The single was released to celebrate the arrival of the new millennium, which explains the last line in the song's third verse being altered to "in the end of ninety-nine" as opposed to the original's "in the end of eighty-nine". The song was covered by the A-Teens, released as a single in 1999.
" Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" Upon the release of ABBA: The 40th Anniversary Singles Box Set on, it was discovered that an alternate mix of "Andante, Andante" was used on the b-side of the single in the boxset instead of the original album version.
It was sold out within the day of announcing the release. The edition was available from the official ABBA site and the ABBF fan site only. In December 2011 a silver glitter vinyl single limited to 500 pieces was released including the songs Happy New Year and The Way Old Friends Do. It has since gone on to regularly chart in some countries upon the turn of new year. It re-entered the Swedish and Norwegian charts in 2009 at no. In 2008, it was released again in several countries, and charted at no. In 1999, the English version of the song was re-released for the new millennium, and charted at no. 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. The single reportedly charted in the top 5 in Argentina and was included on the South American versions of the Super Trouper album. The Spanish-language version of the song, " Felicidad" was released in 1980 in Spanish-language territories.
The song is especially popular in Vietnam As a single, the English version originally had a only very limited release in December 1980. The song's working title was the more festive and humorous "Daddy Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day". " Happy New Year" is a song by Swedish group ABBA from their 1980 album Super Trouper.