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"Under Attack" is a song by Swedish pop group
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, released in December 1982 as the second and final single from the compilation '' The Singles: The First Ten Years''.


Background

ABBA recorded "Under Attack" between 2 and 4 August 1982 at
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Studios, Stockholm. The group had originally intended to release a new studio album, but instead decided to release a double-album compilation of their past singles while adding two new songs from the session. The two new tracks that made it onto ''The Singles: The First Ten Years'' were "
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" and "Under Attack". The latter would eventually be added to the expanded editions of The Visitors album. On 11 December 1982, ABBA performed "Under Attack" on the
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'', in what was their last collective performance.


Reception

"Under Attack" was not a commercial success upon its release. ABBA's popularity was in decline and the two preceding singles (" Head over Heels" and "
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") had failed to reach No. 1 anywhere. Although a Top 5 hit in
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, and a Top 20 single in a couple of other European charts, it did not become a major hit anywhere else. It peaked at No. 26 in the United Kingdom. In Australia, where the group's popularity only a few years earlier had rivaled that of
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, "Under Attack" only reached No. 96 in the singles chart. "Under Attack" became ABBA's lowest charting single since " So Long". After the single's release, ABBA went on a temporary hiatus that effectively lasted for almost 40 years. "Under Attack" is featured in the musical theatre production '' Mamma Mia!'' but not in the film.


Music video

ABBA filmed a music video for "Under Attack" on 16 November 1982.Palm, Carl Magnus (2002). ''Bright Lights Dark Shadows: The Real Story of Abba.'' Omnibus Press. p. 459. The video shows ABBA navigating their way through an empty warehouse filled with red beacon lights. The video ends with the four members walking through the open warehouse door and into the distance, their backs to the camera, reaching the end of ABBA.


Personnel

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Agnetha Fältskog Agneta Åse Fältskog (born 5 April 1950), known as Agnetha Fältskog (), is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 self-titled debut album. She later achieved internatio ...
– lead vocals *
Anni-Frid Lyngstad Princess Anni-Frid Synni Reuss, Countess of Plauen (born Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad on 15 November 1945), also known by her nickname "Frida", is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer, songwriter and environmentalist, who is best known as one of the foun ...
– backing vocals *
Björn Ulvaeus Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, producer, a member of the musical group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals '' Chess'', '' Kristina från Duvemåla'', and ''Mamma Mia!'' He co-produced the films ...
– guitar, vocoder vocals *
Benny Andersson Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, singer, composer and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess'', ''Kristina från Duvemåla'', and '' Mamma M ...
– keyboards, synthesizer


Charts


References

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