. See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen."

Just sing the whole song while you're at it...

[Glove Slap]

This isn't my favorite ABBA single, but it just may be the most perfect pop record ever. Every single line and instrumental riff is an absolutely killer hook all on its own, and yet it just weaves together so flawlessly.

[johnnywest]

Abba's best single.

[surfy]

Fave <3

[Fancy]

yeah this still puts me in a better mood every time i hear it.

Jun 25, 2013 20:27:34 GMT -5 Luckie Starchild said:

Jun 25, 2013 19:29:38 GMT -5 brady47 said:

My favorite part is the "And when you get the chance. You are the dancing queen. Young and sweet, only 17. Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine. See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen."

Just sing the whole song while you're at it...

fucking lol

[kcdawg13]

ABBA fucking rocks

[leonagwen]

Classic

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

I freaking love this!!! Most definitely my favorite ABBA song ever. One of the best songs to ever came out from the 70s, period!!!

I remember when the Ateens did a cover on this song in 2000.

[Dreams]

I've always thought ABBA's songs suck EXCEPT this one. Amazing pop song!

[shrk314]

One of the best pop songs of all time right here!

[leonagwen]

One of my favorites

[Dammn Baby]

A MOMENT.

One of the best pop songs of all time.

[disman00911]

The best song ABBA ever did.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

#2 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

A soaring Swedish anthem that encapsulates the freedom, liberation and possibility of the dancefloor, “Dancing Queen” was a global smash for ABBA that transcended the disco era to achieve pop pantheon immortality.  Opening with a piano roll that cascades across the left-right channels like Farrah Fawcett’s follicles across her shoulder, “Dancing Queen” eases us in with an ensemble of ethereal voices delivering a dose of secular heaven. And when Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad deliver that buoyant blast of a chorus, the walls of Jericho crumble for even the hardiest of pop haters. 

 It’s a song about a 17-year-old letting loose at a discotheque, but the Hot 100 topper is clearly crafted by seasoned pros at the top of their substantial game. Co-written by the group’s manager Stig Anderson and the quartet’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (with the latter two producing), “Dancing Queen” sums up the dichotomy of ABBA, a band that put a lot of time and deep knowledge of composition into creating songs that sound utterly effortless.

Songs this perfect are why the ancients used to think inspiration came from nine muses – after all, when something is this damn good, how could a mere human have created it? But even though it seems touched by the divine, it also feels like it could be written for any of us: Every time Andersson’s triumphant piano riff punctuates the song’s soaring chorus, you truly are the dancing queen — even if you’re not a queen, 17 or capable of coordinated movement. Which is precisely why this disco anthem endures: Whether it’s the misanthropic heroine of 1994 cult classic Muriel’s Wedding, the aww shucks cast of a crowd-pleasing blockbuster like Mamma Mia! or a septuagenarian senator, the egalitarian “Queen” places a crown on anybody’s head. — J. Lynch