Recorded at the same time as The Best of ABBA, this performance was apparently filmed "under strict security" because the song was not due to be released until August later in 1976. It would have been very exciting for the audience to hear this brand new song. It was the last song performed on its day of filming and they performed it a couple of times.  It was filmed for future broadcast on music show Bandstand.

It was not included in The Best of ABBA shown in Australia, but it was included in ABBA in Australia distributed internationally and broadcast later in the year.

Top of the Pops in the UK licensed it from Channel 9 and it was shown on the programme alternating between the official Dancing Queen PROMO, especially once the song dug its heels in at the number one slot to give the audience a bit of variety. The BBC's database still shows that the clip originates from Top of the Pops and licence it as their own copyright which is incorrect (should be Channel 9).

Release information

1. Parts of this clip of Dancing Queen hasv been released on an official DVD called Rock Revolutions, a documentary "that explores how Rock & Rollb ecame the first true universal language and influenced the biggest social, political and lifestyle changes of the postwar era". Disc 1 is about the sixties while Disc 2 is about the Seventies. The clip for Dancing Queen is used together with an item about the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender) movement. So you get to see parts of the Dancing Queen clip and clips of drag queens, (gay) disco's, gay pride walks etc. The good thing is the quality of the clip is quite good. The 2DVD was originally released in 2005.
2. The whole clip has been released officially as part of the CD/DVD ABBA Deluxe Edition (as part of the ABBA in Australia programme) in December 2012.

I strongly suspect the filming of these songs from The Best of ABBA,: I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, Rock Me, Honey Honey and Fernando were filmed on the same day as this Dancing Queen performance as Agnetha's eyes look very different in these performances to the other ones (more blue eyeshadow!).

Lyrics available on the Official ABBA site

Bandstand Rehearsals (Mamma Mia), 1976;
Bandstand (Mamma Mia), 1976;
Dancing Queen (Bandstand), 1976;
The Best of ABBA (Bandstand Special) (Mamma Mia, Hasta Manana, Ring Ring, Tropical Loveland, Waterloo, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, Rock Me, (Lucky Starr), Honey, Honey, Fernando, So Long, SOS), 1976; 
ABBA in Australia (Mamma Mia, Hasta Manana, Ring Ring, Tropical Loveland, Waterloo, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, Rock Me, Dancing Queen, Honey Honey, Fernando, So Long, SOS, Bang-A-Boomerang), 1976;

Thanks to ABBAMAIL (no longer online), Jun Seo, Alex Jones, Ian Cole, Jan Bach, Petr Mlejnek, Jozsef, Alexandre Carvalho, Roxanne Dickson, Erik Liebstaedter, Ken Griffin, Judy Sawyer, Robin Andersson, Jozsef, Lendy, Sam Shervz, Neil Barber, Philippe Dupont, Peter Kennedy and Philip Muytjens.  Thanks also to Ian Cole and Matti Crocker.
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