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  Cover Abba bangjpg
  Artist ABBA
  From Album ABBA
  B-side SOS
  Format 7" Single
  Genre Pop / Europop
  Length 3:04
  Producer Polar (Sweden)<br> Epic (UK)<br> Atlantic (US)
  Writer Björn Ulvaeus ,<br> Benny Andersson ,<br> Stig Anderson
  Certification N/A
  Last Single SOS <br />(1975)
  This Single "Bang a Boomerang"<br />( 1975 )
  Next Single " Mamma Mia "<br />( 1975 )


"Bang en boomerang" is a Song with lyrics in Swedish 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 performed the song when they finished 3rd in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1975 . The song was at Svensktoppen for 7 weeks during the period 9 March - 11 May 1975 , with a 2nd place as best result there.

Swedish pop group ABBA released it as a single in France in 1975 , with SOS as B-side . Lyrics in English were also written, by Benny Andersson and Stig Andersson, with the name Bang a Boomerang, and ABBA recorded the song on their 1975 Eponymous Studio Album ABBA .


OTHER VERSIONS

Swedish band Noice recorded the song on their 1981 Album '' Det Ljuva Livet ''. In 1998 the Swedish Heavy Metal group Black Ingvars Covered 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 Swedish dansband singer Lotta Engberg's 2006 Compilation Album " Världens Bästa Lotta ". In 2007 producer Leonard T. released a song called "Go" (featuring vocals from Maia Lee), the song uses the same melody as "Bang a boomerang" but different lyrics.


EXTERNAL LINKS

Sources:
http://www.abba4therecord.com/singles_results.php