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1758: 348:") had failed to reach No. 1 anywhere. Although a Top 5 hit in Belgium and the Netherlands, 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 377:
ABBA filmed a music video for "Under Attack" on 16 November 1982. 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
38: 305:, 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 1798: 989: 1458: 940: 1159: 1621: 746: 1607: 912: 679: 1024: 1448: 569: 1633: 1316: 289: 58: 648: 340:"Under Attack" was not a commercial success upon its release. ABBA's popularity was in decline and the two preceding singles (" 924: 1415: 706: 1813: 1429: 841: 762: 17: 1808: 1138: 328: 1614: 1572: 1401: 982: 824: 352:, "Under Attack" only reached No. 96 in the singles chart. "Under Attack" became ABBA's lowest charting single since " 341: 1259: 1727: 1178: 684: 267: 1695: 1674: 1579: 1555: 1210: 315: 1088: 905: 881: 780: 529: 1031: 1645: 1543: 1494: 1337: 1238: 1010: 861: 517: 466: 356:". After the single's release, ABBA went on a temporary hiatus that effectively lasted for almost 40 years. 345: 310: 238: 220: 1017: 1003: 1788: 1783: 1734: 1600: 1593: 1522: 1477: 1408: 1387: 1273: 1110: 975: 1681: 1586: 1487: 1344: 1200: 828: 490: 361: 1803: 1793: 1761: 1664: 1565: 1351: 1323: 1302: 1245: 1166: 1145: 996: 898: 845: 502: 387: 353: 1380: 1309: 968: 714: 393: 1465: 1330: 1295: 1266: 951: 742: 575: 565: 442: 366: 67: 1536: 1508: 1501: 1224: 1152: 1131: 1043: 961: 935: 513: 399: 179: 156: 98: 1529: 1285: 1188: 1124: 1053: 405: 189: 174: 1067: 782:
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ABBA recorded "Under Attack" between 2 and 4 August 1982 at
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On 11 December 1982, ABBA performed "Under Attack" on the
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Index

Under Attack (disambiguation)

Single
ABBA
The Singles: The First Ten Years
B-side
You Owe Me One
Studio
Polar
Genre
Synth-pop
Label
Polar
Epic
Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
Producer(s)
ABBA
The Day Before You Came
Thank You For The Music
"Under Attack"
YouTube
ABBA
The Singles: The First Ten Years
Polar Studios
The Day Before You Came
The Visitors
BBC

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