Hung Up

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"Hung Up"
Single by Madonna
from the album Confessions on a Dance Floor
Released	October 17, 2005
Format	Digital download CD maxi single 12-inch maxi single CD single
Recorded	Shirland Road, London, England
Genre	Disco / Dance / House
Length	5:36
Label	Warner Bros. Records WEA International
Writer(s)	Madonna, Stuart Price, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulveus
Producer(s)	Madonna Stuart Price
Chart positions
#1 (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom) #7 (U.S.)
Madonna singles chronology
"Love Profusion" (2004)	"Hung Up" (2005)	"Sorry" (2006)
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"Hung Up" is a pop-dance song performed by American singer-songwriter Madonna. Written by 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 (2005). It has become one of the most successful singles of all time, reaching number one in a record breaking forty-four countries and is the best selling dance single of all time.^[1] It became Madonna's first U.S. top-ten single in three years. It is one of her best-selling singles to date, selling nearly five million copies.^{[citation needed]} The United World Chart ranked "Hung Up" as the second most successful single since 1999, and as the eighth most successful single of both 2005 and 2006.

Contents 1 Beginnings 2 Music video 3 Chart performance 4 Charts 4.1 World Record 4.2 Worldwide sales 5 Official versions 5.1 Original versions 5.2 Official remixes 6 Track listings and formats 7 Notes 8 References

[edit] Beginnings

"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 the second artist the band has allowed to sample their music, as ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have a strict "no sample" policy.^[2]

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 per cent solid pop music."^[3] ABBA got joint songwriting credits with Madonna and Price.

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!"

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 17, 2005. It became Madonna's first single to be released digitally through online stores before a physical format was available.

[edit] Music video

The song's music video was directed by Johan Renck and filmed in London, England. It was initially slated to be directed by David LaChapelle, but he pulled out at the last minute, citing creative differences. The video was filmed in London between October 7 and 9, 2005 at the Trocadero Centre, the London Underground, Great Guildford Street, The Aylesbury Estate in Walworth, and Chinatown. 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. Madonna's scenes in the rehearsal studio is reminiscent of a scene in the movie when John Travolta's character Tony Manero approaches Karen Lynn Gorney's character Stephanie Mangano. Madonna's leotard is similar to Gorney's, and there is wood paneling and a wooden barre much like in the rehearsal space Stephanie uses.

Madonna broke eight bones in a 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."^[4]

"Hung Up" premiered on MTV's top-ten music video chart program Total Request Live on October 17, 2005. It was her first video to be retired after spending fifty days on the countdown. After its debut on MuchMusic's Countdown, it ascended to number one for the week of February 17, 2006.

It was nominated for five MTV Video Music Awards and two MuchMusic Video Awards in 2006, but did not win any.

[edit] Chart performance

"Hung Up" reached number one in an amazing 44 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-ten single, tying her with Elvis Presley's record of 36 Top 10 hits.^[5] Its success was also significant as her previous three singles failed to reach the Billboard Hot 100. It 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. It spent a record seven weeks at number one on the UK Download Chart. 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. 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)^[6] before its follow-up single "Sorry" replaced it at the top. This marked the first time that the same artist occupied the number one and number two positions. In the [1] EURO 200 (European Union Top 200) the single remained at number one for fifteen weeks.

In Russia, "Hung Up" became first Madonna's number one and the only song by U.S. artist that reached number one in the chart. It is also the longest chart run at number one for a song performed in a foreign language and also the only song in a foreign language that charted at number one in 2006.

[edit] Charts

"Hung Up" reached number one in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom, a total of 44 countries and other territories.

Chart (2005) Peak position Argentina 1 Austria 1 Australia 1 Brazil 1 Canada 1 Chile 1 China 1 Colombia 1 Czech 1 European Union 1 Polish hit fm[2]/[3] 1 Finland 1 France 1 Germany 1 Hong Kong 1 Hungary 1 Italy 1 Israel 1 Ireland 1 Japan 1

Chart (2006) Peak position Latvia 1 Mexico 1 Greece 2 New Zealand 2 Netherlands 1 Peru 1 Poland 1 Portugal 1 Philippines 1 Romania 1 Russia 1 Spain 1 Sweden 1 Turkey 1 Ukraine 1 United Kingdom 1 United Arab Emirates 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7 U.S. Dance/Club Play 1 United World Chart 1

[edit] World Record

Due to the single's worldwide success, it currently holds the record of reaching the number 1 position in the most countries for a single. This record was listed in the 2007 edition of Guinness Book of World Records.

[edit] Worldwide sales

Country	Sales
Australia (Platinum)	70,000 (singles sales only)
Denmark (3 x Platinum)	24,000 (digital sales)
France (Diamond)	700,000 (singles sales + digital sales)
Germany (3 x Platinum)	450,000 (singles sales)
Italy (2 x Platinum)	160,000 (digital sales: 120,000; maxi-singles sales: 40,000)
Japan (2 x Platinum)	500,000 (digital sales)
Sweden (2 x Platinum)	40,000 (singles sales)
U.S.(Gold)	860,000 (digital sales: 820,000; maxi-singles sales: 42,000)
UK (Gold)	428,500 (singles sales + digital sales)
Worldwide Total	5 million

[edit] Official versions

[edit] 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. Confessions Tour Promo 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

[edit] 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^[7]
15. Chus & Ceballos remix edit (iTunes exclusive) — 5:00
16. Archigram remix (ICON exclusive) — 6:59

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• MadonnaTribe News — Worldwide charts and sales information.
• MoCaW: Madonna on Charts around the World — Worldwide charts and sales information.
• UKMix forums — Worldwide charts and sales information.

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