"Dancing Queen" lyrics

"Dancing Queen"

Ooh, you can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene
Digging the dancing queen

Friday night and the lights are low
Looking out for a place to go
Where they play the right music, getting in the swing
You come to look for a king

Anybody could be that guy
Night is young and the music's high
With a bit of rock music, everything is fine
You're in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance

You are the dancing queen
Young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing queen
Feel the beat from the tambourine
Oh, yeah

You can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene
Digging the dancing queen

You're a teaser, you turn 'em on
Leave them burning and then you're gone
Looking out for another, anyone will do
You're in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance

You are the dancing queen
Young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing queen
Feel the beat from the tambourine
Oh, yeah

You can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene
Digging the dancing queen

Digging the dancing queen


Thanks to Focalist, Jordi, Paul Wexelblat for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Benny Goran Bror Andersson, Bjoern K. Ulvaeus, Stig Erik Leopold Anderson
ABBA knew that "Dancing Queen" would be a hit and that's why they hadn't released it as a single until the album was released. When Benny Andersson first played Anni-Frid Lyngstad the song's backing track, she started to cry. She said in an interview to The Guardian, "And that was before me and Agnetha had even sung on it! I knew it was absolutely the best song ABBA had ever done."
This song was performed by ABBA at a televised tribute to Queen Silvia and King Gustaf XVI of Sweden on the 18th of June 1976, the day before the couple got married.
This song became the only number-one hit in the USA among their fourteen Top-40 hits there. This song also reached number one in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Rhodesia, South Africa, Sweden and West Germany.
U2 covered this song during their tour in 1992. Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson joined them on stage when the show was in Stockholm.
This song was performed a cappella by Anni-Frid Lyngstad at a concert in honour of Swedish Queen Silvia's 50th birthday in 1993.
This song was the first one to receive the International Standard Musical Work Code in 1995. The code is T-000.000.001-0.
"Dancing Queen" is the only ABBA song on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time having the number 174 place.
album: "Arrival" (1976)
ABBA - Arrival album cover
Arrival
(Instrumental)
Fernando
(1997 Reissue Bonus Track)
Happy Hawaii
(2005 Reissue Bonus Track)
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