"Happy New Year" is a song by Swedish group

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from their 1980 album '' Super Trouper'', with lead vocals by

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. It originally had a very limited release as a single in December of that year. The song's working title was "Daddy Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day". The

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version of the song, "", was released in 1980 in Spanish-speaking territories. The single reportedly charted in the top 5 in

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and was included on the South American versions of the ''Super Trouper'' album. It was first released on CD as part of the 1994

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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 number 27 in

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, number 15 in the

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and number 75 in

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. In 2008, it was released again in several countries, and charted at number 4 in Sweden, number 11 in

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and number 25 in

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. It re-entered the Swedish and Norwegian charts in 2009 at number 5 in both charts and number 8 in the Netherlands in 2011. It has since gone on to regularly chart in some countries upon the turn of the new year. The song also became a staple of the new year (and

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) period in

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. In December 2011, a silver glitter vinyl single limited to 500 copies was released, including the songs "Happy New Year" and " The Way Old Friends Do". The edition was available exclusively from the official ABBA site and the ABBA fan site. It was sold out within a day of the release being announced. Upon the release of ''ABBA: The 40th Anniversary Singles Box Set'' on 5 May 2014, an alternate mix of "

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" was revealed to have been 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

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, and released as a single in 1999. The single was released to celebrate the arrival of the new millennium: thus, the last line in the song's third verse is altered to "in the end of ninety-nine", as opposed to the original's "in the end of eighty-nine". It reached number 4 on the Swedish charts, becoming the band's fourth consecutive top ten in the country and earning a Gold

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weeks after its release. The single was only released in selected countries, including

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, after their visit there in February 2000. A

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was made to support the single's release.

Track listing

Scandinavian 2-Track CD single #"Happy New Year"

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– 4:24 #"Happy New Year"

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– 6:52 Scandinavian CD Maxi #"Happy New Year"

– 4:24 #"Happy New Year"

– 6:52 #"Mamma Mia" he Bold & the Beautiful Glamourmix Edit– 3:46 #"Super Trouper" .I.P.– 6:10

Charts

ABBA version

A-Teens version

Lova version

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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