Anthony

“Hung Up” is the lead single from Madonna’s 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor. Co-written and produced with Stuart Price, the song is built around a prominent sample of ABBA’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight).” It reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming a major international hit. Madonna wrote a personal handwritten letter to Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus asking for permission to use the sample, ABBA rarely approved sampling requests but they agreed after hearing the track.