"Dance Your Pain Away" is the second international single from the album A [1] by Swedish recording artist and former ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog. It was released on 28 May 2013 (2013-05-28) in the United States, and on 15 July 2013 (2013-07-15) worldwide.[2]

"Dance Your Pain Away"
Single by Agnetha Fältskog
from the album A
Released28 May 2013 (2013-05-28) (US)
15 July 2013 (2013-07-15) (International)
Recorded2012
Genre
Length4:10
LabelUniversal Music
Songwriter(s)Jörgen Elofsson
Producer(s)Jörgen Elofsson, Peter Nordahl
Agnetha Fältskog singles chronology
"When You Really Loved Someone"
(2013)
"Dance Your Pain Away"
(2013)
"I Should've Followed You Home"
(2013)

General information

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"Dance Your Pain Away" is an uptempo pop song, much more upbeat compared with the previous single "When You Really Loved Someone". The single was added to BBC Radio 2's 'A' list in July 2013, quickly reaching number one on their airplay chart before the single was released.

Competition

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A competition was held on Agnetha's official website where fans were invited to submit videos to YouTube of themselves dancing to the song. Visitors to the site could vote for their favourite videos. The Top 10 videos by vote were selected to feature in the official video clip for the song.[citation needed]

A+ Version -2023

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On 31 August 2023, Faltskog Announced her reimagined version of her 2013 album 'A'. The Track listing has stayed the same (With the exception of her new single 'Where Do We Go From Here?') however the order of the songs has changed. 'Dance Your Pain Away' is the 4th song on the album, where as previously it was 7th.[3]

Formats and track listing

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SE CD Maxi[4]
No.TitleVersionLength
1."Dance Your Pain Away"Album Version4:10
2."Dance Your Pain Away"Cahill Mix Edit3:50
3."Dance Your Pain Away"Patrolla Mix Edit3:30
4."Dance Your Pain Away"7th Heaven Mirrorball Mix7:51
Total length:18:41
US Digital download[5]
No.TitleVersionLength
1."Dance Your Pain Away"Album Version4:10
2."Dance Your Pain Away"Smash Mode Remix4:07
3."Dance Your Pain Away"Smash Mode Extended4:47
Total length:13:04

Chart performance

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Chart (2013) Peak
position
Swedish DigiListan[6] 60
UK Radio Airplay Chart [7] 25
UK BBC Radio 2 Airplay Chart [8] 1

References

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  1. ^ "ABBA | the one and only ABBA Official Fanclub". Agnetha.com.
  2. ^ "ABBA | the one and only ABBA Official Fanclub". Agnetha.com.
  3. ^ https://agnethaofficial.com/ [bare URL]
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ [1] [dead link]
  6. ^ "DigiListan 2013-05-26 - Listprogram i P3". Sverigesradio.se.
  7. ^ "The UK Radio Airplay Chart". Ukairplaychart.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  8. ^ "BBC Radio 2 Airplay Chart". Ukairplaychart.com. Retrieved 2 June 2023.