Hung Up

For other uses, see Hung Up (disambiguation).

"Hung Up"
Single cover
Single by Madonna
From the album Confessions on a Dance Floor
Released	October 17 2005 (NA) November 4 2005 (EU) November 9 2005 (JA)
Format	Digital download: U.S. CD maxi single: U.S. 12" Maxi Single: U.S. CD single: Worldwide
Length	5:36 — album version 3:24 — radio edit
Genre	Pop/Dance
Label	Warner Bros.
Writers	Madonna Stuart Price Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
Producers	Madonna Stuart Price
Director	Johan Renck
Chart positions	#14 (U.S.) #1 (U.K.) #1 (Australia) #1 (Canadian radio) #1 (Japan)
Madonna Singles Chronology
"Love Profusion" (2003)/(2004)	"Hung Up" (2005)	"Sorry" (2006)

"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 more than twenty-four countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Japan. It has currently reached a peak of number fourteen 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 Chinese 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 machine. Intercut are scenes which emulate the cover of Confessions on a Dancefloor.

The video reached number one (November 16 and 17, 2005) on the MTV TRL countdown.

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 and number twenty 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 lower number seventy-three on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay.

"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".

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. On the Pop 100, "Hung Up" debuted at number sixteen becoming her first chart entry on the newly-created Pop 100.

Digital sales

The digital download of the single performed well in several countries including the UK, Germany, Canada, Italy, Spain, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, 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. iTunes downloads last week on a total of 106,818.

The song is already eligible for a "Digital Gold Certification" that is given to those tunes who score more than 100,000 digital downloads.

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	1
Bulgaria	1
Denmark Airplay Chart	9
Denmark Singles Chart	1
Finnish Dance Chart	4
Finnish Prime Cuts	3
France Top 50 singles	1
France Radio Airplay	7
Germany Media Control Top 100	1
Hong Kong CR2 Top 10	1
Ireland IRMA Top 50 Singles	2
Ireland IRMA Dance Singles	1
Israel	1
Italy	1
Japan	1
Lebanon	1
Luxembourg	1
Macedonia	1
Netherlands Nederlandse Top 40	1
Netherlands Mega Top 50	1
Netherlands BNN Top of the Pops chart	TBD
Norway Top 20 singles	1
Norway Dance Chart	1
Russia	1
Sweden	1
Swiss Download Chart	1
Swiss DJ Charts - House/Dance	5
Spain	1
Turkey	1
Ukraine	1
U.K. Singles Chart	1
U.K. Airplay Chart	1
U.K. Download Chart	1
iTunes Download Chart	1
U.K. Dance Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	52
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	10
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay	27
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	6
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	6
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
U.S. Dance Radio Airplay	1
U.S. Top 40 Mainstream	18
U.S. Adult Top 40	17

Chart trajectory

"Hung Up" debuted at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100, but its current peak is #14
"Hung Up" has remained in the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks

Billboard Hot 100 trajectory "Hung Up"
Week	01	02	03	04
Chart position	20	21	27	14

Official versions

This list documents versions and mixes of a current released single. Information may change as some mediums (cd and vinyl) aren't released yet.

Original versions

1. Album Version 5:36
2. Radio Version #1 (promo/ digital sales - instrumental fade out) 3:23
3. Radio Version #2 (UK maxi cd - vocal fade out) (time?)
4. Album Instrumental 5:36 (vinyl)*

Remixes

1. Tracy Young Get Up And Dance Groove Mix (aka Tracy Young Mix) 9:03 *
2. Tracy Young Get Up And Dance Groove Mix Edit (aka Tracy Young Mix Edit) 4:15 *
3. SDP Extended Vocal Mix (aka Stuart Price Full Mix) 7:57 *
4. SDP Extended Dub Mix (aka Stuart Price Dub) 7:57 *
5. L.E.X. Massive Club Mix 6:35
6. Bill Hamel Mix 6:58
7. Chus and Ceballos Mix 10:21

Live

1. MTV "MTV EMAs 2005" (Lisbon, PT) November 3, 2005
2. ZDF "Wetten, dass...?" (Mannheim, DE) November 5, 2005
3. TF1 "Star Academy" (Paris, FR) November 11, 2005
4. ITV1 "Parkinson" (London, UK) November 12, 2005
5. AOL LIVE "KoKo" (London, UK) November 15, 2005
6. BBC1 "Children in Need" (London, UK) November 18, 2005 (planned)

Also known

1. Video Version
2. Video Edit Version (aired in Germany)
3. Motorola commercial #1
4. Motorola commercial #2
5. Madonna And The News: "Hung Up" mash-up with "The Power Of Love"
6. Various official leaked snippets and "ringtone versions"

• * Note: The Tracy Young & Stuart Price mixes have alternate names on the vinyl maxi. The vinyl also contains the instrumental version (http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=340835). The 1st maxi cd contains the fade album version. The original album version is unfade and ends with the ringing. The UK single version (CD 1) has the alternate vocal fade out.