Hung Up

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"Hung Up"
Song

"Hung Up" is a pop/dance song written by Madonna, Stuart Price, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus for Madonna's tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor. The song was released as the first single in the autumn of 2005 (see 2005 in music), and was an international success, reaching number one in twenty-eight countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Japan. It reached a peak of number seven in the United States. "Hung Up" became Madonna's first single to be released digitally through online stores (including iTunes) before a physical format was available to in stores.

Writing process

Originally penned for a musical that Madonna had been working on, "Hung Up" was co-written and co-produced by Madonna and Stuart Price. It is built around a sample of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" originally performed by Swedish band ABBA and written by two of its members, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. The track also incorporates lyrics from Madonna's 1989 duet with Prince, "Love Song" (which appeared on the Like A Prayer album). Lyrics from that song such as "Time goes by so slowly for those who wait ... those who run seem to have all the fun" are incorporated into "Hung Up". In this dance anthem, Madonna describes her feelings of being infatuated over a crush, which leads her to sing, "Every little thing that you say or do, I'm hung up, I'm hung up on you".

On September 6 2005, two thirteen-second clips of the song leaked onto the internet. 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. It was officially made available as a download (via Apple iTunes) October 17, 2005, before the U.S. maxi CD release date of November 17th 2005. In Germany, Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands, the official release was on November 4, and in the U.K., it was November 7.

Music video

The video for "Hung Up" was initially supposed to be directed by David LaChapelle, but on September 20th both LaChapelle and Madonna announced that he would not be directing "Hung Up" due to creative differences: LaChapelle had wanted to make a "realistic" video in the style of his last documentary (Rize), while Madonna wanted it to be all about the music and dancing.

Madonna in a scene from the music video for Hung Up.

The video was instead directed by Swedish director Johan Renck. It was originally due to be shot on October 5, 6th, and 8th, but because of extended rehearsals, the video was instead shot on October 8th and 9th. The video was filmed in eleven different London locations, including Chinatown. It premiered on October 27 and was made available as a cellular download on October 28.

The video does not have a plot, but per Madonna's request, focus is put on dancing and colour. The video, which is split in two portions, starts off with Madonna at a dance studio in a pink leotard dancing to "Hung Up". Intercut are scenes of various people at a Japanese restaurant and bus stops, among other locations, dancing in a similar fashion to "Hung Up". In the second half, Madonna has switched into club clothes and proceeds to dance with club patrons on a Dancing Stage Fusion machine. Intercut are scenes which emulate the cover of Confessions on a Dancefloor.

The video reached number one (November 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 30, December 1, 6 and 7 2005) on the MTV TRL countdown. It is Madonna's first music video to ever reach #1 on the TRL countdown (excluding 2003's "Me Against the Music" with Britney Spears).

The video also reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Videoclip Tracks the week of November 26, 2005.

Chart performance

"Hung Up" performed well immediately upon its release on the charts. Worldwide airplay was massive, and in Canada, it became the biggest debut in radio history, reaching the number one position after only fourteen days of airplay.

In the United States, the single debuted at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, one of the highest debuts of 2005 (This was due mostly to digital downloads, as the song debuted at a low number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay) and went on to become her 36th single to reach the coveted top-ten, and her biggest hit since 2000's Don't Tell Me. This also tied Madonna with Elvis Presley as the only other artist in history with 36 Top Ten Singles in the U.S.

"Hung Up" debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, making it Madonna's tenth number-one single in Australia, almost twenty-one years since her first Australian number-one, "Like a Virgin".

In the United Kingdom, the single debuted at number one, making "Hung Up" Madonna's eleventh number-one single there. It was her first U.K. number-one since her 2000 release "Music". On the UK download charts "Hung Up" was number 1 for a record breaking six weeks.

The song was a huge hit on the dance charts worldwide. "Hung Up" reached number one on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart in the USA, ARIA's Top 20 Dance Chart and on Sweden's Top 40 Dance chart. The song has also reached the top five on the dance charts in Brazil, Greece, Ireland and Scandinavia.

"Hung Up" debuted at number six on Hot Digital Songs with almost 30,000 copies sold. "Hung Up" was also the Top downloaded song on iTunes the weekend before Confessions On A Dance Floor was released. It went on to peak at the #1 spot on the Hot Digital Songs chart and has sold over 250,000 copies in it's first 6 weeks of release. On the Pop 100, "Hung Up" debuted at number sixteen becoming her first chart entry on the newly-created Pop 100.

In the UK, "Hung Up" is the most enduring hit single Madonna has had in more than a decade. The last Madonna single to spend five weeks in the Top 3 was "Like A Prayer" in March 1989. Even "Vogue", her longest running number 0ne single dipped to number four after its four weeks on top.

Digital sales

The digital download of the single performed well in several countries including the United States, the UK, Germany, Canada, Italy, Spain, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Greece, Portugal, Netherlands, Ireland, and Luxembourg, where it hit number one on iTunes. This marks "Hung Up" as one of the few songs to top that many international iTunes charts.

The song is already eligible for a "Platinum Certification" that is given to those tunes who score more than 200,000 digital downloads in the United States.

Charts (alphabetical order)

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia ARIA Top 50 Singles	1
Australia ARIA Top 20 Dance Chart	1
Australia ARIA Top 50 Club Chart	6
Austria Top 75 Singles Sales	1 (5 weeks)
Austria Top 20 Airplay	2 (2 wks)
Belgium	1(4 weeks)
Belgium Top 30 Dance Play	1
Brazil	1
Brazil Top 40 Dance Play	1
Bulgaria	1
Canada (Top 50 Singles Sales)	1(2 weeks)
Colombia Top 30	27
Colombia Top 30 Airplay Chart	1 (2 wks)
Colombia Singles Sales	1
Colombia Top 10 Dance	1 (4 weeks)
Czech Republic Top 40 Airplay	4
Czech Republic Top 30 Dance Play	3
Denmark Top 20 Airplay Chart	3 (2 weeks)
Denmark Singles Chart	1
Denmark Top 50 Dance	1 (4 weeks)
Eurochart (European Singles Top 100)	1 (5 weeks)
Euro Digital Tracks (Top 20 Downloads)	1 (5 weeks)
Faroe Islands	1
Finnish Dance Chart	1
Finnish Prime Cuts	3
France Top 50 singles	1 (4 weeks)
France Downloads	1
France Radio Airplay	1
France Top 50 Club Play	6
Germany Media Control Top 100	1 (5 weeks)
Germany Top 40 Dance	1 (6 weeks)
Greece Top 50 IFPI Singles	2
Greece Top 30 Dance Radio 1	1
Hong Kong CR2 Top 10	1
Hungary Top 10 Singles Sales	1 (3 weeks)
Hungary Top 40 Airplay	1 (2 weeks)
Hungary Top 40 Dance Play	1
Ireland IRMA Top 50 Singles	2
Ireland IRMA Dance Singles	1
Israel	1
Italy	1 (5 weeks)
iTunes Digital Downloads	1
Japan - Foreign Singles Chart	1
Japan - Osakan Hot 100	1
Japan - Tokio Hot 100	1
Latvia Top 50 Airplay Chart	1 (2 weeks)
Lebanon	1
Luxembourg	1
Macedonia	1
Malta	1
Mexico Top Ten	4
MTV TRL	1
Netherlands Nederlandse Top 40	1
Netherlands Mega Top 50	1 (6 weeks)
Netherlands BNN Top of the Pops chart	1
New Zealand	2
Norway Top 20 singles	1 (4 weeks)
Norway Dance Chart	1
Portugal	1
Romania	3
Russia Top 100 Airplay	2
Scandinavia Top 40 Dance Play	1
Singapore Top 20 Airplay	1
Slovenia	1
Sweden	1(4 weeks)
Sweden Top 40 Dance Play	1
Switzerland Top 100	1 (5 weeks)
Swiss Download Chart	1
Swiss DJ Charts - House/Dance	5
Spain	1 (5 weeks)
Spain Top 20 Airplay	1 (2 weeks)
Turkey	1
Ukraine	1
Ukraine Top 20 Dance Chart	1
U.K. Singles Chart	1 (3 weeks)
U.K. Airplay Chart	1
U.K. Download Chart	1 (7 weeks)
U.K. Dance Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	42
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	7
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay	22
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales	1 (3 weeks)
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Single Sales	1 (4 weeks)
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	6
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1 (4 weeks)
U.S. Dance Radio Airplay	1 (7 weeks)
U.S. Top 40 Mainstream	17
U.S. Adult Top 40	16
UNITED WORLD CHART	1 (4 weeks)

Chart trajectory

"Hung Up" debuted at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100, but its current peak is # 7
"Hung Up" has remained in the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks

Billboard Hot 100 trajectory "Hung Up"
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08
Chart position	20	21	27	14	7	7	14	19

UK Top 75 trajectory "Hung Up"
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08
Chart position	1	1	1	3	2	4

Certifications

Country	Certification
Australia	Gold (digital sales 150.000+)
Austria	Gold (15.000+)
Belgium	Gold (25.000+)
France	Gold (250.000+)
Germany	Gold sales (150,000+)
Sweden	Gold sales
United States	Platinum (digital sales 296,000+)
UK	Platinum sales (+300,000)

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

Remixes

1. Tracy Young Get Up And Dance Groove Mix (promo/vinyl) 9:03
2. Tracy Young Get Up And Dance Groove Mix Edit 4:15 *
3. SDP Extended Vocal Mix 7:57 *
4. SDP Extended Dub Mix (promo/vinyl) 7:57
5. SDP Extended Vocal Edit 4.57 (iTunes exclusive)
6. LEX Massive Club Mix (unreleased) 6:35
7. Bill Hamel Remix 6:58
8. Bill Hamel Remix Edit 4.59 (iTunes exclusive)
9. Chus & Ceballos Remix 10:21
10. Chus & Ceballos 12" Remix 5:48 (promo/testpressing - unreleased) [1]
11. Chus & Ceballos Remix Edit 5.00 (iTunes exclusive)

Live

1. MTV (TV) "MTV EMAs 2005" (Lisbon, PT) November 3, 2005
2. ZDF (TV) "Wetten, dass...?" (Mannheim, DE) November 5, 2005
3. TF1 (TV) "Star Academy" (Paris, FR) November 11, 2005
4. ITV1 (TV) "Parkinson" (London, UK) November 12, 2005
5. AOL LIVE "KoKo" (London, UK) November 15, 2005
6. BBC1 (TV) "Children in Need" (London, UK) November 18, 2005
7. "G-A-Y" (London, UK. No TV recording) November 19, 2005
8. "Studio Coast" (Tokyo, Japan) December 7, 2005

Misc

1. Video Version
2. Video Edit Version (aired in Germany)
3. Motorola commercial (various versions)
4. Various official leaked snippets and "ringtone versions"