Hung Up is a tune by American vocalist Madonna from her tenth studio album Admissions on a Dance Flooring (2005 ). Originally made use of in a variety of tv ads and also serials, the track was released as the cd s lead single on October 17, 2005. Composed as well as produced by Madonna in partnership with Stuart Price, Hung Up prominently features a sample from the important intro to ABBA s single Gim me! Gim me! Gim me! (A Guy After Twelve O clock At Night) , for which Madonna directly sought authorization from its songwriters, Benny Andersson as well as Björn Ulvaeus. This is believed to be just the 2nd time Andersson and also Ulvaeus have actually offered permission to example among their tunes, complying with Fugees track Roar in the Jungle for the soundtrack of the movie When We Were Kings. Musically, the tune is affected by pop from the 1980s, with a chugging groove and chorus and a background component of a ticking clock that recommends the anxiety of losing time. Lyrically the ...