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Bang en boomerang
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Bang en boomerang is a Swedish language song written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Monica Andersson. The song text compares the "message of love" with the returning boomerangs which the Australian indigenous peoples Aborigines developed. The pop duo Svenne & Lotta sang the song when they finished 3rd in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1975. They released it as a singe in 1975. The song was also written in an English language version, with the name Bang-A-Boomerang, and the English language version was recorded by the Swedish band ABBA in 1975, and is on their album ABBA. Swedish band Noice recorded the song on their 1981 album Det ljuva livet. In 1998 the Swedish heavy metal group Black Ingvars recorded a cover version on the song, in a heavy metal version. In the year 2000, the Swedish "dansband" Lotta Engbergs recorded a cover version on the Swedish language version of the song, on their album Vilken härlig dag, and the song is also on the singer Lotta Engbergs 2006 album Världens bästa lotta.