ABBA’s 1979 classic Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) has officially passed 1 billion streams on Spotify, making it the Swedish pop group’s second track to join the platform’s exclusive Billions Club after Dancing Queen crossed the threshold in 2023.
According to new data from Spotify, what’s remarkable isn’t just the size of the numbers, but who is driving them. Gen Z listeners now account for 50% of ABBA’s global streaming audience in 2025. That figure isn’t just anecdotal. Spotify says over 11 million “ABBA discoveries” (meaning someone hearing the group for the first time) have been made by Gen Z users this year alone.
“More than four decades after its release, the disco anthem is experiencing a powerful resurgence, thanks in large part to Gen Z listeners on Spotify.”
— Spotify
Gen Z is leading the ABBA revival
For a band that hasn’t performed together since 1982, ABBA’s digital resurgence is hard to ignore. Global streams of their music have grown by 150% over the past five years. The group now sits at around 35.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, with tracks featured in over 130 million user-generated playlists.
Their most streamed songs among Gen Z aren’t surprising. Dancing Queen tops the list, followed by Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, Lay All Your Love On Me, The Winner Takes It All, and Mamma Mia.
Interestingly, 1 January has become the biggest streaming day of the year for Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, cementing its place as a New Year’s disco anthem for a new generation.
Spotify also shared some geography trivia. Right now, Jakarta, Indonesia is ABBA’s most active city on the platform. Over on YouTube, it’s Lima, Peru.
The legacy of ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!’
The track was originally released in 1979 as the lead single from ABBA’s Greatest Hits Vol. 2 and later included on reissues of their sixth studio album Voulez-Vous. More than four decades later, it now shares a playlist with billion-streaming tracks by Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, and others on Spotify’s Billions Club.
Although Gimme!’s 1 billion streams still trail Dancing Queen’s 1.71 billion, it’s a clear sign of longevity. The group’s 2021 comeback album Voyage has seen its tracks streamed close to 300 million times combined, suggesting that even their newest material holds appeal.
