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Arrival
Studio album by ABBA
Released	October 11, 1976
Recorded	August 1975- September 1976
Genre	Pop
Length	33:16
Label	Polar (original release) PolyGram (1992 - 1997) Universal Music (1998 - )
Producer	Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (C) link
ABBA chronology
Greatest Hits (1975) Arrival (1976) The Album (1977)
Alternate cover
French edition using the inner sleeve pic

Arrival is the fourth album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). Arrival has been reissued in digitally remastered form a total of four times; first in 1997, then in 2001, 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set, and again in 2006 (as a special Deluxe Edition). Upon its original 1976 release, "Fernando" did not appear on Arrival, but it was included on the Australian and New Zealand versions. "Fernando" remained unreleased on Arrival until the first remastered issue in 1997. The album also contains the group's biggest ever hit, "Dancing Queen", as well as two other hugely successful singles, "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 CD re-issues, bonus tracks 3 Personnel 4 Production 5 Charts 6 External links

Side A:

1. "When I Kissed the Teacher" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:01
2. "Dancing Queen" (Andersson, Stig Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3.50 Listen (help·info)
3. "My Love, My Life" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:51
4. "Dum Dum Diddle" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:53
5. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:01 Listen (help·info)

Side B:

1. "Money, Money, Money" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:06
2. "That's Me" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 3:15
3. "Why Did It Have To Be Me" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:20
4. "Tiger" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 2:55
5. "Arrival (instrumental)" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:00

Arrival was remastered and reissued in 1997 with one bonus track:

11. "Fernando" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:12

"Fernando" was released in the original track listing for the Australian and New Zealand version of the original record, after "Why Did It Have To Be Me" and before "Tiger".

Arrival was remastered and reissued in 2001 with another bonus track:

12. "Happy Hawaii" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:25
    • Early version of "Why Did It Have To Be Me".

Arrival was remastered and reissued again in 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set with several bonus tracks:

11. "Fernando" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:14
12. "Happy Hawaii" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) – 4:25
    • B-side of "Knowing Me, Knowing You". Early version of "Why Did It Have To Be Me".
13. "La Reina Del Baile" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey) – 4:03
    • Spanish version of "Dancing Queen". When this track was first released in 1980, the Spanish title was "Reina Danzante".
14. "Conociéndome, Conociéndote" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, McCluskey, McCluskey) – 4:04
    • Spanish version of "Knowing Me, Knowing You".
15. "Fernando (Spanish Version)" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, McCluskey, McCluskey) – 4:17

Tracks 13–15, vocals recorded January 1980. These three songs are from the album Gracias Por La Música (Septima SRLM 1, June 23, 1980).

Arrival was reissued again in 2006 (October 16) as a 30th Anniversary of the original release, called the Deluxe' Edition. This features the same track listing as the 2005 release, with one additional track "Fernando" sung in Swedish by Frida (solo version, not with ABBA), and also came with a bonus DVD with the following clips:

1. ABBA-DABBA-DOOO! One hour Television Special
2. "Dancing Queen" (Musikladen)
3. "Fernando" (BBC - Top of the Pops)
4. "Happy Hawaii" (Cartoon of ABBA)
5. "Dancing Queen" Recording Session)
6. ABBA in London (November 1976)
7. ABBA's 1976 Success (News Report, Sweden)
8. Arrival TV Commercial I - (UK)
9. Arrival TV Commercial II - (UK)
10. International Sleeve Gallery

ABBA

• Benny Andersson – synthesizer, piano, accordion, chimes, keyboards, marimba, vocals
• Agnetha Fältskog – vocals
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad – vocals
• Björn Ulvaeus – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals

Additional personnel

• Ola Brunkert – strings, drums
• Lars Carlsson – saxophone
• Anders Dahl – strings
• Malando Gassama – percussion, rhythm
• Anders Glenmark – electric guitar
• Rutger Gunnarsson – bass
• Roger Palm – strings, drums
• Janne Schaffer – electric guitar
• Lasse Wellander – acoustic guitar, electric guitar

• Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
• Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
• Arranger: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Sven-Olof Walldoff
• String arrangements: Rutger Gunnarsson
• Cover design: Ola Lager. Rune Söderqvist
• Photography: Ola Lager

Album

Year	Chart	Position (weeks on top)
1976	Australia	1 (8)
1977	RPM chart - Canada	4
1977	CRIA chart - Canada	8
1976	Italy	12
1976	France	15
1976	West Germany	1 (14)
1976/1977	The Netherlands	1 (8)
1976	New Zealand	1 (5)
1977	Mexico English language chart	1 (10)
1976/1977	Sweden	1 (12)
1977	Japan	3
1977	UK	1 (10)
1977	Billboard 200 USA	20

Singles - UK Singles Chart

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1976	"Dancing Queen"	UK Singles Chart	1 (6)
1976	"Money, Money, Money"	UK Singles Chart	3
1977	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	UK Singles Chart	1 (5)

Singles - USA

Year	Single	Chart	Position (weeks on top)
1977	"Dancing Queen"	Billboard Hot 100	1 (1)
1977	"Dancing Queen"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	6
1977	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	Billboard Hot 100	14
1977	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	Cashbox singles chart	11
1977	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	7
1977	"Money, Money, Money"	Billboard Hot 100	56
1977	"Money, Money, Money"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	38

Singles - Canada

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1976	"Dancing Queen"	RPM singles chart	1 (2)
1976	"Dancing Queen"	RPM Adult Contemporary chart	3
1976	"Dancing Queen"	Steede Report airplay chart	2
1977	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	RPM singles chart	5
1977	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	RPM Adult Contemporary chart	6
1977	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	Steede Report airplay chart	2
1977	"Money Money Money"	RPM singles chart	47

Singles - Australia

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1976	"Fernando"	Australia Singles Chart	1 (14)
1976	"Dancing Queen"	Australia Singles Chart	1 (8)
1976	"Money, Money, Money"	Australia Singles Chart	1 (6)
1977	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	Australia Singles Chart	9

Singles - West Germany

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1976	"Dancing Queen"	Sales Chart	1 (1)
1976	"Money, Money, Money"	Sales Chart	1 (5)
1977	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	Sales Chart	1 (2)

• "Dancing Queen" music video with lyrics
• "Fernando" music video with lyrics
• Site showing various 'Arrival' Releases [1]

v • d • e ABBA
Agnetha Fältskog • Björn Ulvaeus • Benny Andersson • Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Studio albums	Ring Ring • Waterloo • ABBA • Arrival • The Album • Voulez-Vous • Super Trouper • The Visitors
Compilations	Greatest Hits • Greatest Hits Vol. 2 • Gracias Por La Música • The Singles: The First Ten Years • ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits • More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits • ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos • Thank You for the Music • The Definitive Collection • The Complete Studio Recordings • Number Ones
Hit singles	"People Need Love" • "He Is Your Brother" • "Ring Ring" • "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" • "Waterloo" • "Honey, Honey" • "So Long" • "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" • "SOS" • "Mamma Mia" • "Fernando" • "Dancing Queen" • "Money, Money, Money" • "Knowing Me, Knowing You" • "The Name of the Game" • "Take a Chance on Me" • "Eagle" • "Summer Night City" • "Chiquitita" • "Does Your Mother Know" • "Voulez-Vous" • "Angeleyes" • "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" • "I Have a Dream" • "The Winner Takes It All" • "On and On and On" • "Super Trouper" • "Lay All Your Love on Me" • "One of Us" • "When All is Said and Done" • "Head over Heels" • "The Day Before You Came" • "Under Attack" • "Thank You for the Music"
Related articles	Discography • Unreleased songs • Eurovision Song Contest 1974 • Mamma Mia! • Congratulations • Music of Sweden • Stig Andersson