Dancing Queen

Written and composed by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson, "Dancing Queen" was recorded by ABBA in 1975 and released in 1976 Featured on ABBA's 1976 album Arrival, the single transformed ABBA from a European Eurovision winner into a global pop force, reaching No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1977 In 2024, "Dancing Queen" was inducted into the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry Built in A major and developed under the working title "Boogaloo" (inspired in part by George McCrae's "Rock Your Baby"), the track opens with an iconic piano glissando into a lush wall-of-sound disco arrangement The Library of Congress notes its blend of "playfulness, melancholy and engineering combined with the voices of Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad" "Dancing Queen" remains ABBA's sole No. 1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (1977), while serving as the centerpiece of their catalog streaming surges