Dick Cavett Meets ABBA

Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
Promotional photo after interview
Original language	English German
Production
Production locations	SVT Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Original release
Release	12 September 1981 (1981-09-12)

Dick Cavett Meets ABBA is a 1981 television special in which the American television personality Dick Cavett interviewed the Swedish pop group ABBA. ABBA also took to the stage, performing nine songs in a so-called "mini-concert".^[1] A one-off broadcast was filmed and produced by Sveriges Television (SVT) in Stockholm, Sweden and broadcast 12 September 1981 as "Dick Cavett Meets ABBA".^[2]

Rehearsals took place at the end of April; while Cavett's interview with the four members was conducted on 27 April 1981. The live performances were recorded on 28–29 April 1981.^[3][4]

The show consisted of a casual interview and a short concert, where the band performed nine songs, including two from the forthcoming album The Visitors.^[5]

This was ABBA's last (live) concert.^[4]

• "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
• "Super Trouper"
• "Two for the Price of One"
• "Slipping Through My Fingers"
• "Me and I"
• "On and On and On"
• "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
• "Summer Night City"
• "Thank You for the Music"

Six of the nine songs performed on the show have been officially released:

The following songs and videos from this performance appear on DVD 2 of the compilation album The Complete Studio Recordings.:^[6]

• "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
• "Super Trouper"
• "Two for the Price of One"
• "Slipping Through My Fingers"
• "On and On and On"

The following songs appeared on ABBA Live:^[7]

• "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
• "Super Trouper"
• "Two for the Price of One"
• "On and On and On"

The following songs appeared on the Thank You for the Music box set:^[8]

• "Slipping Through My Fingers"
• "Me and I"