It had the working title “Boogaloo” and took its inspiration from the early disco smash “Rock Your Baby” by George McCrae. “Dancing Queen” was written by band members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus with ABBA manager and Polar Music co-founder Stig Anderson. It has itself long been the source of endless enthusiasm among devotees of the group, inspiring YouTube clips about their dance steps in the film, and leading to the sequence in the 2008 smash hit film Mamma Mia! in which Donna, played by Meryl Streep, and her friends sing and dance along to the song. The original video was directed by frequent ABBA collaborator Lasse Hallström and filmed in the spring of 1976 at Alexandra’s discotheque in central Stockholm.
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