Happy New Year (song)

"Happy New Year"
Single by ABBA
from the album Super Trouper
Released	1980
Format	7" single
Recorded	February 1980
Genre	Europop, Pop
Length	4:23
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
Producer	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"Super Trouper" (1980) "Happy New Year" (1980) "Lay All Your Love on Me" (1981)
"Felicidad" Argentina single

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

"Happy New Year" is a popular song by Swedish pop group ABBA from their 1980 album Super Trouper. The song's working title was all the more festive and humorous; "Daddy Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day".^[1] Although recorded in 1980, the English-language song wasn't released as a single until 1999 ^[2] and charted in Sweden (#27), The Netherlands (#15), and Germany (#78), to promote the CD re-release of many of ABBA's singles.

"Felicidad"^[3] was the Spanish language version of the song. The single charted in the top 5 in Argentina. The song was also included on the South American versions of the Super Trouper album. Released in 1980 in Argentina, the single's B-side was the album's title track, "Super Trouper".

"Felicidad" was first released on CD as part of the 1994 Polydor U.S. compilation Más ABBA Oro, and in 1999 on the expanded re-release of ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos.

In 2008, it was released again in several countries, and charted in Denmark (#25),^[4] Norway (#11),^[5] and Sweden (#4).^[6] It re-entered the Sweden and Norway charts in 2009 at #5 in both charts and reached the Dutch Top 10 in 2011.^[7][8]

Contents 1 A-Teens version 1.1 Track listing 2 Other cover versions 3 References

A-Teens version

"Happy New Year" was covered by the A-Teens, released as a single in 2000 to coincide with Y2K. The single was released to celebrate the arrival of the new millennium, which explains the last line in the song's third verse being altered to "in the end of ninety-nine" (as opposed to the original's "in the end of eighty-nine"). 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.^[9] The single wasn't released worldwide, only in selected countries. "Happy New Year", was released in Chile after their visit in February 2000. A music video was made to support the single's release.

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

Other cover versions

• Daniela Šinkorová recorded a Czech version of the song for her album Darek Vanocni.
• A cover can be found on the tribute album ABBA Super Hits by Power Generation Project.
• Dutch singer Marga Bult recorded an English language cover of the song in 1997.
• American indie artist Carolyn Cleveland Sings^[10] 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 Lise Cabble recorded an English language cover of the song.
• A eurodance 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. Although simply credited therein as Happy New Year, it is in fact a medley of the English lyrics and the Spanish Felicidad.
• Indie punk band Days Collection recorded a cover of the song.
• Belarusian singer Elena Grishanova recorded a pop/dance cover of the song in English.
• Marina Kapuro recorded a version in mixed English and Russian language.^[11]
• Four well-known Eurovision participants performed a cover of the song, live, on the Romanian National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The song was covered by Chiara Siracusa (from Malta), Niamh Kavanagh (from Ireland) and Paula Seling & Ovidiu Cernăuţeanu (from Romania).

References

ABBA Agnetha Fältskog Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson Anni-Frid Lyngstad Studio albums Ring Ring Waterloo ABBA Arrival The Album Voulez-Vous Super Trouper The Visitors Compilations Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Gracias Por La Música The Singles: The First Ten Years Thank You for the Music Gold: Greatest Hits More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits Oro: Grandes Éxitos Thank You for the Music The Definitive Collection 18 Hits The Complete Studio Recordings Number Ones The Albums Live albums ABBA Live Singles "People Need Love" "He Is Your Brother" "Ring Ring" "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" "Waterloo" "Honey, Honey" "Hasta Mañana" "So Long" "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" "SOS" "Mamma Mia" "Fernando" "Dancing Queen" "Money, Money, Money" "Knowing Me, Knowing You" "The Name of the Game" "Take a Chance on Me" "Eagle" "Summer Night City" "Chiquitita" "Does Your Mother Know" "Voulez-Vous" "Angeleyes" "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" "I Have a Dream" "The Winner Takes It All" "On and On and On" "Super Trouper" "Lay All Your Love on Me" "One of Us" "When All is Said and Done" "Head Over Heels" "The Visitors" "The Day Before You Came" "Under Attack" "Thank You for the Music" Other songs "She's My Kind of Girl" "En Karusell" "Another Town, Another Train" "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" "Rock'n Roll Band" "King Kong Song" "Bang-A-Boomerang" "Rock Me" "I've Been Waiting for You" "My Love, My Life" "That's Me" "Arrival" "As Good as New" "Happy New Year" "Our Last Summer" "Slipping Through My Fingers" "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" "Put On Your White Sombrero" Video games SingStar ABBA ABBA: You Can Dance Related articles Discography Songs Unreleased songs Dick Cavett Meets ABBA Eurovision Song Contest 1974 Mamma Mia! (soundtrack) Mamma Mia! (film) (soundtrack) ABBA: The Movie Congratulations Music of Sweden Stig Anderson "Thank ABBA for the Music" A-Teens ABBA: The Tour Book:ABBA