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Happy New Year

song written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, recorded by ABBA in 1980
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q571722
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Happy New Year

Summary

Happy New Year is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Happy New Year's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Happy New Year's composer is recorded as Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus[4].
  • Happy New Year's genre is Europop[5].
  • Happy New Year's based on is recorded as Daddy, Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day[6].
  • Happy New Year was produced by Björn Ulvaeus[7].
  • Happy New Year was produced by Benny Andersson[8].
  • Among the performers on Happy New Year was ABBA[9].
  • Among the performers on Happy New Year was ABBA[10].
  • Happy New Year was performed by A-Teens[11].
  • Happy New Year's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Happy New Year's country of origin is recorded as Sweden[13].
  • Happy New Year was published on 1980[14].
  • Happy New Year's lyricist is recorded as Benny Andersson[15].
  • Happy New Year's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Happy New Year'}[16].
  • Happy New Year's has characteristic is recorded as New Year's song[17].
  • Happy New Year's has melody is recorded as Daddy, Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day[18].
  • Happy New Year's working title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Daddy Don’t Get Drunk on Christmas Day'}[19].
  • Happy New Year's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+263'}[20].
  • Happy New Year's derivative work is recorded as Felicidad[21].
  • Happy New Year's modified version of is recorded as Daddy, Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day[22].
  • Happy New Year's form of creative work is recorded as song[23].
  • Happy New Year's recording date is recorded as April 9, 1980[24].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[25]

  • Community tags: new year[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9f3f6efc-33ac-3292-a4f7-05b0997382c9[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include ABBA[9] and A-Teens[11]. Producers include Björn Ulvaeus[7] and Benny Andersson[8].

Publication

Happy New Year was published on 1980[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is Europop[5].

Why It Matters

Happy New Year ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Sweden

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . abba-world.net. abba-world.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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