{"id":257849,"date":"2026-08-16T18:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/abbas-dancing-queen-turns-50\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T18:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:37:26","slug":"abbas-dancing-queen-turns-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/abbas-dancing-queen-turns-50\/","title":{"rendered":"ABBA&#8217;s Dancing Queen turns 50."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote lj-screenable=\"social:newinsta:parse\" class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"data-instgrm-captioned\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\"><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DcGMhpEINM8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DcGMhpEINM8<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>50 years ago lives were changed when the best song in the history,<i><b> Dancing Queen<\/b><\/i>, was officially released in Sweden in 1976! \u2728\u2728\u2728<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"lj-spoiler\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-head\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-leftbracket\">[<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/javascript:void(0)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" class=\"flaticon flaticon--eye lj-spoiler-icon\" style=\"display: none; fill: currentColor\"><use xlink:href=\"#flaticon--eye\"\/><\/svg>Brief history<\/a><\/b><span class=\"lj-spoiler-rightbracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lj-spoiler-body\"><br \/>The recording sessions for began on 4 August 1975, F\u00e4ltskog and Lyngstad recorded the vocals during sessions in September 1975, and the track was completed three months later.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The band wanted to release &#8220;Dancing Queen&#8221; as the follow-up single to &#8220;Mamma Mia&#8221; but their manager, Stig Anderson, insisted that the more sedate and folksy &#8220;Fernando&#8221; should be first.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dancing Queen&#8221; was a worldwide No. 1 hit, topping the charts in more than a dozen countries and it&#8217;s ABBA&#8217;s only No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p>The song has been adopted by the LGBT community and remains one of the most ubiquitous gay anthems.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1786903200%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262186238%26%26%26youtube%26xFrGuyw1V8s%3A1a4fe2cec0fbed2861558e50397fdba32ec22bfb&amp;moduleid=2186238&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;vid=xFrGuyw1V8s&amp;preview=&amp;source=youtube&amp;noads=\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2186238\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcGMhpEINM8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dancing_Queen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>ONTD, is you favorite song older than you?<\/i> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132734593.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/DcGMhpEINM8 50 years ago lives were changed when the best song in the history, Dancing Queen, was officially released in Sweden in 1976! \u2728\u2728\u2728 [Brief history]The recording sessions for began on 4 August 1975, F\u00e4ltskog and Lyngstad recorded the vocals during sessions in September 1975, and the track was completed three months later. 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