Hung Up

Hung Up is a song Pop/Dance written by Madonna and composed by Stuart Price, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus carried out in October 2005, it is the first individual one left the album Confessions one has Dance Floor and it was #1 in more quarantes Pays, of aillor the " United World Chart" classifies it fourth individual the most famous since 1999 after Believe (Cher), Hips Don' T Lie (Shakira) and You' Re Beautiful (James Blunt).

The song takes again some words of " Coil Song" (Like has Prayer) :

" Time goes by so slowly for those who wait.
And those who run Seem to cuts all the fun. Goal amndt I wasting my time (she' S so fine). Are you just being kind (No) "

ABBA

The song was inspired by the Disco of the years " 70" and a Sample of Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Man After Midnight has) group ABBA is used as a basis musical.

In general, Benny and Björn do not let relatively other artists re-use their music, Madonna will write a letter to them their imploring and saying how much she adored their music and which it would be about a homage towards them, consequently, Benny had said: " We receive much request to use our songs and we do not accept, it is the second time only that we grant our permission" . " We said yes this time because we admire much Madonna and it is in the medium since now 21 ans" .

In fact the Fugees had been the first to have had the honor, in 1996, to use a sample " The Name Off The Game" for their title " Rumble In The Jungle" .

Chronology

September 6th, 2005, two 30 second old pieces make their appearance on the Net, also the title is used as a basis for a publicity for the Motorola ROKR E1 where the singer appears with dimensions of Iggy Pop, Little Richard and Bootsy Collins, this time without the sample of ABBA

October 13rd, the whole title unloads on the Net, obliging Warner has to send the individual one to the radios the same day, they are the 17 which the singlze is officiellemnt available in remote loading via Apple iTunes well before its realization out of Maximum-CD on November 17th, Hung Up was thus first the individual carried out one digitalement via platforms on line before its marketing " physique".

Madonna will often interpret the title, in opening of the MTV Video Music Awards, with the Grammy Awards with the group Gorillaz, at the time of the Confessions Tower like for the concert of the Live Earth (see detailed article: List of the performances of Madonna).

Video

Video directed by Johan Renck, homage to the film " Saturday Night Fever " and referring to the Parkour was filmed with London, the United Kingdom (Pineapple Dance Studios, Great Guildford Street, London Underground and Trocadero Center) and with Los Angeles, California. Madonna appears there vêtue of a pink Justaucorps and of a belt with Sequin S mauves, it starts by being stretched in a room of ballet before going in the streets of London, to join a group of young people in a nightclub (from where it will leave later in the clip Sorry) . The video referring to the dance and the gathering quickly became famous and very quickly parodied by artists and especially by Net surfers since the creation of the site Youtube

The video was nominated for 5 MTV Video Music Awards and two MuchMusic Video Awards in 2006

  • Directing : Johan Renck

  • Producing : Lene Bausager
  • Director of the Photography : Gosta Reiland
  • Assembly : Johan Söderberg
  • producing Company : Black Dog Films/RSA

Choreography

It is usual, that certain business successes of Madonna are always works comprising a song, a video support as well as a spécifque dance such as for Lucky Star, Vogue or Don' T Such Me, the troop which accompanies Madonna from the representation in MTV Video Music Awards and to Live Earth, always carry out the same sequences conceived by Jamie King, of many elements of the dance are included in the video clip

The representations begin with the dancers who leave a giant ball with facets, this one leaving a structure on which the dancers clutch themselves and or Madonna dances in the center, certain steps are directly inspired by the film " Saturday Night Fever" and of other are of sexual nature, before the last verse, the slowed down dance and turns to the manner of a Orgie, Madonna carries out movements succints with each dancers (ex: Hypnosis raises the leg of the star on his shoulder) , then Madonna crawls until a Podium for finally overlapping a radio " Ghettoblaster" (Personal Homage to its performance of Everybody at the time of Virgin turn).

recurring Members of the troop:

  • Miss Prissy*

  • Daniel " Cloud" Campos
  • Leroy "Hypnosis " Barnes
  • Mihran Kirakosian
  • Williams " Normann" Charlemoine
  • Sofia Boutella
  • Charmaine " Charm" Jordan

* Ayant refused the offer of Madonna, Miss Prissy will not form part of the troop of the Tour Confessions

Versions

  1. Album Version #1 (Album Version connected) (5: 36)

  2. Album Version #2 (Album Version) (5: 36)
  3. Radio Version #1 (DIGITAL and the USA) (3: 23)
  4. Radio Version #2 (Europe) (3: 23)
  5. Instrumental Album (5: 36)
  6. Tracy Young Get Up and Dance Groove (9: 03)
  7. Tracy Young Get Up and Dance Groove Edict (4: 15)
  8. SDP Vocal Extended (7: 57)
  9. SDP Extended Dub (7: 57)
  10. SDP Vocal Extended Edit* (4.57) Massive
  11. LEX Club Mix ** (8: 51) Instrumental
  12. LEX Massive Mix ** (8: 51)
  13. LEX Reggaeton Mix (Rejected) (4: 35)
  14. Bill Hamel Remix (6: 58)
  15. Bill Hamel Remix Edit* (4.59)
  16. Chus & Ceballos Remix (10: 21)
  17. Chus & Ceballos Remix Edict (9: 40)
  18. Chus & Ceballos 12" Remix ** (5: 48)
  19. Chus & Ceballos Remix Edit* (5: 00)
  20. Archigram Remix (only available on the madonna.com site) (6: 59)

*= exclusiveness in iTunes ** = Promo

Classifications, volumes and certifications

world Estimates: 8.600.000

Recoveries and parodies

  • In 2006, the group Coldplay took again Hung Up during a concert in London.

  • In 2007 the Dumbs interpreted a medley tubes of the summer including/understanding inter alia Hung Up interpreted by Francis Cabrel and Patricia Kaas.
  • a remix between the version CD and the live one was included in the clip of the Swiss realizer Faustinelli in " Hung up one Comenius"
  • IGO parodied the song for the radio operator in Quebec and in France under the title " Pogne Pas".
  • the Spanish artist Terremoto de Alcorcón with parodied the song as well as the video clip in 2006.
  • Flow parodied the video clip for its own video of the remixe of " Happy This Goes On" , heading " Madonna Hung Up One Crack"
  • One parodied was also carried out by comic Greg Scarnici.

Notes and references of the article

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