"Dum Dum Diddle"
"Dum Dum Diddle", an Arrival album track, which features lead vocals shared by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, was recorded on 19 July 1976.
On 19 September 1976, ABBA performed the song live as part of the ABBA-dabba-dooo!! TV special.
In 1977, the song was released as a single in Argentina. The B-side was "Tiger", another track taken from Arrival. According to Carl Magnus Palm, "Tiger" and "Dum Dum Diddle" can be called direct opposites. While the former track has a rock sound, the latter is "very light-poppy".
Björn Ulvaeus, the group's lyricist, was deeply dissatisfied with the outcome of his work, explaining that the words were written in the early morning, thus being not as good as he might have expected. In her turn, Lyngstad described the track as "silly".
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