The best No 1 singles: Abba – Dancing Queen | Peter Paphides

1976: Even 36 years later, the potency of Dancing Queen remains undiminishedAfter Abba's Benny and Björn finished the instrumental track of Dancing Queen, Björn arrived home to find his wife Agnetha asleep. Excited by the song – initially an attempt to combine elements of George McRae's Rock Your Baby and Dr John's 1972 album Gumbo – he drove all over Stockholm looking for someone to whom he could play it. "Finally, I ended up at my sister's house [and we] played it over and over again."Wh...

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