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Happy New Year (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Happy New Year
| cover = Happy New Year Abba 45.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = ABBA
| album = Super Trouper
| B-side = Andante, Andante
| released = 15 December 1980
| recorded = January 1980
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:23
| label = Epic
| writer =
| producer =
| prev_title = Super Trouper
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Andante, Andante
| next_year = 1981
| misc =
}}
"'Happy New Year'" is a song by Swedish group ABBA from their 1980 album 'Super Trouper', with lead vocals by Agnetha Fltskog, and originally with very limited release as a single in December of that year. Its working title was "Daddy Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day". The song is especially popular in Vietnam.
The Spanish-language version of the song, "", was released in 1980 in Spanish-speaking territories. The single reportedly charted in the top 5 in Argentina and was included on the South American versions of the 'Super Trouper' album. It was first released on CD as part of the 1994 Polydor US compilation , and in 1999 on the expanded re-release of .
In 1999, the English version of the song was re-released for the new millennium, and charted at no. 27 in Sweden, no. 15 in the Netherlands and no. 75 in Germany.
In 2008, it was released again in several countries, and charted at no. 4 in Sweden, no. 11 in Norway and no. 25 in Denmark. It re-entered the Swedish and Norwegian charts in 2009 at no. 5 in both charts and no. 8 in the Netherlands in 2011. It has since gone on to regularly chart in some countries upon the turn of new year.
In December 2011 a silver glitter vinyl single limited to 500 pieces was released including the songs "Happy New Year" and "The Way Old Friends Do". The edition was available from the official ABBA site and the ABBA fan site only. It was sold out within the day of announcing the release.
Upon the release of 'ABBA: The 40th Anniversary Singles Box Set' on 5 May 2014, it was discovered that an alternate mix of "Andante, Andante" was used on the b-side of the single in the boxset instead of the original album version.
A-Teens version
The song was covered by the A-Teens, released as a single in 1999. 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 no. 4 on the Swedish charts becoming the band's fourth consecutive top ten in the country earning a Gold certification weeks after its release. The single was not 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'#"Happy New Year" [Radio version] 4:24
#"Happy New Year" [Extended version] 6:52
'Scandinavian CD Maxi'
#"Happy New Year" [Radio version] 4:24
#"Happy New Year" [Extended version] 6:52
#"Mamma Mia" [The Bold & the Beautiful Glamourmix Edit] 3:46
#"Super Trouper" [W.I.P.] 6:10
Charts
ABBA version
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position
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|rowspan="3"|2008
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|rowspan="4"|2009
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|rowspan="5"|2010
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|rowspan="5"|2011
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|rowspan="4"|2012
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|rowspan="4"|2013
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|scope="row"|Slovenia (SloTop50)
|align=center|21
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|rowspan="5"|2014
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|Slovenia (SloTop50)
|align="center"|44
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|2015
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|rowspan=2|2016
|Slovenia (SloTop50)
|align="center"|40
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|rowspan="2"|2018
|Slovenia (SloTop50)
|align="center"|33
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|UK Physical Chart (OCC)
|align="center"|3
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|rowspan="2"|2019
|Slovenia (SloTop50)
|align="center"|46
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|2020
|Slovenia (SloTop50)
|align="center"|33
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|2021
|Slovenia (SloTop50)
|align="center"|18
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|rowspan="3"|2022
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|Vietnam (Vietnam Hot 100)
|align="center"|29
|}
A-Teens version
Lova version
Year-end charts
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Certifications
References
Category:1980 singles
Category:1980 songs
Category:2000 singles
Category:ABBA songs
Category:A-Teens songs
Category:Epic Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by Lasse Hallstrm
Category:New Year songs
Category:Songs written by Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus
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