Dancing Queen

"Dancing Queen" or sometimes "Dancing King" is a song by the Swedish group ABBA, and the lead single from their fourth studio album, Arrival. Written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson, and produced by the first two. It was released as a single in Sweden on 16 August 1976, with Britain and the rest of Europe just a few days later. It quickly became a monumental worldwide hit, receiving extensive radio airplay and popularity at nightclubs. It became ABBA's only number one hit in the United States, also topping the charts in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, West Germany and Zimbabwe, and reaching the Top 5 in many countries.

Musically, "Dancing Queen" is an europop version of American disco music. As disco music dominated the US charts, the group decided to follow the trend, replicating the "Wall of Sound". The song alternates between "languid yet seductive verses" and a "dramatic chorus that ascends to heart-tugging high notes." It features keyboard lines by Andersson, which accentuate the melody's sophistication and classical complexity, while Ulvaeus and Andersson interlace many instrumental hooks in and out of the mix.Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog's layered vocals have been noted for their dynamism, "[negotiating] the melody's many turns flawlessly." Lyrically, the song concerns a visit to the discotheque, but approaches the subject from the joy of dancing itself, thus having a greater emotional content than many disco songs.

Dancing Queen (Girls' Generation song)

"Dancing Queen" is a Korean-language song by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation, released on December 21, 2012, as a pre-release single from their fourth Korean album, I Got a Boy. The song was recorded in 2008, initially slated as the title track for the group's first Korean EP, however due to unknown reasons the song was held back. "Gee" was eventually chosen to replace the song, both as a lead single and title track.

The song samples "Mercy" by British singer Duffy by using its instrumental track, but exchanging the lyrics for its own. "Dancing Queen" is the first Korean material released by the group after a 14-month hiatus from Korea in which time the group released a series of Japanese singles and their second full-length Japanese studio album, Girls & Peace (2012). The single was released digitally on December 21, 2012—on the same day as the music video.

Live performances

Girls' Generation performed "Dancing Queen" and "I Got a Boy" live on M! Countdown on January 3, 2013." The group also performed it on their MBC comeback special, Girls' Generation's Romantic Fantasy.

Dancing Queen (1993 film)

Dancing Queen is a 1993 British romantic comedy film about an hour long starring Rik Mayall and Helena Bonham Carter. It follows the misfortune of Neil (Mayall), a bridegroom trying to get back to his bride with the help of his newfound friend Pandora/Julie (Bonham Carter) the stripper. It was the third episode of the first series of the Granada Television series Rik Mayall Presents.

Plot

Neil is taken to his stag party by his friends Nigel and Donald. After spiking his drink, Nigel calls out for the stripper he paid, 'Pandora.' As she strips to Gary Glitter's "Do You Wanna Touch Me", Neil is feeling the immediate aftereffects of his spiked drink. After Pandora's dance, Nigel and Donald carry Neil out.

When Neil is woken, with a pounding headache, by an alarm clock strapped to his head he freaks out on finding he is travelling on a train and has a one-way ticket. He is sharing a compartment with a woman that he does not recognise as Pandora, who compliments him on his pants: his trousers are missing. Pandora tells him what the next station is, and that he has plenty of time to return to Maidstone. As the train slows at the station, Neil sees Nigel and Donald waiting for him with a banner, "WAKE UP NEIL". Neil relaxes until he realizes that the train is an express and is not going to stop, much to the confusion of Nigel and Donald.