Happy New Year (song)

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“Happy New Year”
“Happy New Year” cover
Single by ABBA
from the album Super Trouper
Format 7" single
Recorded 1980
Genre Europop, Pop
Length 4:23
Label Epic
ABBA singles chronology
"Felicidad"
(1980)		 "Happy New Year"
(1980)		 "Lay All Your Love on Me"
(1981)
Super Trouper track listing
Side one
  1. "Super Trouper"
  2. "The Winner Takes It All"
  3. "On and On and On"
  4. "Andante, Andante"
  5. "Me and I"
Side two
  1. "Happy New Year"
  2. "Our Last Summer"
  3. "The Piper"
  4. "Lay All Your Love On Me"
  5. "The Way Old Friends Do"

"Happy New Year" is a popular song by Swedish pop group ABBA from their 1980 album Super Trouper. "Happy New Year" has become a popular Christmas/New Year holiday related song. The song's working title was all the more festive and humorous; "Daddy Don't Get Drunk On Christmas Day". [1] In 1980, the song was released as a single in Japan, Brazil. and Portugal. It was released again in 1999 and charted in Sweden (#27), The Netherlands (#15), and Germany (#78), to promote the CD re-release of many of ABBA's singles.

In 2008, it was released again in several countries, and charted in Denmark (#25)[1], Norway (#11)[2], and Sweden (#4)[3]

“Happy New Year”
Single by A*Teens
from the album The ABBA Generation
Released 1999
Format CD Single
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop
Length 4:24
Label Universal Music
Writer(s) B. Andersson
B. Ulvaeus
Producer Björn Stigsson
Andreas Rickstrand
A*Teens chronology
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
(1999)		 "Happy New Year"
(1999)		 "One Of Us"
(2000)

Contents

[edit] A*Teens version

  • "Happy New Year" was covered by the A*Teens, released as a single in 1999 to coincide with Y2K. The single was released to celebrate the arrival of the new millennium. It reached #4 on the Swedish charts becoming the band's fourth consecutive top ten in the country earning a Gold certification weeks after its release.[4] The single wasn't released worldwide, only in selected countries. By public demand,[citation needed] "Happy New Year", was released in Chile after their visit in February 2000. A music video was made to support the single's release.

[edit] Track listing

Scandinavian 2-Track CD Single

  1. Happy New Year [Radio Version] - 4:24
  2. Happy New Year [Extended Version] - 6:52

Scandinavian CD Maxi

  1. Happy New Year [Radio Version] - 4:24
  2. Happy New Year [Extended Version] - 6:52
  3. Mamma Mia [The Bold & The Beautiful Glamourmix Edit] - 3:46
  4. Super Trouper [W.I.P.] - 6:10

[edit] Other cover versions

  • A cover can be found on the tribute album ABBA Super Hits by Power Generation Project.
  • American indie artist Carolyn Cleveland Sings recorded a cover of the song, which was available for download on the Internet.
  • A pop cover of the song was recorded by European singer Mirah.
  • Danish singer Lisa Cabble recorded a cover of the song.
  • A dance version by Miss Pingle was included on the 2004 compilation Absolute Christmas Hitmania. However, this version omits the final verse of the song.
  • A cover of the song "Thank You for the Music" was recorded by the finalists in the Dutch version of the music reality series Idols in 2006. In one of the versions, the song ends with a brief rendition of the chorus of "Happy New Year".
  • Finnish singer Tarja Turunen covers the song on her 2006 album Henkäys Ikuisuudesta. This particular version is sung in English and Spanish.

[edit] References

Notes:

  1. ^ Denmark Top 40 - 11 January 2007
  2. ^ Norway Top 20 - 11 January 2008
  3. ^ Sweden Top 60 - 07 January 2008
  4. ^ IFPI Certifications in 1999
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