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Arrival

instrumental composition composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, recorded by ABBA and released in 1976
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Summary

Arrival is a musical work/composition[1]. Arrival ranks in the top 5% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (456 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Björn Ulvaeus[3], Benny Andersson[4]
  • Genre: folk rock[5]
  • Based on: Fiol[6], Ode to Dalecarlia[7], Arrival in Dalecarlia[8]
  • Performer: ABBA[9], Mike Oldfield[10]
  • Part of: QE2[11]
  • Language of work or name: no linguistic content[12]
  • Title: Arrival[13]
  • Has melody: Fiol[14], Ode to Dalecarlia[15], Arrival in Dalecarlia[16]
  • Working title: Fiol[17], Ode to Dalecarlia[18], Arrival in Dalecarlia[19]
  • Modified version of: Fiol[20], Ode to Dalecarlia[21], Arrival in Dalecarlia[22]
  • Form of creative work: instrumental composition[23]

Why It Matters

Arrival has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Arrival is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Mike Oldfield

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'nn', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru']
    Gnd id → 124911151X
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → no linguistic content
    Performer → ABBA, Mike Oldfield
    Form of creative work → instrumental composition
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T0000063706, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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