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“Don’t Shut Me Down” | |
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CD single cover | |
Single by ABBA | |
from the album Voyage | |
Released | 2 September 2021 |
Recorded | 2017–2018 |
Genre | Disco |
Length | 3:58 |
Label | Polar |
Songwriter(s) | Benny AnderssonBjörn Ulvaeus |
Producer(s) | Benny AnderssonBjörn Ulvaeus |
ABBA singles chronology | |
“Thank You for the Music“ (1983)”Don’t Shut Me Down” / “I Still Have Faith in You“ (2021) |
“Don’t Shut Me Down” is a song by Swedish pop music group ABBA. It was released on 2 September 2021 as a dual lead single alongside “I Still Have Faith in You” from the band’s upcoming ninth studio album and their first in 40 years, Voyage. Agnetha Fältskog performs lead vocals.
Lyric video
ABBA released a lyric video on YouTube of “Don’t Shut Me Down” to accompany the release. It is directed by Mike Anderson of the production company Able.
The lyric video gained 1.4 million views in 24 hours following its release, placing in the top three of YouTube’s trending rankings in 12 countries, including the UK.
ABBA – “I Still Have Faith In You” [INSTRUMENTAL]
Critical reception
Kate Mossman of the New Statesman wrote: “Its opening has a West End feel, like Evita‘s tentative address to the masses, but then it whizzes with a ‘Dancing Queen‘ mirrorball glissando into squelchy 1980s disco, giving the impression it’s going to be straightforward. But then it mutates, and mutates into something wonderful and strange.” Jon Pareles of The New York Times is similarly positive, calling the song “a strutting march with gleaming orchestration and scrubbing disco guitars, stolid and earnestly tuneful.”
Charts
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) | 27 |
Germany (Official German Charts) | 5 |
Ireland (IRMA) | 12 |
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan) | 16 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) | 18 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) | 31 |
Norway (VG-lista) | 7 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) | 1 |
UK Singles (OCC) | 9 |
ABBA Voyage: The Journey Is About To Begin
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