DESCRIPTION:
From '' Through The Wilderness: A Tribute To Madonna ''
Label: Manimal Vinyl Records -- mani-006, mani-cd003
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2007

Tracklist
01. Jonathan Wilson - La Isla Bonita
Written-By -- Bruce Gaitsch, Madonna, Patrick Leonard
02. Jeremy Jay - Into The Groove
Written-By -- Stephen Bray
03. Golden Animals - Beautiful Stranger Blues
Written-By -- Madonna, William Orbit
04. Winter Flowers - Live To Tell
Written-By -- Madonna, Patrick Leonard
05. Mountain Party - Material Girl
Written-By -- Nile Rodgers, Peter Brown, Robert Rans
06. Ariel Pink - Everybody
Written-By -- Madonna
07. Giant Drag - Oh Father
Written-By -- Madonna, Patrick Leonard
08. The Tyde - Hung Up
Written-By -- Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Madonna, Stuart Price
09. Alexandra Hope - Lucky Star
Written-By -- Reggie Lucas
10. Chapin Sisters - Borderline
Written-By -- Reggie Lucas
11. The Bubonic Plague - Who's That Girl
Written-By -- Madonna, Patrick Leonard
12. Apollo Heights - Dress You Up
Written-By -- Andrea LaRusso, Nile Rodgers, Peggy Stanziale
13. Prayers - Cherish
Written-By -- Madonna, Patrick Leonard
14. Lion Of Panjshir - Crazy For You
Written-By -- John Bettis, Jon Lind
15. Lavender Diamond - Like A Prayer
Written-By -- Madonna, Patrick Leonard

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"Hung Up" is a song by American recording artist Madonna.
It was written and produced by Stuart Price, and released as the first single from her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor.
Initially used in a number of television advertisements and serials, the song was released as the album's lead single on October 17, 2005.
It has since also made an appearance on her 2009 greatest hits album, Celebration.
It also became Madonna's first track to be released to iTunes.

"Hung Up" contains a sample of the pop group ABBA's hit single "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," for which Madonna personally sought permission to use from ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
Musically the song is influenced by 1980s pop, with a chugging groove and chorus and a background element of a ticking clock that suggests the fear of wasting time.
Lyrically the song is written as a traditional dance number about a strong, independent woman who has relationship troubles.

Madonna has performed the song in a number of live appearances, including as the finale number in 2006's Confessions Tour and a heavy metal-inspired arrangement in the 2008 Sticky & Sweet Tour.
The corresponding music video is a tribute to John Travolta, his movies and to dancing in general.
Directed by Johan Renck, the clip starts with Madonna clad in a pink leotard dancing alone in a ballet studio and concludes at a gaming parlor where she dances with her backup troupe. Interspersed are scenes of people displaying their dancing skills in a variety of settings, including a Los Angeles residential neighborhood, a small restaurant and the London Underground. It also features the physical discipline parkour.

Music structure and lyrics

Musically, "Hung Up" attempts to revive 1980s pop music. According to The New York Times, the song has vaguely familiar hooks, sustained overlays of the string arrangement and acoustic guitar enfolding the music to create a haze like sound. Billboard described the music as frothy, nonsensical and joyous. The instant familiarity of the sampled music is changed by Stuart Price and Madonna by adding a chugging groove and a chorus which singles it out as an independent song. Besides the ABBA sample, Rolling Stone said that the song also incorporated Madonna's older songs like "Like a Prayer" and "Holiday" and features fleeting quotes from bands like S.O.S and the Tom Tom Club. Set in common time, it has a moderate dance beat tempo with a metronome of 120 beats per minute. The key of the song is in F major with Madonna's vocal range spanning from G3 to B♭4. The song progresses in the following chord progression of D--F--Am--D--D--F--Am--D in the first verse and changes to B♭--F--Am--D--B♭--F--Am--D for the second verse. "Hung Up" uses the sound of a ticking clock to symbolize fear of wasted time, which was incorporated by composer Stuart Price, from the remix of Gwen Stefani's 2004 single "What You Waiting For?". According to Slant Magazine, the song embodies some of Madonna's old hits, incorporating them into the song's pitched-upward vocals while presenting an archetypical key change during the bridge.

Lyrically, the song is written from the perspective of a girl who once had nothing and the theme centers around love. About.com compared the lyrics of "Hung Up" and another song "I Love New York" from the Confessions on a Dance Floor album, to the style of the songs in Madonna's American Life album. According to About.com, the song is written as a very traditional dance number which is rooted in relationship issues. Also present in the lyrics is Madonna's enduring embrace of strong, independent women.