Dancing Queen
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73473)
Daytona Beach, Florida
March 16, 2018 2:41pm CST
The year was 1976 and the biggest song was by Wings “Silly Love Songs”. I remember hearing this song on most radio stations but I also remember I was not too fond of it. Nevertheless, it spent five weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney and was on their album Wings at the Speed of Sound. In 1976 it was released as a single.
The Song of the Year was “Send in the Clowns” by Judy Collins but I can tell you my favorite version came later sung by Cher. The song was written by Stephen Sondheim for the musical “A Little Night Music” in 1973.
Finally my favorite of all of these the best song was by ABBA “Dancing Queen”. It was written by ABBA members and on their fourth studio album Arrival. It became popular in many countries around the world and counted as the Europop version of American disco.
The reason I particularly related to this song was that at the time I was 19. My teen years were drawing to a close. I was getting rather tired of guys singing silly love songs to me, most of them were clowns and all I wanted to do was to be the dancing queen.
What do you think of these songs?
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Mar 18
Their songs still shine @arthurchappell
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Mar 18
@RasmaSandra yes, though I hated the Mamma Mia musical
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@Orson_Kart (6114)
• United Kingdom
16 Mar 18
"If you change your mind, I'm the 1st in line"
Doesn't quite rhyme and just for you, I've come up with a better one:
*Clears throat
"If you change your Vince, I can offer you mince"
Wadda ya think? 
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@Orson_Kart (6114)
• United Kingdom
18 Mar 18
@JudyEv Continues undeterred....
but Judy, I'm still free,
Take a chance on me,
If you need meat, let me know....
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@JudyEv (325834)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Mar 18
@Orson_Kart 
Don't give up your day job! But thanks for trying. 
And:
If I change my Vince
I'll want more than mince!
Don't give up your day job! But thanks for trying.
And:
If I change my Vince
I'll want more than mince!3 people like this
@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
17 Mar 18
I wasn't born yet in 1973 but I remember when I was a kid, listening to ABBA songs. My mom had a collection of all their albums.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
17 Mar 18
@RasmaSandra Not sure my mother played it when I was a baby. But I'm sure she played it when she would take a lunch break. That was already in the 80s. I was about 5 years old.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Mar 18
I bet at the time there were many babies who fell asleep to an ABBA tune @toniganzon
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 Mar 18
The Black haired woman from Abba, is divorced from her bearded Abba band mate and she is now Married to a German Prince.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
17 Mar 18
@RasmaSandra The blonde one is still an active singer in Sweden and her voice never changed.
Agnetha from ABBA will be releasing her solo album 'A' on May 13. Pre-order 'A' from iTunes now and get the single 'When You Really Loved Someone' instantly,...
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Mar 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker that is great thank you for sharing.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Mar 18
One very smart woman to find her Prince Charming @CaptAlbertWhisker
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
17 Mar 18
@Shavkat In the US, yes. Sweden still make great English songs and their language is not even English. American music have intentional bad grammar these days.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Mar 18
I know all three songs but none are favorites.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Mar 18
That was just the way life was. It was scary coming into young adulthood and I was already at university @shaggin
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@Orson_Kart (6114)
• United Kingdom
16 Mar 18
Who doesn't love ABBA?
Back then I was in love with Agneta. 
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
17 Mar 18
Abba and Boney M were synonymous with the 70's what beautiful music and still as popular today as it was back then! I love Liz Mitchell from Boney M.
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
17 Apr 18
I'll take Wings. I actually like them more than I like The Beatles.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Apr 18
For me, it is a toss-up between The Wings and Paul McCartney solo songs but I do still love the older Beatles songs in their younger days.
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