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But in the mid-seventies, one group transcended all of these expectations, with songwriting and a sound that illustrated pop perfection. The group was ABBA and their most iconic hit &#8211; \u201cDancing Queen\u201d &#8211; brought an infectious, American disco groove to EuroPop, taking the world by storm and changing the course of popular music history.<\/p>\n<p>ABBA, as a quartet, was formed in Stockholm in 1972 when two married couples, Agnetha F\u00e4ltskog and Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus, and Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid (\u201cFrida\u201d) Lyngstad, formed a pop group with a name built as an acronym of their first initials:<\/p>\n<p>Agnetha<\/p>\n<p>Bj\u00f6rn<\/p>\n<p>Benny<\/p>\n<p>Anni-Frid<\/p>\n<p>But the members&#8217; musical and personal relationships go back even earlier. Bj\u00f6rn and Benny had begun working together in the mid-sixties. Benny had been a part of a band called the Hep Stars &#8211; often referred to as \u201cthe Swedish Beatles.\u201d He recalled: \u201cI was in a band in the \u201860s called The Hep Stars, a rock and roll band, really. We used to do covers. And then The Beatles came along. I mean, they wrote their own music, and I was thinking, \u2018hmm. Well, if they can do it, maybe we can do it too.\u2019 And I thought then, \u2018If I can write one good song, I could probably write two. And if I can write two songs, I can write three songs.\u2019 So, I decided there on the spot, \u2018Okay, I\u2019m going to give this a go and see if it works.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hep Stars began playing songs written by Benny, some of which achieved Swedish chart success by 1966. Bj\u00f6rn was playing in a Stockholm-based skiffle group called the Hootenanny Singers when the pair\u2019s paths crossed. They co-wrote their first song together in 1966 &#8211; \u201cIsn\u2019t it Easy to Say\u201d &#8211; and collaborated off and on for the next 4 years until, in 1970, they released their first full album together &#8211; <em>Lycka<\/em> (\u201cHappiness\u201d in Swedish).<\/p>\n<p>During this same time, the group\u2019s female members had been pursuing their own solo careers. Agnetha had already achieved her first number one Swedish single in 1967, at the young age of 17. Frida Lyngstad had been performing regularly as a singer since the age of 13 and by 1967, she had signed a solo recording contract with EMI-Sweden after winning a national talent contest. Agnetha met Bj\u00f6rn at a concert in 1968, and the pair began working closely together. She even co wrote a song &#8211; \u201cLiselott&#8221; &#8211; with him and Benny for Lycka. Agnetha and Bj\u00f6rn would marry a few years later, in 1971, before the formation of ABBA in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>A 1969 \u201cprequel\u201d festival to the Eurovision Song Contest brought another two of the ABBA members together.\u00a0 The Melodifestivalen was a national festival intended to select Sweden\u2019s entry into the Eurovision contest, and it was here that Benny and Frida first met. Shortly thereafter the future ABBA bandmates became romantically linked and Benny began producing her records. Her first number one hit came from this musical and romantic partnership in 1971 with the song \u201cMin egen Stad\u201d. Perhaps most interestingly, this hit features all four members of the future ABBA group on the recording.<\/p>\n<p>In 1972, the first song credited to all four musicians, \u201cPeople Need Love,\u201d was released hitting number three on the Swedish radio charts and even getting some attention in the US. The following year, the newly formed quartet submitted a joint effort to the Melodifestivalen contest &#8211; \u201cRing Ring\u201d. While the song did not win, it did take third place and garnered attention in Europe and South Africa. It also became the title track of the quartet\u2019s first album together.\u00a0 At this release, the group was performing under their first names: Bj\u00f6rn &amp; Benny, and Agnetha &amp; Anni-Frid. Their manager, Stig Anderson, then came up with the Acronym for the group&#8217;s name, one that has familiar, even biblical, associations; \u201cAbba\u201d means \u201cfather\u201d in both Hebrew and Aramaic.<\/p>\n<p>The group was gaining traction, but their first big break came in 1974, when ABBA earned a spot in the Eurovision Contest with their song \u201cWaterloo.\u201d It was the first time performers were allowed to sing in their choice of language &#8211; rather than the language of the country they represented. ABBA sang in English and eschewed the ball gowns and tuxedos of the other competitors. They appeared on stage in their glam-rock attire, singing in English in a style unlike anyone else around them. The quartet would go on to win the entire competition,\u00a0 and the song\u2019s release would be the first one credited under their new name, ABBA. After its success at Eurovision,\u00a0 \u201cWaterloo\u201d hit the number one spot in not only Sweden but also, the UK, Germany Switzerland, and it made a powerful showing on the American stage, hitting number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p>The following years would bring additional success and powerful hits: \u201cS.O.S,\u201d \u201cMamma Mia,\u201d \u201cFernando,\u201d \u201cMoney, Money, Money,\u201d and \u201cKnowing Me, Knowing You.\u201d The band\u2019s most iconic track \u201cDancing Queen\u201d was released in 1976, capturing the band\u2019s ability to mergy glittery (and yet elegant) Europop songwriting with an infectious dance groove.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDancing Queen\u201d was written by Benny and Bj\u00f6rn, and manager Stig Anderson. They credit George McCrae\u2019s 1974 disco hit, \u201cRock Your Baby\u201d as a major inspiration. Under the working title of \u201cBoogaloo\u201d, Benny played the instrumental track for his wife Frida who was brought to tears by the sound. She recalled: \u201cBenny came home with a tape of the backing track and played it for me. I thought it was so enormously beautiful that I started to cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the shimmery keyboard slide at the song\u2019s start, listeners are transported into an joyous, almost magical sonic space. The track is pop perfection, brilliantly opening with a half chorus. Vocally, the chorus is exuberant and full of energy. The vocals on the verse pull back, although the infectious groove remains strong. This vocal phrasing mirrors the storytelling of the lyrics, setting the scene of a night club:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Friday night and the lights are low<\/p>\n<p>Looking out for a place to go<\/p>\n<p>Where they get play the right music<\/p>\n<p>Getting in the swing<\/p>\n<p>You come to look for a king<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The low range of the melody on ending phrases like \u201cyou come to look for a king\u201d creates a tone of anticipation. Further preparing for the glorious excitement which comes at the return of the chorus. The first verse is a double verse, whereas the second is shorter and quickly returns the listener to the highly anticipated chorus. The song is perfectly unbalanced; it is chorus heavy, and centered around the satisfaction of hitting the chorus\u2019 final phrase.<\/p>\n<p>Like many pop songs that describe dancing, there is a parallel between the joy and addiction of the song\u2019s hook, and the physical motion of dancing to the music. \u201cDancing Queen\u201d epitomizes that experience, bringing in a sonic color and energy that mirrors the experience of a night dancing the night away under the mesmerizing and brilliant lights of a night club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDancing Queen\u201d was recorded at Glen Studios, located in a suburb of Stockholm. On August 4, 1974, Bj\u00f6rn and Benny entered the studio, along with some session players, including Rutger Gunnarsson on bass guitar and Roger Palm on drums. Gunnarsson had known and been working with Bj\u00f6rn since the sixties with the Hootenanny Singers.\u00a0 Palm was a local session musician who had been working with ABBA since 1971. It was in these sessions on August 4 and 5th, that they laid down the instrumental backing tracks and melody which had so moved Frida.\u00a0 The rest of the track took several months to record. Even as late as December of 1975, Benny and Bj\u00f6rn were still refining the recording. The track was produced by Benny and Bj\u00f6rn, with Michael B. Tretow as the engineer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDancing Queen\u201d was completed around the same time as another one of their major hits, \u201cFernando\u201d.\u00a0 The group wanted to release a single in March of 1976, but there was disagreement about which one to release. Anderson insisted that the group go with \u201cFernando,\u201d a ballad which would contrast the group\u2019s previous release, \u201cMamma Mia.\u201d\u00a0 His choice was a strong one, and \u201cFernando\u201d became one of ABBA\u2019s best selling tracks. It remains one of the best selling singles of all time. Still, the group was confident that \u201cDancing Queen\u201d was destined for success. Agnetha recalled: \u201cIt\u2019s often difficult to know what will be a hit. The exception was \u2018Dancing Queen.\u2019 We all knew it was going to be massive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the song had to wait another five months after \u201cFernando\u201d to be released as a single, it got an early start in performance, including a January 1976 TV special in Germany and another television performance in Australia in March. And then in Sweden, the song was introduced at the televised wedding gala for King Carl XVI and Silvia Sommerlath on June 19, 1976. On August 16, 1976 \u201cDance Queen\u201d was released as a single in Sweden.\u00a0 The response was massive, as it took the number one spot on charts all over the world &#8211; including in the US, when in April of 1977, it became the group\u2019s first and only US number one hit.<\/p>\n<p>And it remains their most popular and iconic hit. It is the quintessential ABBA recording, showcasing the band\u2019s pop perfection.\u00a0 In 2015, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. ABBA, as a group, remains one of the world\u2019s best selling artists, and in 2010, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\">\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mS4cRMqZPd4\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Songs That Changed Music: Abba - Dancing Queen\" title=\"Play video &quot;Songs That Changed Music: Abba - Dancing Queen&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mS4cRMqZPd4<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mS4cRMqZPd4\" title=\"Songs That Changed Music: Abba - Dancing Queen\">Songs That Changed Music: Abba &#8211; Dancing Queen (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mS4cRMqZPd4)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Caitlin Vaughn Carlos\u00a0 At the start of the seventies, the idea of a musical group from a non-English speaking country having significant and consistent chart success in the English speaking market, seemed unimaginable. 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