ABBA’s “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)” has hit 1 billion streams on Spotify.
The long-lasting disco traditional by the legendary Swedish pop group was initially issued as the one new track on the quartet’s Biggest Hits Vol. 2, launched in October 1979. The only was a worldwide smash, hitting No. 1 in a number of international locations together with Belgium, Finland, Denmark, and Japan. Nonetheless, the monitor was by no means launched as a single in America or Canada, reportedly because of the decline of disco’s reputation in North America following the infamous “Disco Demolition Evening” at Chicago’s Comiskey Park in July 1979.
Serving to drive “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)” to the 1 billion membership on Spotify is its reputation with Gen Z listeners, who accounted for 50% of the 11 million ABBA discoveries on the streaming platform this 12 months. This age group additionally makes up half of ABBA’s world viewers on Spotify, the place the quartet’s streams have shot up 150% over the previous 5 years, per information from Spotify. “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)” is the second ABBA track to succeed in the 1 billion milestone on Spotify, following “Dancing Queen” in 2023.
