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"Hung Up"
Song

"Hung Up" is a pop-dance song written by American singer-songwriter Madonna, Stuart Price, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and produced by Madonna and Price. The song was released in October 2005, the first single to be lifted from Madonna's tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor. It has become one of the most successful singles of all time, reaching number one in a record breaking 45 countries. "Hung Up" is one of the biggest hit singles in Madonna's career, ranked by the United World Chart as the fourth most successful song of the decade and the forty-third most successful song in music history.

Song information

"Hung Up" was inspired by the 1970s disco era, in particular ABBA, Giorgio Moroder and Saturday Night Fever. A sample of ABBA's 1979 hit "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" forms the basis of the song. Madonna is only the second artist the band has allowed to sample its music, as ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have a strict "no sample" policy.[1]

According to Madonna, she approached Andersson and Ulvaeus by sending her "emissary to Stockholm with a letter and the record imploring them, telling them how much I worship their music; telling them it was a homage to them, which is all true". Andersson and Ulvaeus quickly gave their permission. They stated, "'Hung Up' is really good. If it wasn't any good we would not have said yes. It is a wonderful track - 100% solid pop music."[2] Andersson and Ulvaeus asked for co-writer credits and a percentage of the profits,

Madonna also samples herself in the song, with references to her previous recordings in the lyrics, including "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and "Love Song" (her 1989 duet with Prince). She commented at the time of the song's release that the new breed of female rock stars had been copying her for years, "so I thought it was about time I copied myself!"[citation needed]

On September 6, 2005, two thirteen-second clips of the song leaked onto the Internet.[citation needed] By October 13, 2005, the entire track had leaked, prompting Madonna's label to release it to radio the same day, a week ahead of schedule.[citation needed] It was officially made available as a download (via Apple iTunes) on October 17, 2005, before the U.S. maxi CD release date of November 17, 2005. "Hung Up" became Madonna's first single to be released digitally through online stores before a physical format was available.

Madonna has opened 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards, and 2006 Grammy Awards with "Hung Up" and she has performed this song at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California. She also performed it during her Confessions Tour which is available in DVD/CD. Also, she gave the song an encore performance in the Live Earth concert.

Music video

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Madonna in "Hung Up" video.

The music video was directed by Johan Renck and filmed on October 8, 9 and 10, 2005 at Pineapple Dance Studios, Great Guildford Street, the London Underground and Trocadero Centre in London, England, while other location scenes were shot in Los Angeles, California.[citation needed] Most of the dancers that appear in the video followed Madonna on tour and also appear in the music video for the follow up single, "Sorry". Madonna stated that the video is an homage to the disco film Saturday Night Fever.[citation needed] Madonna's scenes in the rehearsal studio are reminiscent of a scene in the movie when John Travolta's character Tony Manero approaches Karen Lynn Gorney's character Stephanie Mangano.[weasel words] Madonna's leotard is similar to Gorney's, and Madonna's rehearsal space resembles that which Stephanie uses.[weasel words]

Madonna broke eight bones in a horseback-riding accident a few weeks before shooting the video. She stated: "When I shot the video, none of the bones had gone together. Pharmaceuticals and my will got me through the shoot."[3]

The video also contains several scenes of the French physical discipline parkour. It premiered worldwide on October 27, 2005.

It was nominated for five MTV Video Music Awards and two MuchMusic Video Awards in 2006, but failed to win.

  • Director: Johan Renck
  • Producers: Lene Bausager, John Winter
  • Director of Photography: Gosta Reiland
  • Editor: Johan Söderberg
  • Production Company: Black Dog Films/RSA

Chart performance

"Hung Up" reached number one in 45 countries, Madonna's first international chart-topper since "Music" in 2000. In the United States, "Hung Up" debuted at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 — one of the highest debuts of 2005 — due to strong digital downloads. It became Madonna's 36th Top 10 single, tying her with Elvis Presley's record of 36 Top 10 hits.[4] Its success was also significant as her previous three singles failed to reach the Billboard Hot 100. "Hung Up" went on to become her biggest single since "Die Another Day" in late 2002.

In the UK, "Hung Up" debuted at number one, where it remained for three weeks. It became her 11th number one single there and charted for 29 weeks, her longest run on the singles chart.[citation needed] It spent what was at the time a record seven weeks at number one on the UK Download Chart.[citation needed]

In other major markets, it reached number one in Australia (one week, and the tenth chart-topper of her career), Canada (fifteen weeks, her longest stay atop the singles chart) and France (five weeks), becoming her biggest selling song in the French market to date.[citation needed] In Italy "Hung Up" topped the singles charts for 14 consecutives weeks.

Its worldwide popularity was displayed on the United World Chart, where it spent 15 consecutive weeks at number one, selling over 5 million copies (8,698,000 points inclusive of airplay)[5] before its follow-up single "Sorry" replaced it at the top. This marked the first time that the same artist had occupied the number one and number two positions. In the EURO 200 (European Union Top 200) the single remained at number one for fifteen weeks.[6]

In Latin America "Hung Up" topped the chart for eight weeks in a row[7], and spent 15 weeks in the Top 10. It was Madonna's first number one on the Latin American chart. In Russia, "Hung Up" became Madonna's first number one single and the only song by a U.S. artist to reach number one.[citation needed] It is also the longest chart run at number one for a song performed in a language other than Russian.[citation needed]

"Hung Up" is one of the biggest hit singles in Madonna's career. In March 2007, the United World Chart ranked "Hung Up" as the forty third most successful song in music history. Referring to that same list, "Hung Up" is also the seventh most successful song released by a solo female musician, the second most successful single of the twenty first century thus far and the second biggest selling dance song ever.[citation needed]

Charts

It was the first English language song to top the Latin America Top 40 since the creation of the chart in May 2004.

Further chart positions for Hung Up Peak
position
European Union 1
Irish Singles Chart 2
Israeli Singles Chart 1
Japan Oricon Weekly International Singles Chart 1
Japan J-Wave Tokio Hot 100 Airplay Chart 1
Latin America Top 40 1
Latvia Airplay Chart 1
Russia Airplay Chart 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7
U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 16
United World Chart 1

World record

Due to the single's worldwide success, it currently holds the record of reaching the number one position in the most countries for a single. This record was listed in the 2007 edition of Guinness Book of World Records. It's also the third biggest selling dance single of all time. With Hung Up Madonna achieved her 25th gold single surpassing the Beatles for the most gold singles of all time.

Worldwide sales

Country Sales
Australia (Platinum) 70,000 (singles sales only)
Denmark (Platinum) 24,000 (digital sales)
France (Diamond) 700,000 (singles sales + digital sales)
Germany (3 x Platinum) 450,000 (singles sales)
Greece (Gold) 10,000 (singles sales)
Italy (2 x Platinum) 160,000 (digital sales: 120,000; maxi-singles sales: 40,000)
Japan (2 x Platinum) [citation needed] 500,000 (digital sales), 7,000 (maxi-singles sales)
Sweden (Platinum) 40,000 (singles sales)
U.S.(Gold) 894,000 (digital sales: 851,000; maxi-singles sales: 43,000)
UK (Gold) 428,500 (singles sales + digital sales)
Worldwide Total 12,000,000+
Preceded by French Singles Chart number-one single (first run)
November 12 2005 - December 3 2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Santiano" by Star Academy 5
 French Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
December 31 2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
November 13 2005 - November 27 2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australia ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
November 20 2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Eurochart Hot 200 Singles number-one single
November 20 2005 - March 11 2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
"Tripping" by Robbie Williams
 United World Chart number-one single
November 26 2005 - March 4 2006 		Succeeded by
"Sorry" by Madonna
Preceded by Canadian Singles Chart number-one single
December 3 2005 - December 10 2005 		Succeeded by
"Alive" by Melissa O'Neil
Preceded by
"No" by Shakira
 Latin America Top 40 number-one single
December 18 2005 - February 5 2006 		Succeeded by

Official versions

Original versions

  1. Album Version #1 (Continuous Album Version) — 5:36
  2. Album Version #2 (Fade/Unmixed Album Version) — 5:36
  3. Radio Version #1 (Promo/Digital Sales & US Maxi CD — Instrumental Fade Out) — 3:23
  4. Radio Version #2 (European Maxi CD — Vocal Fade Out) — 3:23
  5. Album Instrumental (Withdrawn Promo) — 5:36
  6. Promo Tour Studio Version — 4:56
  7. Hung Up/Lucky Star Confessions Tour Rehearsal — 10:10
  8. Hung Up/Feel Good Inc. (feat. Gorillaz & De La Soul) Grammy Awards Medley Rehearsal — 7:51

Official remixes

  1. Tracy Young Get Up and Dance Groove — 9:03
  2. Tracy Young Get Up and Dance Groove Edit — 4:15 *
  3. SDP Extended Vocal — 7:57 *
  4. SDP Extended Dub — 7:57
  5. SDP Extended Vocal Edit (iTunes Exclusive) — 4.57
  6. LEX Massive Club Mix (Digital Promo) — 8:51
  7. LEX Massive Instrumental Mix (Digital Promo) — 8:51
  8. LEX Reggaeton Mix (Rejected) — 4:35
  9. Bill Hamel Remix — 6:58
  10. Bill Hamel Remix Edit (iTunes Exclusive) — 4.59
  11. Bill Hamel Dub — unreleased
  12. Chus & Ceballos Remix — 10:21
  13. Chus & Ceballos Remix - CD Edit — 9:40
  14. Chus & Ceballos 12" Remix (Promo/Testpressing — unreleased) — 5:48[8]
  15. Chus & Ceballos Remix Edit (iTunes Exclusive) — 5:00
  16. Archigram Remix (Free download for visitors of madonna.com) — 6:59
  17. Dave Audé's Blue Monday Mix (Unreleased)

The Reggaeton Mix by LEX was submitted to the record company, but was eventually rejected for release.

Track listings and formats

  • UK CD 1
  1. "Hung Up" (Radio Version) — 3:23
  2. "Hung Up" (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove Edit) — 4:15
  3. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Vocal)
  • US Maxi CD
  1. "Hung Up" (Radio Version) — 3:23
  2. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Vocal) — 7:57
  3. "Hung Up" (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove Edit) — 4:15
  4. "Hung Up" (Bill Hamel Remix) — 6:58
  5. "Hung Up" (Chus & Ceballos Remix) — 10:21
  6. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Dub) — 7:57
  • AUS CD 1
  1. "Hung Up" (Radio Version) — 3:23
  2. "Hung Up" (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove Edit) — 4:15
  3. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Vocal) — 7:57

Notes

  1. ^ Paul Cashmere. "Madonna Samples Abba". Undercover.com.au (September 20, 2005)
  2. ^ "Madonna 'begged' Abba for sample". BBC News (October 18, 2005)
  3. ^ "Madonna no longer ‘Hung Up’ on injury". The State.com (February 28, 2006)
  4. ^ http://www.absolutemadonna.com/achievements/
  5. ^ http://www.mediatraffic.de/greatest-tracks.htm.
  6. ^ http://home.planet.nl/~laar2337/apc2/index.htm Home.planet.nl
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ "Hung Up Pressings". BuySellMadonna.com (March 23, 2006)

References

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