Reception
Despite the group's negative views of the song, "Summer Night City" was another sizeable hit for ABBA, topping the charts in Ireland, Finland and Sweden; the group's last No. 1 in their home country. It also reached the Top 5 in Belgium, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway, Rhodesia and Switzerland. In 1979, the song was included on the compilation album Greatest Hits Vol. 2, released in October of that year.
"Summer Night City" makes small appearances in the musical Mamma Mia!. Samples from the song appear in scrambled "nightmare" form during the ent'racte, and is also scene change music between the songs "The Winner Takes It All" and "Take a Chance on Me."
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