Happy New Year (song)

For other uses, see Happy New Year (disambiguation).
"Happy New Year"
Portuguese single cover
Single by ABBA
from the album Super Trouper
B-side"Andante, Andante"
Released15 December 1980[1]
Recorded9 April 1980
GenrePower Ballad Ballad
Length4:23
Label
Songwriters
Producers
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"On and On and On"
(1980) 		"Happy New Year"
(1980) 		"Andante, Andante"
(1981)
"Summer Night City"
(1993)
"Happy New Year"
(1999)
"I Still Have Faith in You" / "Don't Shut Me Down"
(2021)
Music video
"Happy New Year" on YouTube
"Felicidad"
Argentine single cover for "Felicidad"

"Happy New Year" is a song by the Swedish recording group ABBA, from their seventh studio album Super Trouper (1980), with lead vocals by Agnetha Fältskog. It was released on 15 December 1980, as the album's fourth overall single, only in Portugal, Argentina, Peru, and El Salvador. The song's working title was "Daddy Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day".[2]

The Spanish-language version of the song, "Felicidad",[3] was released in 1980 in Spanish-speaking territories.[4] The single charted in the top 5 in Argentina and was included on the South American versions of the Super Trouper album.[5] It was first released on CD as part of the 1994 Polydor US compilation Más ABBA Oro, and in 1999 on the expanded re-release of ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos.

Release

In 1999, the English version of the song was re-released for the new millennium, and charted at number 27 in Sweden, number 15 in the Netherlands and number 75 in Germany.[1][6][7] In 2008, it was released again in several countries, and charted at number 4 in Sweden, number 6 in Norway and number 25 in Denmark.[1][8][9] It re-entered the Swedish and Norwegian charts in 2009 at number 5 in both charts and number 8 in the Netherlands in 2011.[1][8][6] It has since gone on to regularly chart in some countries upon the turn of the new year[1][6][7] and is regularly played at the same time such as Vietnam.[10]

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.[11]

Upon the release of ABBA: The 40th Anniversary Singles Box Set on 5 May 2014, an alternate mix of "Andante, Andante" was revealed to have been used on the B-side of the single in the box set instead of the original album version. In 2022, it was the 32nd top best selling vinyl single in the UK.[12]

Charts

Spanish version

Weekly chart performance for "Felicidad"
Chart (1981) Peak
position
Argentina (CAPIF)[13] 5

English version

Year Chart Peak
position
1999–2000 Germany (GfK)[7] 75
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 15
Norway (VG-lista)[8] 20
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[1] 27
2005 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 83
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[15] 78
2006 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 84
2007 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 81
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[16] 79
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 22
2008 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 99
Denmark (Tracklisten)[9] 25
Norway (VG-lista)[18] 11
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[19] 95
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 4
2009 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 63
Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 14
Germany (GfK)[7] 77
Norway (VG-lista)[18] 5
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[21] 56
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 5
2010 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 88
Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 16
Germany (GfK)[7] 88
Norway (VG-lista)[18] 11
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[22] 90
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 9
2011 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 182
Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 15
Germany (GfK)[7] 93
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 8
Norway (VG-lista)[18] 18
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 42
2012 Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 26
Germany (GfK)[7] 75
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 11
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 51
2013 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 179
Germany (GfK)[7] 83
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 17
Slovenia Airplay (SloTop50)[24] 21
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 57
2014 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 189
Germany (GfK)[7] 83
Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 38
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 24
Slovenia Airplay (SloTop50)[25] 44
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 54
2015 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 136
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 48
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 68
2016 Slovenia Airplay (SloTop50)[27] 40
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 73
2017 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 57
2018 Slovenia Airplay (SloTop50)[29] 33
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 51
UK Physical Chart (OCC)[31] 3
2019 Slovenia Airplay (SloTop50)[32] 46
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 38
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 86
2020 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 184
Slovenia Airplay (SloTop50)[35] 33
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[36] 42
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)[14] 172
2021 Slovenia Airplay (SloTop50)[37] 18
2022 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 97
Finland Airplay (Radiosoittolista)[38] 93
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[39] 88
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[40] 22
Vietnam (Vietnam Hot 100)[41] 29
2023 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 114
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[42] 89
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[43] 26
2024 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 125
Estonia Airplay (TopHit)[44] 96
Israel International Airplay (Media Forest)[45] 14
Kazakhstan Airplay (TopHit)[46] 66
Latvia Airplay (TopHit)[47] 9
Lithuania Airplay (TopHit)[48] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[49] 4
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[50] 56
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[51] 9
2025 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[14] 67
Russia Streaming (TopHit)[52] 54
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[53] 13
2026 Kazakhstan Airplay (TopHit)[54] 91
Israel International Airplay (Media Forest)[55] 7
Latvia Airplay (LaIPA)[56] 18
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[57] 40
Netherlands (Nationale Airplay Top 50)[58] 26
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[59] 93
Russia Streaming (TopHit)[60] 30
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[61] 9

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[62] Gold 45,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

A-Teens version

"Happy New Year"
Single by A-Teens
Released3 December 1999[63]
GenrePop
Length4:24
LabelUniversal Music Group
Songwriters
Producers
  • Björn Stigsson
  • Andreas Rickstrand
A-Teens singles chronology
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
(1999) 		"Happy New Year"
(1999) 		"Dancing Queen"
(2000)
Audio video
"Happy New Year" on YouTube

The song was covered by the A-Teens, 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 certification weeks after its release.[64] The single was only released in selected countries, including Chile, after their visit there 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

Charts

Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[65] 12
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[63] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
Sweden (Hitlistan)[66] 82

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