Music video description
Dancing Queen by the Swedish band Abba is probably the first European disco hit to gain international recognition. At the same time, it is the only song by the group to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is known, sung and loved by everyone, but not everyone realizes that the song's lyrics can be steeped in melancholy and sadness for past lives and burned-out dreams.
The song Dancing Queen was written in 1976. Its authors are Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson and Benny Anderson. The song is from the album Arrival and was a single by the band, which had the working title Boogaloo and was written as a wedding gift for Queen Silvia of Sweden and King Carl XVI Gustaf. The group ABBA was inspired by the disco music that was dominating the American charts at the time. "Dancing Queen" somewhat imitates Phil Spector's arrangement of "Wall of Sound" in sound. Despite the fact that it is regarded as a hit that picks up feet to dance and is full of energetic joy, its layer of meaning can also be read with a different key. For what if the dancing queen of the title is only reminiscing about her teenage life, full of dancing, carefree happiness, and every day she wakes up with longing and sadness after it's gone?