Happy New Year (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Happy New Year


Artist = ABBA
from Album = Super Trouper
Released 1980
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1980
Genre = Europop, Pop
Length = 4:23
Label = Epic
Last single = "Super Trouper"
(1980)
This single = "Happy New Year"
(1980)
Next single = "Lay All Your Love on Me"
(1981)
Misc =Extra album cover 2
Upper caption ="Felicidad"
Type =single


Cover size =
Lower caption =Argentina single
Border = "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, despite the fact that the subject matter of the song is not that of the holidays. The song's working title was all the more festive and humorous; "Daddy Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day". [http://www.abbaannual.com/1980.htm ABBA 1980] 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.

"Felicidad" [http://www.abba4therecord.com/detail.php?recordID=780 "Felicidad" single] 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 "".

In 2008, it was released again in several countries, and charted in Denmark (#25) [ [http://acharts.us/denmark_singles_top_40/2008/02 Denmark Top 40 - 11 January 2007] ] , Norway (#11) [ [http://acharts.us/norway_singles_top_20/2008/02 Norway Top 20 - 11 January 2008] ] , and Sweden (#4) [ [http://acharts.us/sweden_singles_top_60/2008/02 Sweden Top 60 - 07 January 2008] ]

Infobox Single
Name = Happy New Year


Artist = A*Teens
from Album = The ABBA Generation
Released = 1999
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:24
Label = Universal Music
Writer = B. Andersson
B. Ulvaeus
Producer = Björn Stigsson
Andreas Rickstrand
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = A*Teens
Last single = "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"
(1999)
This single = "Happy New Year"
(1999)
Next single = "One of Us"
(2000)

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. [ [http://www.ifpi.se/02.images/01.top/02.subnav_pdf/04.guld_platina/pdf/1999.pdf IFPI Certifications in 1999] ] The single wasn't released worldwide, only in selected countries. By public demand,Fact|date=October 2007 "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

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 Lise 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.
* Indie punk band Days Collection recorded a cover of the song.
* Belarusan singer Elena Grishanova recorded a pop/dance cover of the song.

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