Arrival (composition)
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| Song by ABBA from the album Arrival | |
| Released | 11 October 1976 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 3:00 |
| Label | Polar |
| Writer(s) | Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson |
| Producer(s) | Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson |
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| Single by Mike Oldfield | ||||
| from the album QE2 | ||||
| Released | 12 September 1980 | |||
| Format | Vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Writer(s) | Benny Anderson Björn Ulvaeus |
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| Producer(s) | Mike Oldfield David Hentschel |
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"Arrival" is a 1976 composition by Swedish pop group ABBA featured on their album of the same name. It is an instrumental piece, mainly the brainchild of member Benny Andersson and had the working titles of "Fiol", "Ode to Dalecarlia" and "Arrival in Dalecarlia".
"Arrival" was the second and last composition from the group not to contain lyrics, following "Intermezzo No.1" the previous year. As with "Intermezzo No.1", the choral tune, heavily influenced by traditional Swedish folk music, was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. It was recorded on 30 August 1976 at 's Metronome Studio. The title of the album, Arrival, gave the instrumental its name, rather than vice versa. It was also one of the last tracks to be recorded for the album before its release on 11 October 1976.
In 1983, a different version of the song with lyrics, called "Belle", was sung by Daniel Balavoine and Anni-Frid Lyngstad ("Frida") as part of the French musical ABBAcadabra. Also in 1983, it was re-recorded with different lyrics, and released as "Time" by B. A. Robertson and Lyngstad.
In 1980 Mike Oldfield recorded a cover-version of the song, which is found on his QE2 album. The artwork for Oldfield's single is a parody of ABBA's Arrival album artwork depicting the artist in a Bell 47G helicopter.
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