When asked how ABBA made "such a ridiculous and quite banal song [as Dum Dum Diddle] come alive,"[citation needed] Björn Again founder Rod Leissle said, "I think ABBA had a special quality about them.
They could put ridiculous lyrics into a song, and because they were fundamentally great songwriters they could make it work.
A line like 'Dum Dum Diddle, to be your fiddle' doesn't really make a great deal of sense, but it still works because it's something you can sing along to and enjoy".
The song is about a woman who quietly longs for the affections of a sad, lonely man who derives his only pleasure from constantly playing and practicing on his violin.
The Guardian described it as "a song about a woman who feels sexually threatened by her partner's violin".