Don't Shut Me Down
{{Short description|2021 single by ABBA}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Shut Me Down
| cover = ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down cover art.png
| caption = CD single cover
| type = single
| artist = ABBA
| album = Voyage
| A-side = "I Still Have Faith in You" (double A-side)
| released = {{start date|2021|09|02|df=y}}
| recorded = 2017–2021{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Shut Me Down|others=ABBA|type=Liner notes in printed album cover|publisher=Universal International Music B.V.|id=00602438745692}}
| genre = *Pop{{Cite web |last=Mossman |first=Kate |date=3 September 2021 |title=Abba are back – with the old magic intact |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2021/09/abba-are-back-old-magic-intact |access-date=3 September 2021 |website=New Statesman}}
| length = 3:56
| label = Polar
| writer = * Benny Andersson
| producer = * Benny Andersson
- Björn Ulvaeus
| prev_title = Happy New Year
| prev_year = 1999
| title2 = I Still Have Faith in You
| next_title = Just a Notion
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|hWGWFa3jznI|"Don't Shut Me Down"}}|header=Lyric video|type=single }}
}}
"Don't Shut Me Down" is a song by Swedish pop music group ABBA. It was released as a single on 2 September 2021 as a dual single alongside "I Still Have Faith in You". Both songs are from the band's ninth studio album and its first in 40 years, Voyage.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/abba-announce-their-first-studio-album-of-new-material-in-39-years-voyage-and-hologram-concert-series__33932/|title=ABBA announce their first studio album of new material in 39 years Voyage and hologram concert series|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=White|first=Jack|date=2 September 2021|access-date=3 September 2021|archive-date=2 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902193035/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/abba-announce-their-first-studio-album-of-new-material-in-39-years-voyage-and-hologram-concert-series__33932/|url-status=live}} Agnetha Fältskog performs lead vocals. It became the first ABBA release to top the Swedish singles chart since "Summer Night City" in 1978.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/search?query=abba |title=Sverigetopplistan ABBA |publisher=IFPI Sweden|date=11 September 2021|access-date=11 September 2021}}
Lyric video
ABBA released a lyric video on YouTube of "Don't Shut Me Down" to accompany the release. It was 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.The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/03/abba-singles-race-to-top-of-streaming-charts-in-comeback-triumph Abba singles race to top of streaming charts in comeback triumph]
Reception
"Don't Shut Me Down" became a comeback single for ABBA, charting in the top ten in eleven countries and reaching number one in Sweden and Switzerland, as well as the Euro Digital Songs chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ABBA/chart-history/IDS|title=ABBA Chart History (Euro Digital Song Sales)|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=6 January 2022}}
The song received widely positive reviews from music critics. 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 was similarly positive, calling the song "a strutting march with gleaming orchestration and scrubbing disco guitars, stolid and earnestly tuneful."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/arts/music/playlist-abba-bobby-shmurda.html|title=Abba Previews First Album in 40 Years, and 11 More New Songs|work=The New York Times|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=3 September 2021|access-date=4 September 2021}} The song was featured in Billboard magazine's list of the 100 best songs of 2021.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-songs-2021/|title=The 100 Best Songs of 2021: Staff List|magazine=Billboard|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=7 December 2021|access-date=7 December 2021}}
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for "Don't Shut Me Down" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Australia|27|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Austria|14|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=14 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|9|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia|44|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Canada|87|artist=ABBA|rowheader=true|access-date=14 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|CIS|237|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|songid=140795|rowheader=true|access-date=3 October 2021}} |
| scope="row"| Croatia (ARC 100){{cite web|url=https://radio.hrt.hr/clanak/arc-100-datum-20-rujna-2021/270003/|title=ARC 100 - datum: 20. rujna 2021.|publisher=Hrvatska Radiotelevizija|language=hr|access-date=5 October 2021|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921005711/https://radio.hrt.hr/clanak/arc-100-datum-20-rujna-2021/270003/|url-status=dead}}
| 10 |
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| {{single chart|Denmark|7|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=15 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardeurodigital|1|artist=ABBA|rowheader=true|access-date=14 September 2021}} |
| scope="row"| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/singlet/2021/36/|title=Singlet 36/2021|publisher=Musiikkituottajat|language=fi|access-date=12 September 2021}}
| 3 |
| {{single chart|Finnishairplay|18|artist=ABBA|song=Don\'t Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=13 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|5|songid=2213940|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|54|artist=ABBA|rowheader=true|access-date=14 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Hungarysingle|4|year=2021|week=36|rowheader=true|access-date=16 September 2021}} |
| scope="row"| Iceland (Tónlistinn){{cite web|url=https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|title=Singlet 36/2021|publisher=Plötutíðindi|language=is|access-date=14 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913092231/https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|archive-date=13 September 2021}}
| 3 |
| {{single chart|Ireland4|12|date=20210910|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardjapanhot100|96|artist=ABBA|rowheader=true|access-date=16 September 2021}} |
| scope="row"| Latvia (EHR){{cite web|url=https://www.ehrhiti.lv/arhivs/ehr-top-40?airDate=2021.09.17|title=EHR TOP 40 - 2021.09.17|publisher=European Hit Radio|access-date=17 September 2021}}
| 26 |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|18|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2021}} |
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{{single chart|New Zealand|31|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=14 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Norway|7|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Portugal|177|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=21 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=ABBA|song=Don't Shut Me Down|rowheader=true|access-date=12 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|UK|9|date=20210910|rowheader=true|access-date=11 September 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboarddigitalsongs|32|artist=ABBA|rowheader=true|access-date=14 September 2021}} |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|artist=ABBA|title=Don't Shut Me Down|award=Platinum|relyear=2021|source=artist|accessdate=2 June 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=ABBA|title=Don't Shut Me Down|award=Silver|relyear=2021|certyear=2024|id=20190-1693-1|access-date=21 July 2024}}{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|nosales=true|streamsonly=true|streaming=true}}