This futuristic sound appealed to disco fans, making it a big worldwide hit. The song's infectious disco feel was further enhanced on Abba's recording of the song by a lush production that layered swirling strings over a densely rhythmic backing track that fleshed out its funky bass line with a tapestry of programmed synthesizer lines. However, Ulvaeus and Andersson do indulge their usual classical music affectations on a dramatic pre-chorus bridge before launching into a chorus that reverts back to the rhythm-dominated style of the lyric melody. The verse melody is unusually stripped-down for an Ulvaeus/Andersson song, bouncing back and forth between a few notes again and again to give it a funky, dance-friendly feel. The lyrics cover familiar disco territory with their first-person tale of a search for love on the dancefloor, but the music that backs them up gives the tale a surprisingly dramatic feel. One of the best ABBA songs in this vein is "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," a song that pairs a melodramatic and very adult lyric tailored to appeal to discotheque regulars with an infectiously dance-pop melody. In the process, they produced a number of enduring dance-pop favorites.
As disco became a dominant musical trend during the mid- to late '70s, Abba songwriters Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson began writing songs in this vein to keep the group's sound current.