Dance Your Pain Away

"Dance Your Pain Away"
"Dance Your Pain Away"
Single by Agnetha Fältskog
from the album A
Released	28 May 2013 (US); 15 July 2013 (International)
Recorded	2012
Genre	Dance-pop; disco;
Length	4:10
Label	Universal Music
Songwriter(s)	Jörgen Elofsson
Producer(s)	Jörgen Elofsson, Peter Nordahl
Agnetha Fältskog singles chronology

"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]

General information

"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

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

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

SE CD Maxi^[4]
No.	Title	Version	Length
1.	"Dance Your Pain Away"	Album Version	4:10
2.	"Dance Your Pain Away"	Cahill Mix Edit	3:50
3.	"Dance Your Pain Away"	Patrolla Mix Edit	3:30
4.	"Dance Your Pain Away"	7th Heaven Mirrorball Mix	7:51
Total length:			18:41

US Digital download^[5]
No.	Title	Version	Length
1.	"Dance Your Pain Away"	Album Version	4:10
2.	"Dance Your Pain Away"	Smash Mode Remix	4:07
3.	"Dance Your Pain Away"	Smash Mode Extended	4:47
Total length:			13:04

Chart performance

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

References

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

[1] "ABBA | the one and only ABBA Official Fanclub". Agnetha.com.

[2] "ABBA | the one and only ABBA Official Fanclub". Agnetha.com.

[3] ttps://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.

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v t e Agnetha Fältskog
Swedish albums	Agnetha Fältskog (1968) Agnetha Fältskog vol. 2 (1969) Som jag är (1970) När en vacker tanke blir en sång (1971) Elva kvinnor i ett hus (1975) Nu tändas tusen juleljus (with Linda Ulvaeus, 1981) Kom följ med i vår karusell (with Christian Ulvaeus, 1987)
English albums	Wrap Your Arms Around Me (1983) Eyes of a Woman (1985) I Stand Alone (1987) My Colouring Book (2004) A (2013)
Compilation albums	Agnetha Fältskogs bästa (1973) Tio år med Agnetha (1979) Teamtoppen 1 (1985) Sjung denna sång (1986) Agnetha Collection (1986) Agnetha & Frida: The Voice of ABBA (1994) Geh' Mit Gott (1994) My Love, My Life (1996) Agnetha Fältskogs svensktoppar (1998) That's Me (1998) De första åren (2004) My Very Best (2008)
Swedish singles	"Om tårar vore guld"/ "Golliwog" "Dom har glömt" "SOS" "När du tar mig i din famn"
English singles	"Never Again" "The Heat Is On" "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" "Can't Shake Loose" "It's So Nice To Be Rich" "I Won't Let You Go" "One Way Love" "The Way You Are" "The Last Time" "I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)" "Let It Shine" "The Queen of Hearts" "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" "When You Walk in the Room" "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" "The One Who Loves You Now" "When You Really Loved Someone" "Dance Your Pain Away" "I Should've Followed You Home" "Where Do We Go from Here?"
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