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"Don't Shut Me Down"
"Don't Shut Me Down"
	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 Andersson; Björn Ulvaeus;
Producer(s)	Benny Andersson; Björn Ulvaeus;
ABBA singles chronology
Lyric video
	"Don't Shut Me Down" on YouTube

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"Don't Shut Me Down" is a song by Swedish 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 first in 40 years, Voyage.^[4] Agnetha Fältskog performs lead vocals.

On 4 September 2021, "Don't Shut Me Down" was the most streamed song on Spotify in Sweden and Finland, followed by "I Still Have Faith In You".

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.^[5]

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."^[3] 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."^[6]

Charts

Chart performance for "Don't Shut Me Down"
Chart (2021)	Peak position
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)^[7]
UK Singles Sales (OCC)^[8]

References

^ Don't Shut Me Down (Liner notes in printed album cover). ABBA. Universal International Music B.V. 00602438745692.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "ABBA says it has recorded 2 new songs, marking first new material in 35 years". Associated Press. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via USA Today.
^ ^a ^b Mossman, Kate (3 September 2021). "Abba are back – with the old magic intact". New Statesman. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ White, Jack (2 September 2021). "ABBA announce their first studio album of new material in 39 years Voyage and hologram concert series". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ The Guardian Abba singles race to top of streaming charts in comeback triumph
^ Pareles, Jon (3 September 2021). "Abba Previews First Album in 40 Years, and 11 More New Songs". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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[1] Don't Shut Me Down (Liner notes in printed album cover). ABBA. Universal International Music B.V. 00602438745692.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[AP-2] "ABBA says it has recorded 2 new songs, marking first new material in 35 years". Associated Press. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via USA Today.

[magic-3] Mossman, Kate (3 September 2021). "Abba are back – with the old magic intact". New Statesman. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

[4] White, Jack (2 September 2021). "ABBA announce their first studio album of new material in 39 years Voyage and hologram concert series". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

[5] The Guardian Abba singles race to top of streaming charts in comeback triumph

[6] Pareles, Jon (3 September 2021). "Abba Previews First Album in 40 Years, and 11 More New Songs". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[sc_UKdownload_-7] "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[8] "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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v t e ABBA songs
Discography Unreleased songs
Ring Ring	"People Need Love" "He Is Your Brother" "Ring Ring" "Another Town, Another Train" "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" "Rock'n Roll Band" "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" "Disillusion" "I Saw It in the Mirror" "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother" "She's My Kind of Girl"
Waterloo	"Waterloo" "King Kong Song" "Hasta Mañana" "My Mama Said" "Honey, Honey" "What About Livingstone?"
ABBA	"Mamma Mia" "Hey, Hey Helen" "SOS" "Bang-A-Boomerang" "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" "Rock Me" "Intermezzo No. 1" "I've Been Waiting for You" "So Long"
Greatest Hits	"Fernando"
Arrival	"When I Kissed the Teacher" "Dancing Queen" "My Love, My Life" "Dum Dum Diddle" "Knowing Me, Knowing You" "Money, Money, Money" "That's Me" "Why Did It Have to Be Me?" "Tiger" "Arrival"
ABBA: The Album	"Eagle" "Take a Chance on Me" "One Man, One Woman" "The Name of the Game" "Move On" "Hole in Your Soul" "Thank You for the Music" "I Wonder (Departure)" "I'm a Marionette"
Voulez-Vous	"As Good as New" "Voulez-Vous" "I Have a Dream" "Angeleyes" "The King Has Lost His Crown" "Does Your Mother Know" "If It Wasn't for the Nights" "Chiquitita" "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)" "Kisses of Fire"
Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" "Summer Night City"
Super Trouper	"Super Trouper" "The Winner Takes It All" "On and On and On" "Andante, Andante" "Me and I" "Happy New Year" "Our Last Summer" "The Piper" "Lay All Your Love on Me"
The Visitors	"The Visitors" "Head over Heels" "When All Is Said and Done" "Soldiers" "I Let the Music Speak" "One of Us" "Two for the Price of One" "Slipping Through My Fingers" "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"
The Singles: The First Ten Years	"The Day Before You Came" "Under Attack"
Voyage	"I Still Have Faith in You" "Don't Shut Me Down" "Just a Notion" "Little Things"
Other songs	"Merry-Go-Round" "Elaine" "Put on Your White Sombrero" "Should I Laugh or Cry" "You Owe Me One"
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