Björn was featured in two separate programmes which were obviously filmed at the same time. The text in blue below was used in both programmes.
- 100 Greatest No.1 Singles
Dancing Queen was placed in 4th position. Björn said of the song: “The first time we actually performed it was at the Opera House in Stockholm in front of the King and Queen of Sweden dressed in some kind of 16th Century clothes or something like that. Oh, I must have looked more ridiculous than ever. The queen flattered herself with thinking that we wrote it for her but it’s not the case. It’s very, very uplifting, it’s sort of 100% positive. In the beginning the critics were, you know, not very fond of us. I think they thought we were the most ridiculous group ever. I’m constantly amazed by the fact that 25 years, almost 30 now after the event, ABBA is still around in such a way. I mean every day a couple of people come up to me and say Thank You For The Music - something original like that.”
Other commentators on the song were presenter Kate Thornton and members of New Order.
The 100 Greatest No.1 singles - Channel 4:- Imagine - John Lennon
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- Hey Jude - The Beatles
- Dancing Queen - ABBA
- Every Breath You Take - The Police
- Stand By Me - Ben E King
- The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve
- Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
- Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) - Spiller
- (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
- Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
- Millennium - Robbie Williams
- Like A Prayer - Madonna
- House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
- Tainted Love - Soft Cell
- I'm A Believer - The Monkees
- You Really Got Me - The Kinks
- A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
- If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers
- I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
- Firestarter - The Prodigy
- Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
- What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong Orchestra
- Praise You - Fatboy Slim
- Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
- Space Oddity - David Bowie
- Going Underground - The Jam
- Ready or Not - Fugees
- Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel
- Careless Whisper - George Michael
- I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
- Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
- House of Fun - Madness
- Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel
- Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
- Heart of Glass - Blondie
- Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
- Back for Good - Take That
- It's Like That - Run DMC vs Jason Nevins
- Ghost Town - The Specials
- Another Brick in the Wall Part II - Pink Floyd
- No Matter What - Boyzone
- Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds
- Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
- Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
- Don't You Want Me - The Human League
- Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
- Video Killed The Radio Star - Buggles
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Righteous Brothers
- Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
- Night Fever - The Bee Gees
- Brimful Of Asha - Cornershop
- Get It On - T-Rex
- You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry And The Pacemakers
- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury And The Blockheads
- True - Spandau Ballet
- You're The One That I Want - John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John
- YMCA - Village People
- Baby Love - The Supremes
- Maggie May - Rod Stewart
- It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
- He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies
- Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
- There Must Be An Angel - Eurythmics
- West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
- I Feel Love - Donna Summer
- World in Motion England - New Order
- San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear…) - Scott Mackenzie
- Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
- Without You - Nilsson
- Red Red Wine - UB40
- I'm Not In Love - 10cc
- The Fly - U2
- The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - Prince
- Reach Out (I'll Be There) - Four Tops
- I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
- That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly and the Crickets
- Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? - Culture Club
- The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
- Hello - Lionel Richie
- I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue
- Jealous Guy - Roxy Music
- Je T'Aime (Moi Non Plus) - Jane Birkin And Serge Gainsbourg
- The Model / Computer Love - Kraftwerk
- Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra
- Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) - Soul II Soul
- Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman
- Israelites - Desmond Dekker And The Aces
- Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
- (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley And The Comets
- Ride On Time - Black Box
- Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring - Boney M
- The Young Ones - Cliff Richard and the Shadows
- I Believe - Frankie Laine
- Mull Of Kintyre - Wings
- 100 Greatest Albums
Arrival was placed in 28th position. Björn commented: "Writing songs, Benny and I never really thought about who would sing it and how. We never thought of, you know, could Frida sing this, could Agnetha sing this, that's something we found out later whether that was possible or not! Sometimes the range was impossible, but then again we had two to choose from like in a song like Money, Money, Money, the verse is very, very low so Frida does that. The chorus is very high, so Agnetha does that. We used to write on a little island outside Stockholm in those days, we had both summer houses on that island so we used to get together in the morning in a little cottage with a piano and bang away ... and I remember writing Dancing Queen, that was in the mid-70s I think - 75, 76. The first time we actually performed it was at the Opera House in Stockholm in front of the King and Queen of Sweden. The queen flattered herself with thinking that we wrote it for her but it’s not the case."
The 100 Greatest Albums - Channel 4:- OK Computer - Radiohead
- The Joshua Tree - U2
- Nevermind - Nirvana
- Thriller - Michael Jackson
- The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
- Definitely Maybe - Oasis
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
- Like a Prayer - Madonna
- Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
- Revolver - The Beatles
- Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
- The Beatles [The White Album] - The Beatles
- A Night at the Opera - Queen
- Parachutes - Coldplay
- (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
- Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
- Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
- Urban Hymns - The Verve
- Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
- Imagine - John Lennon
- The Bends - Radiohead
- Exodus - Bob Marley, Bob Marley & The Wailers
- The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
- Debut - Björk
- The Doors - The Doors
- Arrival - ABBA
- Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
- Rio - Duran Duran
- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols... - the Sex Pistols
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
- Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
- Closer - Joy Division
- Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
- Parklife - Blur
- Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
- Lady Sings the Blues: The Billie Holiday Story, Vol.4 - Billie Holiday
- Elephant - The White Stripes
- Paranoid - Black Sabbath
- Specials - The Specials
- Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
- Songs for Swingin' Lovers! - Frank Sinatra
- London Calling - The Clash
- The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy
- Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground
- Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
- Doolittle - Pixies
- I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
- The Libertines - The Libertines
- Pills Thrills & Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
- Horses - Patti Smith
- Tommy - The Who
- Transformer - Lou Reed
- Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
- Sign 'O' the Times - Prince
- No Angel - Dido
- Moon Safari - Air
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
- All Mod Cons - The Jam, Bruce Foxton, Paul Weller
- Grace - Jeff Buckley
- Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
- Play - Moby
- Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Synchronicity - The Police
- Blue - Joni Mitchell
- Super Fly - Curtis Mayfield
- Complete Sun Sessions - Elvis Presley
- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast
- Different Class - Pulp
- Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk
- Blue Lines - Massive Attack
- Odelay - Beck
- Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
- Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
- Fear of Music - Talking Heads
- The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
- What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
- Faith - George Michael
- Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack
- Screamadelica - Primal Scream
- A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
- Forever Changes - Love
- Graceland - Paul Simon
- Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
- Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
- Dusty in Memphis - Dusty Springfield
- 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
- Is This It - The Strokes
- One Step Beyond - Madness
- I've Been Expecting You - Robbie Williams
- After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back... - Public Enemy
- Parallel Lines - Blondie
- Hotel California - The Eagles
- Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown - James Brown
- A Grand Don't Come for Free - The Streets
- Searching for the Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight
- Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
- Dare - The Human League