:Hung Up

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In 2004, after the release of her ninth studio album American Life, Madonna began working on two different musicals: one tentatively called Hello Suckers and another one with Luc Besson,{{cite magazine|url=http://attitude.co.uk/attitude-vaults-madonnas-in-depth-2005-interview/|title=Attitude Archives: Madonna's in-depth 2005 interview|last1=Todd|first1=Matthew|date=February 1, 2015|magazine=Attitude|access-date=May 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523200419/http://attitude.co.uk/attitude-vaults-madonnas-in-depth-2005-interview/|archive-date=May 23, 2015|url-status=dead}} who previously directed the music video for her single "Love Profusion",{{cite web|last1=D'Angelo|first1=Joe|last2=Cornell|first2=Jeff|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480436/20031114/madonna.jhtml|title=Madonna Dances With Fairies And Wishes For Animated 'Roses'|publisher=MTV News|date=November 14, 2003|access-date=January 23, 2013|archive-date=August 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805161547/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480436/20031114/madonna.jhtml|url-status=dead}} which would portray her as a woman on her deathbed looking back on her life. Madonna collaborated with Patrick Leonard, Mirwais Ahmadzaï and Stuart Price to write new songs,{{cite magazine|last=Strauss|first=Neil|year=2005|title=How Madonna Got Her Groove Back|url=http://allaboutmadonna.com/madonna-library/madonna-interview-rolling-stone-december-01-2005|magazine=Rolling Stone|issue=988|access-date=May 9, 2015|archive-date=March 24, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150324140649/http://allaboutmadonna.com/madonna-library/madonna-interview-rolling-stone-december-01-2005|url-status=live}} and told Price to pen disco songs that sound like "ABBA on drugs".{{cite book|last=O'Brien|first=Lucy|author-link=Lucy O'Brien|year=2009|title=Madonna: Like an Icon|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-185682-2|page=306}} However, Madonna found herself dissatisfied with the script written by Besson and scrapped it. When she began composing Confessions on a Dance Floor, she decided to rework "Hung Up" and include it in her record.

"Hung Up" was one of the first songs written for the album, along with "Sorry" and "Future Lovers". It was inspired by aspects of the 1970s disco era, including the music of ABBA and Giorgio Moroder and the film Saturday Night Fever (1977).{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/nov/20/popandrock.madonna1|title=Looks good on the dancefloor|last=Garfield|first=Simon|date=November 20, 2005|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=October 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031004143/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/nov/20/popandrock.madonna1|url-status=live}} Madonna imagined it to be a cross between the music played at Danceteria, the New York City night club she frequented in her early days, and the music of ABBA. Their 1979 song "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" formed the basis of the song. Songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus generally do not allow anyone to sample any of their tracks, an exception being Fugees, who sampled their song "The Name of the Game" for their single "Rumble in the Jungle".{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4354028.stm|title=Madonna 'begged' Abba for sample|last=Bones|first=Susan|date=October 18, 2005|publisher=BBC News|access-date=June 23, 2009|archive-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226034608/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4354028.stm|url-status=live}} In order to gain the rights to sample "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", Madonna had to send her emissary to Stockholm with a letter which begged them to allow her to sample the song and also telling how much she loved their music. To the BBC she explained: "[T]hey never let anyone sample their music. Thank God they didn't say no. [...] They had to think about it, Benny and Björn. They didn't say yes straight away." The pair agreed to let Madonna use the sample only after making a copyright agreement that entitled them to a significant share of the royalties from subsequent sales and airplay.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1500733/Thank-you-for-the-music-How-Madonnas-new-single-will-give-Abba-their-greatest-ever-hit.html|title=Thank you for the music! How Madonna's new single will give Abba their greatest-ever hit|last=Hastings|first=Chris|date=October 16, 2005|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=June 23, 2009|archive-date=July 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706204302/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1500733/Thank-you-for-the-music-How-Madonnas-new-single-will-give-Abba-their-greatest-ever-hit.html|url-status=live}} Andersson, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph in October 2005, declared "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" to be the essence of "Hung Up" while joking that it was his favorite Madonna song thus far. He further said:

"We get so many requests from people wanting to use our tracks but we normally say 'no'. This is only the second time we have given permission. We said 'yes' this time because we admire Madonna so much and always have done. She has got guts and has been around for 21 years. That is not bad going."

The song premiered in September 2005, during a television advertisement for Motorola's ROKR mobile phone. The advertisement featured Madonna and other artists jammed in a phone booth.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27|last=Paoletta|first=Michael|date=November 12, 2005|title=Dancing Queen|magazine=Billboard|location=New York|volume=117|issue=46|pages=26–27|issn=0006-2510|access-date=March 13, 2016|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407110551/https://books.google.com/books?id=9RQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27|url-status=live}} On October 17, 2005, the song made its premiere during a live ten-minute radio interview between Ryan Seacrest and Madonna. It was also made available as a master ringtone with various mobile service providers. "Hung Up" was sent to mainstream radio in the United States on October 18.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239|title=Going For Adds|date=October 17, 2005|access-date=June 9, 2013|magazine=Friday Morning Quarterback|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101141712/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239|archive-date=November 1, 2009}} The song was added to episodes of CSI: Miami and CSI: NY on November 7 and 9, 2005, respectively. While promoting Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna played both "Hung Up" and the next single "Sorry" at Luke & Leroy's nightclub in Greenwich Village, where she was invited by Junior Sanchez to perform briefly as the DJ, mixing the two songs.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35|last=Mason|first=Kerri|date=November 12, 2005|title=Madonna's Young Remixer|magazine=Billboard|location=New York|volume=117|issue=46|page=35|issn=0006-2510|access-date=March 13, 2016|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407124123/https://books.google.com/books?id=9RQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35|url-status=live}} Regarding her decision to release the song for digital download, Madonna said: "I'm a businesswoman. The music industry has changed. There's a lot of competition, and the market is glutted with new releases – and new 'thises and thats'. You must join forces with other brands and corporations. You're an idiot if you don't."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60773/madonna-confesses|title=Madonna Confesses|last=Paoletta|first=Michael|date=November 7, 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=July 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095440/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60773/madonna-confesses|url-status=live}}

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Musically, "Hung Up" is a dance-pop,{{cite news|first=Andrew|last=Unterberger|url=http://popdust.com/2013/04/08/madonna-american-life-ten-year-anniversary/|title=Remembering the Song That Nearly Ruined Madonna's Career|work=Popdust|date=August 4, 2013|access-date=February 16, 2014|archive-date=February 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225014343/http://popdust.com/2013/04/08/madonna-american-life-ten-year-anniversary/|url-status=live}} disco,{{cite journal|title=Madonna, "Hung Up"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4HSJOu6uEvUC&pg=PT30|journal=Spin|volume=21|issue=12|date=December 2005|page=30|issn=0886-3032|access-date=March 13, 2016|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407084427/https://books.google.com/books?id=4HSJOu6uEvUC&pg=PT30|url-status=live}} nu-disco{{Cite web|last=Sanneh|first=Kelefa|date=December 1, 2005|title=Britons Ask: Do You Know Who'll Be No. 1 at Christmas?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/01/arts/music/britons-ask-do-you-know-wholl-be-no-1-at-christmas.html?auth=login-google|access-date=January 30, 2021|website=The New York Times|archive-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130101214/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/01/arts/music/britons-ask-do-you-know-wholl-be-no-1-at-christmas.html?auth=login-google|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=January 3, 2006|title=The Quarterly Report: Status's Favorite New Singles|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/01/03/the-quarterly-report-statuss-favorite-new-singles/|access-date=January 30, 2021|website=The Village Voice|archive-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130101556/https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/01/03/the-quarterly-report-statuss-favorite-new-singles/|url-status=live}} and electro{{cite magazine|last= EW Staff |title= Top 100 Albums |magazine= Entertainment Weekly |date= September 27, 2012|url= https://ew.com/gallery/top-100-albums/?slide=384754#384754|accessdate= May 5, 2023}} song. 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. Alongside the ABBA sample, Rolling Stone said that the song also incorporates elements of 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.

According to the sheet music that is on Musicnotes.com, "Hung Up" is set in common time, and has a moderate dance-beat tempo of 120 beats per minute,{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0052448|title=Digital sheet music – Hung Up|date=April 10, 2006|publisher=Musicnotes.com|access-date=August 6, 2014|archive-date=September 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923074137/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0052448|url-status=live}} and the key of D minor with Madonna's vocal range spanning from the low note of G₃ to the high note of B{{flat}}₄. The song progresses in the following chord progressions of Dm–F–C–Dm in the verses and Dm–F–Am–Dm in the chorus, and changes to B{{flat}}–F–A–Dm for the bridge. "Hung Up" uses the sound of a ticking clock to symbolize fear of wasted time, which was incorporated by composer Stuart Price, from his remix of Gwen Stefani's 2004 single "What You Waiting For?". According to Slant Magazine, the song embodies some of Madonna's old singles, incorporating them into the song's pitched-upward vocals while presenting an archetypical key change/tonicization 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.{{cite web|url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/MadonnaConf.htm|title=Madonna – Confessions on a Dancefloor|last=Shawhan|first=Jason|date=November 17, 2005|publisher=About.com|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=November 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024515/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/MadonnaConf.htm|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/hungup.htm|title=Hung Up – Madonna|last=Lamb|first=Bill|date=October 13, 2005|publisher=About.com|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=July 17, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717095435/http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/hungup.htm|url-status=live}} The song's hook, "Time goes by so slowly for those who wait," is taken from Madonna's 1989 collaboration with Prince, "Love Song", as is the line, "Those who run seem to have all the fun."

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"Hung Up" received critical acclaim. Keith Caulfield from Billboard, while reviewing Confessions on a Dance Floor, called the song "a fluffier cut",{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=November 19, 2005|title=Albums: Confessions on a Dance Floor|magazine=Billboard|location=New York|volume=117|issue=47|pages=72|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RQEAAAAMBAJ&q=album+review+confessions|access-date=July 27, 2009|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110052053/https://books.google.com/books?id=5RQEAAAAMBAJ&q=album+review+confessions|url-status=live}} while Chris Tucker from the same magazine explained that "Madonna returns with a song that will restore faith among her minions, fans of pop music and radio programmers", in a separate review for the single.{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Chris|date=October 29, 2005|title=Madonna Hung Up: Billboard Single review|magazine=Billboard|location=New York|volume=117|issue=44|pages=92|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhUEAAAAMBAJ&q=madonna+hung+up+billboard+review|access-date=June 23, 2009|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110052021/https://books.google.com/books?id=BhUEAAAAMBAJ&q=madonna+hung+up+billboard+review|url-status=live}} Jon Pareles of The New York Times said that Madonna kept her pop touch in "Hung Up" and called it a love song which is both happy as well as sad.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/arts/music/14choi.html?_r=1|title=Thoroughly Modern Madonna Gets Retro|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|date=November 14, 2005|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 23, 2009|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226120215/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/arts/music/14choi.html?_r=1|url-status=live}} Alan Light from Rolling Stone called the song candy coated.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/madonna/albums/album/8836354/review/8749244/confessions_on_a_dance_floor|title=Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor|last=Light|first=Alan|date=November 3, 2005|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 23, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619054127/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/madonna/albums/album/8836354/review/8749244/confessions_on_a_dance_floor|archive-date=June 19, 2008}} David Browne from Entertainment Weekly was impressed by the song and said "'Hung Up' shows how effortlessly she [Madonna] can tap into her petulant inner teen".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1128507,00.html|title=Confessions on a Dance Floor music review|last=Browne|first=David|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|date=November 11, 2005|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224133207/https://ew.com/article/2005/11/14/confessions-dance-floor/|url-status=dead}} Also impressed, Caryn Ganz of Spin classified it as a "killer single".{{cite web|last=Ganz|first=Caryn|url=https://www.spin.com/2005/12/madonna-confessions-dance-floor-warner-bros/|title=Madonna, 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' (Warner Bros.)|date=December 1, 2005|accessdate=March 28, 2023|work=Spin}} Peter Robinson from The Observer commented that "Hung Up" is Madonna's "most wonderfully commercial single since the mid Eighties".{{cite web|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,,1644940,00.html|title=Madonna's new album takes us through a complete history of dancefloor action|last=Robinson|first=Peter|date=November 20, 2005|work=The Observer|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313062433/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,,1644940,00.html|archive-date=March 13, 2007|url-status=dead}} Alexis Petridis from The Guardian called the track a "joyous...single that could theoretically have been more camp, but only with the addition of Liza Minnelli on backing vocals and lyrics about Larry Grayson's friend Everard."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/nov/11/popandrock.shopping5|title=Madonna, Confessions on a Dancefloor|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=November 11, 2005|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417135240/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/nov/11/popandrock.shopping5|url-status=live}}

On Pitchfork, Stephen M. Deusner named the track an "impressive and enjoyable single, strong enough to have everyone trying to figure out if it's her best since 'Ray of Light' or since 'Like a Prayer'", and complimented how the ABBA sample was used in such a way that it resembles a "brilliant mash-up rather than a lazy sample".{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5030-confessions-on-a-dance-floor/|title=Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor|last=Deusner|first=Stephen M.|date=November 14, 2005|work=Pitchfork|access-date=March 27, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701005450/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5030-confessions-on-a-dance-floor/|archivedate=July 1, 2022|url-status=live}} Het Nieuwsblad{{'}}s Mark Coppens considered "Hung Up" a good choice for first single as it was "irresistable", observing "Madonna has done a good job" at sampling ABBA; he concluded saying that "the song swings from beginning to the end".{{cite web|last=Coppens|first=Mark|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/ggfk5r5h|title=Madonna spreekt drie woorden Nederlands op nieuwe cd|date=November 9, 2005|accessdate=June 29, 2022|work=Het Nieuwsblad|language=Dutch}} Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine compared the song to the remix of Gwen Stefani's 2004 single "What You Waiting For?".{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/madonna-confessions-on-a-dance-floor|title=Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor – Review|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=November 4, 2005|work=Slant Magazine|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=July 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728102652/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/madonna-confessions-on-a-dance-floor|url-status=live}} Ed Gonzalez from the same magazine called the song the "biggest hit" of her career.{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/features/confessionstour.asp|title=Madonna: The Confessions Tour|last=Gonzalez|first=Ed|date=November 12, 2006|work=Slant Magazine|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=February 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223231546/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/features/confessionstour.asp|url-status=live}} Margaret Moser from The Austin Chronicle said that the song strobes and pulses along with another album track "Forbidden Love".{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2006-01-13/323613/print/|title=Phases & Stages|last=Moser|first=Margaret|date=January 13, 2006|work=The Austin Chronicle|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=October 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010030723/http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2006-01-13/323613/print/|url-status=live}} David Byrne from RTÉ said "it opens the album like no other track could".{{cite web|last=Byrne|first=David|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2005/1117/449370-madonna/|title=Madonna – Confessions on a Dancefloor|date=November 17, 2005|accessdate=July 15, 2022|publisher=RTÉ|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709060904/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2005/1117/449370-madonna/|archivedate=July 9, 2022|url-status=live}} Dave White of The Advocate classified it as a "winner", noting the "giddy, gimmicky ABBA loop".{{cite magazine|last=White|first=Dave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88|title=Madonna|magazine=The Advocate|date=November 22, 2005|accessdate=March 27, 2023|page=88}}

Ben Williams from New York magazine described the song as sounding both throbbing as well as wistful.{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/pop/reviews/15107/|title=Girls Gone Mild|last=Williams|first=Ben|date=November 20, 2005|work=New York|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=December 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205073944/http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/pop/reviews/15107/|url-status=live}} Christian John Wikane from PopMatters called the song a propulsive track.{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/madonna-the-confessions-tour/|title=Madonna: The Confessions Tour < Reviews|last=Wikane|first=Christian John|date=February 14, 2007|work=PopMatters|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=April 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401090614/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/madonna-the-confessions-tour|url-status=live}} Alan Braidwood of BBC Music noted of the track: "full-on dance, dark, disco, fun, big" and compared it to other Madonna songs like "Vogue", "Deeper and Deeper" and "Ray of Light".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/g64h|title=Madonna Confessions on a Dancefloor Review|last=Braidwood|first=Alan|date=October 13, 2005|publisher=BBC Music|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=June 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615094926/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/g64h|url-status=live}} Tom Bishop from BBC News commented that Madonna has either reinvigorated her career or she is "merely throwing one final dance party for her long-term fans before settling down to record more sedate material".{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4427388.stm|title=Madonna's last dancefloor confession?|last=Bishop|first=Tom|date=November 14, 2005|publisher=BBC News|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=January 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105062530/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4427388.stm|url-status=live}} According to Camille Paglia, writing for Salon, the track was one of the "two truly strong songs" on the album, along with "Jump".{{cite web|last=Paglia|first=Camille|authorlink=Camille Paglia|url=https://www.salon.com/2005/12/02/madonna_10/|title=Dancing as fast as she can|date=December 2, 2005|accessdate=March 27, 2023|work=Salon|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408163948/https://www.salon.com/2005/12/02/madonna_10/|archivedate=April 8, 2022|url-status=live}} Matt Cappiello from the Daily Nexus called it "amazing" and "mind-numbing", and elaborated that "it should be frozen in a capsule and sent out into space. Martians need to know the wonders of our civilization, as expressed in the delicate form of bubblegum pop."{{cite web|last=Cappiello|first=Matt|url=https://dailynexus.com/2005-11-17/madonna-confessions-on-a-dance-floor-maverick/|title=Madonna | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Maverick|date=November 17, 2005|accessdate=March 27, 2023|work=The Daily Nexus|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704064104/https://dailynexus.com/2005-11-17/madonna-confessions-on-a-dance-floor-maverick/|archivedate=July 4, 2022|url-status=live}} Peter S. Scholtes of City Pages considered the song a "vast improvement" over the original ABBA song.{{cite web|last=Scholtes|first=Peter S.|url=http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1305/article13942.asp|title=Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor|date=December 7, 2005|accessdate=March 27, 2023|work=City Pages|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210015442/http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1305/article13942.asp|archivedate=December 10, 2005|url-status=dead}} Thomas Inskeep of Stylus Magazine declared that "Hung Up" and the next single "Sorry" might not have the same sleaze as Madonna's older songs like "Physical Attraction" or "Burning Up", but have the same modus operandi of being designed for "sweaty up-all-night dancing".{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/madonna/confessions-on-a-dance-floor.htm|title=Stylus:Confessions on a Dance Floor|last=Inksweep|first=Thomas|date=October 31, 2007|work=Stylus Magazine|access-date=June 24, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131222715/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/madonna/confessions-on-a-dance-floor.htm|archive-date=January 31, 2010}} Rob Harvilla from The Village Voice called the song a "triumphant jazzercise single".{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-06-27/music/crazy-for-you-but-not-that-crazy/|title=Crazy for You, but Not That Crazy|last=Harvilla|first=Rob|date=June 27, 2006|work=The Village Voice|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=October 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023113918/http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-06-27/music/crazy-for-you-but-not-that-crazy/|url-status=live}}

"Hung Up" was ranked at number 76 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s 100 Best Songs of the 2000s list, calling it "One of her [Madonna's] most captivating hits ever — and thanks to those deceptively hard-hitting lyrics, one of her most personal."{{cite magazine|title=100 Best Songs of the 2000s: Madonna, 'Hung Up'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-songs-of-the-aughts-20110617/madonna-hung-up-20110617|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 17, 2011|access-date=January 26, 2014|archive-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208133747/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-songs-of-the-aughts-20110617/madonna-hung-up-20110617|url-status=live}} NME placed it at number 39 on their list of the best tracks of 2005.{{cite web|date=2005|work=NME|title=Albums & Tracks Of The Year|url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/2005|access-date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613122829/http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/2005|url-status=live}} Slant Magazine listed the song at number 36 on their list of Best of the Aughts: Singles, saying: "'Hung Up' employs a ticking clock to represent fear of wasted time, but Madonna isn't singing about aging or saving the world—she's talking about love. It had been years since Madge sounded this vapid. With its pitched-upward vocals, infectious arpeggio sample from ABBA's 'Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight),' and the bridge's unironic, archetypical key change, the track decidedly points to the past, and it proved that, 20 years into her career, Madonna was still the one and only Dancing Queen".{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-of-the-aughts-singles/214/page_7|title=Best of the Aughts: Singles|work=Slant Magazine|page=7|author=Staff|date=January 25, 2010|access-date=February 5, 2012|archive-date=January 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107041547/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-of-the-aughts-singles/214/page_7|url-status=live}} The song was also named the 26th best single of 2005 by Pitchfork.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6221-top-50-singles-of-2005/3/|title=Top 50 Singles of 2005|access-date=February 19, 2016|work=Pitchfork|date=December 30, 2005 |archive-date=February 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218104440/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6221-top-50-singles-of-2005/3/|url-status=live}} Stylus Magazine included "Hung Up" on their ranking of the best singles from 2005 at number 11.{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-singles-of-2005.htm|title=Top 50 Singles of 2005|access-date=February 19, 2016|work=Stylus Magazine|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303155616/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-singles-of-2005.htm|url-status=dead}} In 2016, "Hung Up" was named in the online poll by Digital Spy as "The Biggest Pop Song of the 21st Century".{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a787579/the-biggest-pop-banger-of-21st-century-who-is-the-winner/|title=The results are in! The Biggest Pop Banger of The 21st Century is…|access-date=April 23, 2017|publisher=Digital Spy|date=April 6, 2016|first=Lewis|last=Corner|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423161524/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a787579/the-biggest-pop-banger-of-21st-century-who-is-the-winner/|url-status=live}}

"Hung Up" was a worldwide commercial success, peaking at number one in charts of 41 countries and earning a place in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records, as the song topping the charts in most countries.{{cite book|title=Guinness Book of World Records 2007|edition=Mass Market Paperback|first=Craig|last=Glenday|publisher=Bantam Press|isbn=978-0-553-58992-4|year=2007|pages=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0700guin/page/187 187]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0700guin/page/187}} The song has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.{{cite web|title=Les chansons qui ont rapporté le plus d'argent à Madonna|date=September 17, 2017 |publisher=Orange S.A.|access-date=June 23, 2021|archive-date=September 19, 2017|url= https://musique.orange.fr/news/les-chansons-qui-ont-rapporte-le-plus-d-argent-a-madonna-CNT000000NDJkl.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919162144/https://musique.orange.fr/news/les-chansons-qui-ont-rapporte-le-plus-d-argent-a-madonna-CNT000000NDJkl.html|language=fr|first=Fabien|last=Gallet}} In the United States, "Hung Up" debuted at twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated November 5, 2005. It became her highest opening position since "Ray of Light" entered the chart at five in 1998. The same week the song entered the Hot Digital Songs chart at number six and became the highest debuting single of the week on the Pop 100 Airplay, where it debuted at number 38.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60884/chart-beat-chat|title=Chart Beat:'Hung,' Grrr!|last=Bronson|first=Fred|date=October 28, 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=September 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920092530/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60884/chart-beat-chat|url-status=live}} On the issue dated December 3, 2005, the song reached a peak of number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, jumping from number 14 from previous week. The song became the chart's greatest digital gainer for that week and claimed the top position on the Hot Digital Songs chart.{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60552/browns-run-it-holds-pace-at-no-1|title=Brown's 'Run It!' Holds Pace At No. 1|last=Hope|first=Clover|date=November 24, 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001080313/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60552/browns-run-it-holds-pace-at-no-1|url-status=live}} It also tied Madonna with Elvis Presley for 36 top ten entries, which was subsequently broken by Madonna's 2008 song "4 Minutes", which peaked at number three on the Hot 100.{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045998/mariah-madonna-make-billboard-chart-history|title=Mariah, Madonna Make Billboard Chart History|last=Pietrolungo|first=Silvio|date=April 2, 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009174513/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045998/mariah-madonna-make-billboard-chart-history|url-status=live}} "Hung Up" debuted at numbers 25 and 10 on the Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts respectively ultimately reaching the top of both.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60983/chart-beat-chat|title=Chart Beat: We Kept Him Hangin' On|last=Bronson|first=Fred|date=October 21, 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=September 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930092122/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60983/chart-beat-chat|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60282/chart-beat|title=Chart Beat: How They Got to 17|last=Bronson|first=Fred|date=December 22, 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=September 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917042145/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60282/chart-beat|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60405/chart-beat|title=Chart Beat: Championship Dancing|last=Bronson|first=Fred|date=December 8, 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=September 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920071552/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60405/chart-beat|url-status=live}} It became the most successful dance song of the 2000s in the United States, by topping the Dance/Club Play Songs Decade-end tally.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end/dance-club-play-songs?year=2009|title=Billboard Charts – Decade-end Singles – Dance/Club Play Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108112432/http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end/dance-club-play-songs?year=2009|archive-date=November 8, 2012}} The song also reached a peak of seven on the Pop 100 chart. In 2008, the single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling at least a million copies in paid digital downloads. As of December 2016, the song has sold 1.4 million digital units in the United States.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7617649/ask-billboard-madonnas-career-album-sales|title=Ask Billboard: Madonna's Career Album Sales|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=December 12, 2016|access-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804030740/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/7617649/ask-billboard-madonnas-career-album-sales/|archive-date=August 4, 2020}}

"Hung Up" became the fastest rising single on radio in Canada, according to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. On the second week itself, the song reached the top of the Contemporary Hit Radio chart of Canada, while reaching the top five of the Adult Contemporary and Canadian Airplay charts.{{cite news|url=http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/people/2005/10/28/6436/Madonna-reaches-1-in-Canada-in-just-two-weeks|title=Madonna reaches #1 in Canada in just two weeks|date=October 28, 2005|access-date=March 30, 2013|work=Dominican Today|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808144551/http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/people/2005/10/28/6436/Madonna-reaches-1-in-Canada-in-just-two-weeks|archive-date=August 8, 2014}} Paul Tuch from Nielsen clarified that "Hung Up" achieved this feat within 10 days only. Consequently, "Hung Up" also peaked atop the Canadian Singles Chart for 14 non-consecutive weeks, and was certified double platinum by Music Canada for sales of 40,000 copies. In Australia, the song debuted atop the ARIA Singles Chart on November 20, 2005, breaking her tie with Kylie Minogue as the female artist with most number-one singles in Australian chart history.{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=ARIA Singles Chart Book 1988–2008|edition=1st|year=2009|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, Victoria|pages=91–92}} It was present within the top 50 of the chart for 23 weeks. The song was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 70,000 copies. "Hung Up" debuted at number 67 in the French singles chart and jumped to the top next week, remaining there for five non-consecutive weeks. It received a gold certification from Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) for sales of 150,000 copies. "Hung Up" reached a peak position of number two in New Zealand.

In the United Kingdom, "Hung Up" debuted at number one on the issue dated November 13, 2005, thus giving Madonna her 11th number one single on this chart.{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60598/madonna-dominates-uk-charts|title=Madonna Dominates U.K. Charts|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=November 21, 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=July 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093033/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60598/madonna-dominates-uk-charts|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60683/madonna-il-divo-lead-uk-charts|title=Madonna, Il Divo Lead U.K. Charts|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=November 14, 2005|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605073725/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60683/madonna-il-divo-lead-uk-charts|url-status=live}} It sold 105,619 copies becoming the first single to sell more than 100,000 copies in a week since Crazy Frog's "Axel F" did it 23 weeks earlier. The first week sales of "Hung Up" were a little lower than Madonna's last UK number one, "Music" (2000), which opened with 114,925 sales, but exceeded her last single "Love Profusion", which debuted at number 11 with 15,361 sales in December 2003.{{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/madonna-and-il-divo-top-charts/034371|title=Madonna and Il Divo top charts|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=November 14, 2005|access-date=March 30, 2013|work=Music Week|archive-date=February 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226024821/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/madonna-and-il-divo-top-charts/034371|url-status=live}} The next week the single had a decline in sales of 43% to 59,969 copies, but remained on the top as Confessions on a Dance Floor debuted atop the UK Albums Chart.{{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/madonna-tops-both-albums-and-singles-charts/034394|title=Madonna tops both albums and singles charts|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=November 21, 2005|access-date=March 30, 2013|work=Music Week|archive-date=February 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226024813/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/madonna-tops-both-albums-and-singles-charts/034394|url-status=live}} It remained at the top position for three weeks and a total of 40 weeks on the Singles Chart. According to the Official Charts Company, by the end of 2005, "Hung Up" was Madonna's biggest selling single with 339,285 copies since "Music" sold 390,624 copies in 2000.{{cite news|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/strokes-take-poll-position-on-albums-chart/029056|title=Strokes take poll position on albums chart|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=January 9, 2006|access-date=March 30, 2013|work=Music Week|archive-date=December 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227050738/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/strokes-take-poll-position-on-albums-chart/029056|url-status=live}} It was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI){{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|title=BPI Certifications Search|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=May 2, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124005813/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|archive-date=January 24, 2013}} and has sold over 730,000 copies in the UK to date. By November 2021, "Hung Up" became her second-most streamed track in the UK, and accumulated sales of 899,000 units including streaming figures according to the Official Charts Company.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/chart-flashback-2005-madonnas-hung-up-was-a-disco-drenched-comeback-for-the-queen-of-pop__34443/|title=Chart Flashback 2005: Madonna's Hung Up was a disco-drenched comeback for the Queen of Pop|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=December 30, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206173251/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/chart-flashback-2005-madonnas-hung-up-was-a-disco-drenched-comeback-for-the-queen-of-pop__34443/|archive-date=December 6, 2021|date=November 19, 2021|first=George|last=Griffiths}} In Ireland, the song debuted at number two on the chart dated November 10, 2005 becoming the highest debut of the week. The song also topped Billboard{{'}}s European Hot 100 Singles chart where it soared from 73 to the top of the chart on the issue dated November 21, 2005. The song was able to peak the charts in almost all the European nations including Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. It was the second-most successful song in 2006 in Europe, behind only Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-12-23.pdf|title=Europe's Top Singles of 2006|magazine=Billboard|volume=118|issue=51|page=38|date=December 23, 2006|access-date=July 27, 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808134207/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-12-23.pdf|url-status=live}}

File:Hungupmusicvideo.jpg while dancing in the ballet studio in the John Travolta and retro inspired "Hung Up" video]]

The music video for "Hung Up" was directed by Johan Renck and filmed in October 2005. Madonna's scenes were filmed in London from October 8–11, with Pineapple Dance Studios being used for the dance studio scenes and the Trocadero being used for the games arcade scenes.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ9RyyLl0Ln/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CQ9RyyLl0Ln |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Madonna Outfits (@madonnaoutfits) |publisher=Instagram |access-date=18 Jul 2021}}{{cbignore}} Though some scenes in the video feature cities like London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai and Tokyo, in reality the actual sets were constructed in Los Angeles and London only. A London suburb was made to look like a Parisian one, where the routine for Parkour takes place, whereas a restaurant in London's Chinatown was used for the Shanghai sequence and Compton stood in for the Bronx. Originally the video for "Hung Up" was to be directed by photographer David LaChapelle. He wanted the video to have a "documentary"-style look, much like that of his 2005 film, Rize, in which five of the dancers from the "Hung Up" video appeared.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539338/vmas-behind-camera-madonna.jhtml|title=With No Director And Broken Ribs, Madonna Was 'Hung Up'|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|date=August 25, 2006|publisher=MTV News|access-date=June 24, 2009|archive-date=September 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925083401/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539338/vmas-behind-camera-madonna.jhtml|url-status=dead}} LaChapelle and Madonna disagreed on the concept, prompting the project to be reassigned to Renck, who worked with Madonna in her video for "Nothing Really Matters". According to an interview with MTV, Renck was directing Kate Moss for a H&M commercial when he received a phone call from Madonna who desperately wanted to work with him. The next day he went to Los Angeles to meet the stylist and the choreographer hired by Madonna, who e-mailed him with her ideas for the video. The director explained that he "kind of liked that we didn't have time to over-think this and be too clever, I like being out on a limb and not know what we're doing and why. Just deal with it, the mayhem, you know?"

Madonna wanted to use a few performers from her tour, such as Daniel "Cloud" Campos, Miss Prissy from LaChapelle's Rize crew and traceur Sebastien Foucan, a practitioner of Parkour, a philosophical French sport. Renck said that "It's not about the music, but the bodily expression, [...] We wanted to show the whole spectrum, be it krumping, breakdancing, jazz or disco." Since they could not shoot all over the world, Madonna wanted the video to have an "omnipresent feel", with the middle section of the song generating a sense of congregation. Renck suggested that they include a boombox, used as a means of uniting everyone and everything since it was through listening to songs on a boombox that street dancing started.

Madonna clarified that the video was a tribute to John Travolta and to dance in general. Her dance moves for the video, which were inspired by Travolta's movies like Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease (1978) and Perfect (1985) took three hours to shoot. Madonna had broken eight bones in a horseback-riding accident a few weeks before shooting the video and faced difficulty doing the steps devised by choreographer Jamie King. Renck said,

"She was such a trooper, [...] She just fell off a horse! [Madonna said] 'If you were a real dance choreographer, you could tell I can't lift my left arm higher than this' — and it was like, what, a 20-centimeter difference? [...] But when she said it 'hurts like f---,' she'd take a break and sit down for two minutes. [Madonna]'I have broken ribs, remember that!' I just can't imagine dancing like that. Talk about priorities."

Madonna was also associated with the editing process of the video. She was Renck's editing supervisor. Madonna wanted a raw documentary look for the video which allowed her to be portrayed more realistically. Regarding the making of "Hung Up", Renck said that it was a massive work to undertake, "It's like you form this little family that's flourished and prospered for the month, and then you chop it down like a tree, [...] You come out with a sense of yearning and longing, like, 'Can we just do that again? Please?'"

The video starts with Madonna entering and turning the lights on in a ballet studio carrying a boombox. She presses the play button on the boombox as the clock ticking sound of the music starts.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/madonna/64760/hung-up.jhtml|title=Hung Up – Madonna music video|publisher=MTV|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312010932/http://www.mtv.com/videos/madonna/64760/hung-up.jhtml|url-status=dead}} Wearing a pink leotard, Madonna starts gyrating to the music while doing warm up exercises. The scene interchanges with a group of people on a rooftop who start dancing to the music while listening to a similar boombox. They also display aspects of the physical discipline Parkour, while climbing over buildings and jumping from staircases. As the song starts, Madonna dances to the music in the ballet studio. The second verse shows her continuing dancing while the people from the street take their boombox and board a taxi. Scenes are interspersed with people dancing in a Chinese restaurant and Parisian streets. In the meantime, Madonna finishes her dances in the ballet studio, drops her towel, changes her clothes and comes out on the street. The people in the taxi, exit the cab and take the Underground instead. After another round of dancing in the train, the intermediate music starts. Madonna is shown hugging, dancing, and conversing with choreographers on a deserted alleyway and riding on a boombox. As the song starts again, Madonna and the people from the street, who act as her background dancers, all dance on a Dancing Stage machine in a gaming parlor. The video ends showing Madonna lying on the ballet studio floor. The video was nominated for five awards at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Female Video, Dance Video, Pop Video, Best Choreography and the Video of the Year award although it did not win any of them.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1537437/shakira-chili-peppers-lead-list-vma-noms.jhtml|title=Shakira, Chili Peppers, Madonna, Panic! Lead List Of Nominees For MTV Video Music Awards|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=July 31, 2006|publisher=MTV News|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=April 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411070438/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1537437/shakira-chili-peppers-lead-list-vma-noms.jhtml|url-status=dead}} In 2009, the video was included on Madonna's compilation, Celebration: The Video Collection.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2009/08/26/madonna-celebration-track-list|title=Madonna's 'Celebration' track list revealed: Are the greatest hits all there?|last=Greenblatt|first=Leah|date=August 26, 2009|access-date=December 30, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-date=January 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116135156/http://www.ew.com/article/2009/08/26/madonna-celebration-track-list/|url-status=live}}

On November 4, 2005, Madonna opened the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards at the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal with her first performance of "Hung Up". She emerged from a glitterball to perform the song while wearing a purple leotard and matching leather boots.{{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/entertainment/295094/madonna_steals_the_show_at_mtv_europe_awards/|title=Madonna steals the show at MTV Europe awards|last=Simpson|first=Ian|date=November 4, 2005|work=RedOrbit|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=September 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915013452/http://www.redorbit.com/news/entertainment/295094/madonna_steals_the_show_at_mtv_europe_awards/|url-status=live}} During next days, Madonna performed "Hung Up" on TV shows such as Wetten, dass..? in Germany, Parkinson in England and Star Academy in France, as well as on the Children in Need 2005 telethon in London.{{Cite web |url=http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-rocks-wetten-das-in-germany |title=Madonna rocks Wetten Das in Germany |access-date=October 31, 2014 |archive-date=November 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102104644/http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-rocks-wetten-das-in-germany |url-status=live |publisher=Madonna.com}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-makes-an-appearance-on-the-parkinson-tv-show-uk |title=Madonna makes an appearance on the Parkinson TV show (UK) |access-date=October 31, 2014 |archive-date=November 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102104632/http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-makes-an-appearance-on-the-parkinson-tv-show-uk |url-status=live |publisher=Madonna.com}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-appears-on-the-star-academy-french-tv-show-and-performs-2-songs-live |title=Madonna appears on the "Star Academy" French TV show and performs 2 songs live. |access-date=October 31, 2014 |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111200821/http://madonna.com/news/title/madonna-appears-on-the-star-academy-french-tv-show-and-performs-2-songs-live |url-status=live |publisher=Madonna.com}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/11_november/19/cin.shtml |title=£17m raised by BBC Children in Need so far. |access-date=October 31, 2014 |archive-date=November 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123060952/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/11_november/19/cin.shtml |url-status=live |publisher=BBC}} She opened her concerts at Koko and G-A-Y nightclubs in London with "Hung Up", respectively on November 15 and 19.{{cite news|last=Hand|first=John|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4441200.stm|title=Madonna's intimate night with her fans|publisher=BBC News|date=November 16, 2005|access-date=February 9, 2014|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031049/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4441200.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-performs-live-from-the-gay-astoria-in-london|title=NMadonna performs live from the G-A-Y Astoria in London|publisher=Madonna.com|access-date=February 9, 2014|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221094821/http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-performs-live-from-the-gay-astoria-in-london|url-status=live}} In December Madonna travelled to Tokyo, Japan, where "Hung Up" was performed on TV show SMAP×SMAP and her concert at Studio Coast.{{Cite web |url=http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-and-smap |title=Madonna & SMAP! |access-date=October 31, 2014 |archive-date=July 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725193338/http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-and-smap |url-status=live |publisher=Madonna.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-performs-live-from-the-studio-coast-club-in-tokyo|title=News > Madonna performs live from the Studio Coast club in Tokyo|publisher=Madonna.com|access-date=February 9, 2014|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221085551/http://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-performs-live-from-the-studio-coast-club-in-tokyo|url-status=live}} On February 8, 2006, Madonna opened the 48th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. She sang the song by pairing up with the fictional animated band Gorillaz.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522950/madonna-perform-with-gorillaz-at-grammys.jhtml|title=Madonna's Oddest Collab Yet: Singer To Perform At Grammys With Gorillaz|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=February 1, 2006|publisher=MTV News|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102084052/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522950/madonna-perform-with-gorillaz-at-grammys.jhtml|url-status=dead}} The band appeared on the stage via a three dimensional technique which projected their holograms on the stage. They performed their song "Feel Good Inc." while rappers De La Soul made a guest appearance.{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/id/11242449|title=U2 dismantles Grammy Awards|last=Terill|first=Mark J.|date=February 9, 2006|work=Today|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=October 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031121229/http://www.today.com/id/11242449|url-status=live}} Madonna then appeared on the stage and started performing the song while interchanging places with the hologram figures of the band.{{cite web|url=http://folkmusic.about.com/od/news/a/06GrammyReview.htm|title=2006 Grammy Review|last=Ruehl|first=Kim|date=March 23, 2006|publisher=About.com|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=April 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414062833/http://folkmusic.about.com/od/news/a/06GrammyReview.htm|url-status=live}} She was later joined by her own group of dancers and the performance was finished on the main stage rather than the virtual screen. Another performance of "Hung Up" came on April 30, 2006, during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58589/coachella-day-two-madonna-makes-it-quick-gnarls-goes-crazy|title=Coachella Day Two: Madonna Makes It Quick, Gnarls Goes 'Crazy'|magazine=Billboard|date=October 9, 2005|access-date=February 9, 2014|archive-date=September 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912224533/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58589/coachella-day-two-madonna-makes-it-quick-gnarls-goes-crazy|url-status=live}}

The song was performed as the last song of her 2006 Confessions Tour. It was performed at the last "disco fever" segment of the tour.{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/madonna/the-confessions-tour.htm|title=Stylus: The Confessions Tour|last=Inksweep|first=Thomas|date=February 2, 2007|work=Stylus Magazine|access-date=June 25, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202065525/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/madonna/the-confessions-tour.htm|archive-date=February 2, 2010}} During the performance, her dancers displayed the Parkour routine all over the stadium as the familiar ABBA sample played. Madonna changed her aerobics costume for a purple leotard.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/24/arts/television/24mado.html?_r=1|title=Listen for the Music, Look for the Muscles|last=Bellafonte|first=Ginia|date=November 24, 2006|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=February 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224081739/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/24/arts/television/24mado.html?_r=1|url-status=live}} As the music progressed, she and her dancers appeared on the center stage and she started singing. During the second verse, she left her sunglasses and jacket and proceeded towards the front of the stage.{{cite book|last=Timmerman|first=Dirk|title=Madonna Live! Secret Re-inventions and Confessions on Tour|publisher=Maklu|year=2007|isbn=978-90-8595-002-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nPI9w9deTIgC&q=madonna+confessions+tour|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=April 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407191537/https://books.google.com/books?id=nPI9w9deTIgC&q=madonna+confessions+tour|url-status=live}} A boombox appeared in the center with Madonna playing with it. The song starts again as balloons fall on the crowd from the top. The finale had Madonna engaging the audience to sing-along with her to the song while making a contest as to which side of the stadium can sing the loudest. Madonna then uttering the line "I'm tired of waiting for you" while the backdrop showed the phrase "Have You Confessed?". The New York Times{{'}} Ginia Belafonte compared this performance with that of Ethel Merman. Slant Magazine commented that the performance reminded Madonna's ability to encapsulate the audience as a part of her performance. On July 7, 2007, Madonna closed her set during the Live Earth concert at the Wembley Stadium in London with "Hung Up".{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/events/live-earth/news/40398-madonna-jump-for-earth|title=Madge closes Live Earth with a bouncing, planet-saving set|last=Lewis|first=Derence|date=July 7, 2007|publisher=MTV UK|access-date=May 21, 2009|archive-date=July 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723211803/http://www.mtv.co.uk/events/live-earth/news/40398-madonna-jump-for-earth|url-status=dead}}

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The song was the fourth track of the Hard Candy promo tour set list in 2008. Madonna wore a shiny black outfit with black tails, Adidas track pants and high-heeled, lace-up boots.{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/music/blog/2008/04/madonna_opens_u.html|title=Madonna Opens Up "Candy" Shop|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|date=April 30, 2008|work=Boston Globe|access-date=April 26, 2009|archive-date=July 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726025039/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/blog/2008/04/madonna_opens_u.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/gonna-make-you-sweat-madonna-at-the-roseland-ballroom/|title=Gonna Make You Sweat|last=Hawgood|first=Alex|date=May 1, 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=January 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111053751/http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/gonna-make-you-sweat-madonna-at-the-roseland-ballroom/|url-status=live}} Madonna dedicated the performance to all the people who had waited outside in the queue to watch the show. She declared that the "noisy, metallic guitar breakdown" symbolised her brain during a long waiting. The song was performed in the futuristic rave with Japanese influences segment of the 2008 Sticky & Sweet Tour.{{cite web|url=http://www.wwd.com/eye/people/madonnas-costumes-for-her-sticky-and-sweet-tour-1703286|title=Madonna's Costumes for Her Sticky and Sweet Tour|last=Bernstein|first=Jacob|date=August 5, 2008|work=Women's Wear Daily|access-date=April 27, 2009|archive-date=August 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805231254/http://www.wwd.com/eye/people/madonnas-costumes-for-her-sticky-and-sweet-tour-1703286|url-status=live}} Madonna wore a futuristic robotic outfit designed by Heatherette, with plates on her shoulder and a wig with long curled hair.{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/06/06/madonnas-gonna-dress-herself-up-in-heatherette-for-sticky-sweet-tour/|title=Madonna's Gonna Dress Herself Up In Heatherette|last=Harris|first=Chris|date=June 6, 2008|publisher=MTV Newsroom|access-date=April 27, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115074525/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/06/06/madonnas-gonna-dress-herself-up-in-heatherette-for-sticky-sweet-tour/|archive-date=January 15, 2009}} The similar heavy-metal version of "Hung Up" was performed but it later gave way to the ABBA music.{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/music/article/Madonna-revs-up-Minute-Maid-crowd-1781811.php|title=Madonna revs up Minute Maid crowd|last=Guerra|first=Joey|date=November 17, 2008|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=April 29, 2009|archive-date=January 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114004614/https://www.chron.com/entertainment/music/article/Madonna-revs-up-Minute-Maid-crowd-1781811.php|url-status=live}} Before starting the performance, she played a capella versions of her older songs on audience demand, mostly "Express Yourself" and "Like a Virgin". However, after that, the electric guitar was played to make noises, which Madonna dedicated to Republican vice-presidential nominee for the 2008 election, Sarah Palin. She said, "I'd like to express myself to Sarah Palin right now. [Playing a screeching note on her guitar] This is the sound of Sarah Palin thinking. [...] Sarah Palin can't come to my party. Sarah Palin can't come to my show. It's nothing personal."{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7666012.stm|title=Rapper Williams joins Madonna gig|date=October 12, 2008|last=Hand|first=John|publisher=BBC|access-date=April 27, 2009|archive-date=October 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010215550/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7666012.stm|url-status=live}} The performance ended with Madonna playing the guitar riff of "A New Level" by heavy-metal band Pantera.{{cite web|url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/featured/that-time-monte-pittman-taught-madonna-a-pantera-riff|title=That Time Monte Pittman Taught Madonna a Pantera Riff|work=Decibel|date=January 20, 2014|access-date=May 18, 2016|archive-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610171719/http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/featured/that-time-monte-pittman-taught-madonna-a-pantera-riff|url-status=live}}

File:MDNA DSCN1076 (7328972404) (cropped2).jpg during the performance of "Hung Up" on 2012's The MDNA Tour]]

For The MDNA Tour of 2012, "Hung Up" was added to the setlist as part of the opening segment, known as Transgression. After performing a fragment of "Papa Don't Preach", several dancers wearing tribal masks, surrounded Madonna, tied her up and proceeded to carry her to the center of the main stage just as the song's opening riffs, underpinned by the dramatic sound of church bells with vocoder vocals, started to play in the background.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Nick|title=Madonna: MDNA Tour|url=http://www.polarimagazine.com/musicreviews/madonna-mdna-tour/|work=Polari Magazine|date=July 17, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-date=October 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030075456/http://www.polarimagazine.com/musicreviews/madonna-mdna-tour/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/madonna-mdma-tour-gains-extra-oomph-blown-up-version-yankee-stadium-article-1.1154026|title=MDNA Tour Review: Introducing Jihad Madonna|last=Elis|first=Niv|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=March 23, 2013|work=The Jerusalem Post|archive-date=September 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909185334/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/madonna-mdma-tour-gains-extra-oomph-blown-up-version-yankee-stadium-article-1.1154026|url-status=live}} Dressed in a black skintight outfit with an ample cleavage, gloves of the same color and heeled boots, Madonna and her dancers performed the song while at the same time slacklining on some ropes held on the middle of the stage.{{cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1686238/madonna-mdna-tour-kickoff.jhtml|title=Madonna Kicks Off MDNA Tour Wrapped In Israeli Flag|publisher=MTV News|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=July 10, 2012|archive-date=July 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705154504/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1686238/madonna-mdna-tour-kickoff.jhtml|url-status=dead}} As Madonna sang the song, her dancers slid under the ropes.{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2012/09/05/madonna-does-her-way-high-energy-garden-show/uK7PpVWSeM379PBinDxZdN/story.html|title=Madonna does it her way at high-energy Garden show|author=Sarah Rodman|work=The Boston Globe|date=September 5, 2012|access-date=September 5, 2012|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921130215/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2012/09/05/madonna-does-her-way-high-energy-garden-show/uK7PpVWSeM379PBinDxZdN/story.html|url-status=live}} This performance received generally mixed reviews, Jon Pareles from The New York Times believed that changing the composition of the song in lieu of the theme for the segment made it "ominous and obsessive", while making it "a memory of distant innocence".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/arts/music/in-newest-spectacle-madonna-morphs-but-refuses-to-give-in.html|title=A Pop Queen Flaunts Her Toned Maturity|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=August 29, 2012|access-date=March 12, 2013|work=The New York Times|archive-date=August 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829202402/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/arts/music/in-newest-spectacle-madonna-morphs-but-refuses-to-give-in.html|url-status=live}} Jim Farber from the Daily News felt that the introduction of slacklining gave the whole tour "some needed bounce".{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/madonna-mdma-tour-gains-extra-oomph-blown-up-version-yankee-stadium-article-1.1154026|title=Madonna's 'MDNA' tour gains extra oomph with blown-up version at Yankee Stadium|last=Farber|first=Jim|date=September 7, 2012|access-date=March 13, 2013|work=New York Daily News|archive-date=September 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909185334/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/madonna-mdma-tour-gains-extra-oomph-blown-up-version-yankee-stadium-article-1.1154026|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Riedel|first=Charlie|title=The niche fitness movement Madonna made mainstream|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2012/09/12/the_niche_fitness_movement_madonna_made_mainstream.html|work=Toronto Star|date=December 9, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-date=April 11, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411231359/http://www.thestar.com/life/2012/09/12/the_niche_fitness_movement_madonna_made_mainstream.html|url-status=live}} Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine was negative on his review of the performance, as he felt it was out of place on the show's segment, and compared it negatively to the performance of the Sticky & Sweet Tour, concluding that the song "should never be performed in any way other than its original form."{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/madonna-new-york-ny-september-6-2012/323|title=Madonna (New York, NY – September 6, 2012)|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=September 7, 2012|work=Slant Magazine|access-date=March 13, 2013|archive-date=July 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726215821/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/madonna-new-york-ny-september-6-2012/323|url-status=live}} The performance of the song at the November 19–20, 2012 shows in Miami, at the American Airlines Arena, were recorded and released in Madonna's fourth live album, MDNA World Tour.{{cite AV media notes|title=MDNA World Tour|others=Madonna|year=2013|type=CD, DVD, Blu-ray|publisher=Interscope Records|id=602537507054}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mdna-world-tour-mw0002577721|title=MDNA World Tour – Madonna|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|date=September 10, 2013|access-date=June 22, 2014|website=AllMusic|archive-date=May 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511005131/http://www.allmusic.com/album/mdna-world-tour-mw0002577721|url-status=live}}

On April 13, 2015, Madonna made a surprise appearance at the Coachella Festival and performed a medley of her 1994 song "Human Nature" and "Hung Up" during Drake's act, sporting thigh-high boots and a tank top that read "Big as Madonna". She then went on to kiss Drake, whose shocked expression went viral on the Internet.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/6531588/drake-sucks-face-with-madonna-during-hit-heavy-coachella|title=Drake Sucks Face with Madonna During Hit-and-Miss Coachella Set|last1=Horowitz|first1=Steven J.|date=April 13, 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 14, 2015|archive-date=May 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520061312/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/6531588/drake-sucks-face-with-madonna-during-hit-heavy-coachella|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/article/madonna-drake-coachella-kiss-make-out-photo|title=Madonna Makes Out with Drake at Coachella: See His Shocked Reaction|last1=Andriakos|first1=Jacqueline|date=April 13, 2015|magazine=People|access-date=May 14, 2015|archive-date=April 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413225655/http://www.people.com/article/madonna-drake-coachella-kiss-make-out-photo|url-status=live}} The rapper then revealed that he actually enjoyed the kiss, posting a picture of the moment to his Instagram account which read: "Don't misinterpret my shock!! I got to make out with the queen Madonna and I feel 100 about that forever".{{cite web|last1=Duboff|first1=Josh|title=Drake Says We Shouldn't "Misinterpret His Shock" After Kissing Madonna|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/04/drake-madonna-kiss-coachella-instagram-explanation|work=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 18, 2018|date=April 14, 2015|archive-date=March 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309035235/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/04/drake-madonna-kiss-coachella-instagram-explanation|url-status=live}} The singer also performed an a cappella version of the song on her Rebel Heart Tour in Hong Kong on 17 February 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=png69TMe2gY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/png69TMe2gY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Madonna – Hung Up (Rebel Heart Tour)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=October 11, 2021|date=November 10, 2020}}{{cbignore}}

On June 24, 2021, the singer made a surprise appearance at a pride party at the Boom Boom Room of New York's The Standard hotel and performed the song on top of the lounge's bar; she wore a see-through mesh top, leather shorts, a vintage Jean Paul Gaultier corset, a blue wig and long pink fingerless gloves.{{Cite web|url=https://gothammag.com/madonna-boom-boom-room-standard-pride-pictures|title=Madonna Rocked the Standard for Pride, Sold $10k Selfie}} In June 2022, to accompany the remix album release, Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, Madonna performed at Pride at the Women of the World Party in New York City. She performed a dembow, house-infused remix of "Hung Up", sharing a French kiss with Tokischa, in a similar fashion to her kiss with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.{{cite web |last=Shatto |first=Rachel |title=Madonna & Tokischa's Steamy Pride Concert Makeout Left Us Breathless |url=https://www.pride.com/celebrities/2022/6/27/madonna-tokischas-steamy-pride-concert-makeout-left-us-breathless |publisher=Pride.com |access-date=July 26, 2022 |date=June 27, 2022 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701030425/https://www.pride.com/celebrities/2022/6/27/madonna-tokischas-steamy-pride-concert-makeout-left-us-breathless |url-status=live }} During the Celebration Tour of 2023–24, a mash-up of "Hung Up" and its remix, "Hung Up on Tokischa", was performed by Madonna amid topless dancers; Tokischa made an appearance on video.

In 2022, Madonna recorded a dembow remix of "Hung Up" with Dominican rapper Tokischa, newly titled "Hung Up on Tokischa".{{cite web|url=https://www.europafm.com/noticias/musica/historia-detras-exito-dance-hung-madonna-sample-abba-remix-tokisha_2022091963248dc7c8897200016e1e32.html|title=La historia detrás del éxito dance 'Hung Up' de Madonna: de un sample de ABBA al remix con Tokischa|first=Carmen|last=Basanta|publisher=Europa FM|date=September 19, 2022|access-date=October 18, 2022|language=es}} It features samples of Madonna's vocals from the original version in addition to new Spanish language verses written by Tokischa. It was released by Warner Records for digital download and streaming on September 16, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20220921/madonna-estrena-videoclip-hung-up-tokischa/2403098.shtml|title=Madonna estrena el videoclip del remix "Hung up" con la rapera Tokischa|author1=RTVE|author2=EFE|publisher=RTVE|date=September 21, 2022|access-date=October 18, 2022|language=es}} Madonna and Tokischa first performed the song in June 2022 at Terminal 5 during the New York City Pride.{{cite web|url=https://billboard.com.ar/madonna-presento-una-compilacion-de-su-carrera-en-finally-enough-love/|title=Madonna presentó una compilación de su carrera en "Finally Enough Love"|date=July 1, 2022|author=Billboard Argentina Staff|magazine=Billboard Argentina|access-date=October 19, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pride.com/gay-celebrities/madonna-tokischa-remix|title=Madonna Gets Freaky With Tokischa in New 'Hung Up' Remix Video|first=Rachel|last=Kiley|publisher=Pride.com|access-date=October 30, 2022|date=September 21, 2022}}

The song's accompanying music video was directed by Sasha Kasiuha and filmed in Washington Heights in New York City in early September 2022.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/madonna-locks-lips-with-rapper-tokischa-in-new-music-video/|title=Madonna Locks Lips with Dominican Rapper Tokischa in New Music Video for Remix of 2005's 'Hung Up'|date=September 21, 2022|first=Daniela|last=Avila|magazine=People|access-date=October 18, 2022}} The video portrays Madonna and Tokischa caressing each other in suggestive positions of perreando style between an altar.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-10/madonna-gay-tiktok-reaction-queerbaiting-support|title='Madonna is gay?' Fans and critics are hung up on the pop icon's cryptic TikTok|first=Alexandra|last=del Rosario|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 19, 2022|date=October 10, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://los40.com/los40/2022/09/21/videoclips/1663758648_840247.html|title=Madonna y Tokischa se lo montan delante del niño Jesús en 'Hung Up Remix'|first=Alberto|last=Palao Murcia|publisher=Los 40|date=September 21, 2022|access-date=October 18, 2022|language=es}} Rachel Kiley from Pride.com described it as a "raunchy romp" that leaves "very little to the imagination". The song was nominated at the 2023 Premios Juventud in the category Girl Power.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/espanol/musica/premios-juventud-2023-lista-completa-ganadores-1235375845/|title=Shakira gran ganadora de Premios Juventud 2023, con 8 premios: Lista completa|magazine=Billboard|date=July 20, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721113636/https://www.billboard.com/espanol/musica/premios-juventud-2023-lista-completa-ganadores-1235375845/|archive-date=July 21, 2023|language=es|author-link=Leila Cobo|first=Leila|last=Cobo}}

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• Benelux and French 2-track CD single; UK 2-track single CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=UK 2-track CD1 single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=9362 42848-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=9362 42848-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=French CD single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=5439158962}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=WPCR-12187}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=9362428482}}

1. "Hung Up" (Radio Version) – 3:23
2. "Hung Up" ((Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove Edit) – 4:16

• Asian, Argentine, Australian, European, French, Japanese, South African CD maxi-single; UK maxi-single CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=9362 42848-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=9362 42848-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=French CD single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=5439158962}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=WPCR-12187}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=9362428482}}

1. "Hung Up" (Radio Version) – 3:23
2. "Hung Up" (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove Edit) – 4:16
3. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Vocal) – 7:57

• Canadian, European and US CD maxi-single{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=US Maxi-single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=42845-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=European CD maxi-single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=9362 42845-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=Canadian Maxi-single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=CDW 42845}}

1. "Hung Up" (Radio Version) – 3:23
2. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Vocal) – 7:57
3. "Hung Up" (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove Edit) – 4:15
4. "Hung Up" (Bill Hamel Remix) – 6:58
5. "Hung Up" (Chus & Ceballos Remix) – 10:21
6. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Dub) – 7:57

• European and UK 12-inch vinyl single{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=UK 12" single liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=9362 42871-0}}

1. "Hung Up" (Album Version) – 5:38
2. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Dub) – 7:57
3. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Vocal) – 7:57
4. "Hung Up" (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove Edit) – 4:15

• European and US 2×12-inch vinyl{{cite AV media notes|title=Hung Up|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=US 2×12-inch vinyl liner notes|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=0-42845}}

1. "Hung Up" (Album Version) – 5:38
2. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Vocal) – 7:57
3. "Hung Up" (Bill Hamel Remix) – 6:58
4. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Dub) – 7:57
5. "Hung Up" (DJ Chus & Ceballos Remix) – 10:21
6. "Hung Up" (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove) – 9:03

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• Digital single{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/confessions-on-a-dance-floor-single/81858559|title=Hung Up|publisher=Apple Music|accessdate=October 17, 2005}}

1. "Hung Up" (Radio Version) – 3:23

• Digital 3-track single{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/hung-up-single/91206541|title=Hung Up|publisher=Apple Music|accessdate=October 17, 2005}}

1. "Hung Up" (Radio Version) – 3:23
2. "Hung Up" (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove Edit) – 4:16
3. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Vocal) – 7:57

• Digital EP 1{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/hung-up-ep/95777147|title=Hung Up|publisher=Apple Music|accessdate=October 17, 2005}}

1. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Vocal Edit) – 5:58
2. "Hung Up" (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove Edit) – 4:16
3. "Hung Up" (Bill Hamel Remix Edit) – 5:00
4. "Hung Up" (Chus & Ceballos Remix Edit) – 5:01

• Digital EP 2 (DJ version){{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hung-Up-DMD-Maxi-DJ-Version/dp/B0012250WI|title=Hung Up (DJ Version) by Madonna on Amazon Music|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=December 20, 2005}}

1. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Vocal) – 7:57
2. "Hung Up" (Tracy Young's Get Up and Dance Groove) – 9:03
3. "Hung Up" (Bill Hamel Remix) – 6:59
4. "Hung Up" (Chus & Ceballos Remix) – 9:41
5. "Hung Up" (SDP Extended Dub) – 7:57

• Digital download – Free on Madonna's official mailing list, March 2006{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/22928201-Madonna-Hung-Up-Archigram-Remix|title=Madonna – Hung Up (Archigram Remix)|website=Discogs|date=March 2006 |access-date=2024-12-23}}

1. "Hung Up" (Archigram Remix) – 6:59

• Digital single – 2022 remix{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BF8JFJ3Q/|title=Hung Up on Tokischa by Madonna and Tokischa on Amazon Music|website=Amazon|access-date=2022-10-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0lJ8KgNF2nzGoCv2yfrBxQ|title=Hung Up on Tokischa|website=Spotify|access-date=2022-10-18}}

1. "Hung Up on Tokischa" (with Tokischa) – 3:21

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Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Confessions on a Dance Floor|others=Madonna|year=2005|type=liner notes|author=Warner Bros. Records|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|id=9362-49460-2}}

• Madonna – lead vocals, songwriter, producer
• Stuart Price – songwriter, producer
• Benny Andersson – songwriter
• Björn Ulvaeus – songwriter
• Giovanni Bianco – cover artwork
• Lorenzo Irico – digital imaging
• Steven Klein – photography
• Andy LeCompte – hair and makeup

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{{Certification Table Entry |region=Belgium |type=single |award=Platinum |relyear=2005 |certyear=2006|access-date=June 4, 2015}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=Canada |artist=Madonna |title=Hung Up |type=single |award=Platinum |number=2 |relyear=2005 |digital=true |refname="cria"|access-date=June 4, 2015|certyear=2006}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Madonna|title=Sorry|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2005|number=3|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=content%2Fguld-og-platin-novemberdecemberjanuar|title=GULD OG PLATIN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUAR|publisher=IFPI Denmark |access-date=January 14, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714103453/http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=content%2Fguld-og-platin-novemberdecemberjanuar |archive-date=July 14, 2018}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=France |artist=Madonna |title=Hung Up |type=single |award=Gold|source=infodisc|relyear=2005 |certyear=2012 |salesamount=500,000|salesref=Claimed sales in France for "Hung Up"

• {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yt9t9H2GWkMC|title=L'âge de Peer: quand le choix du gratuit rapporte gros|publisher=Pearson Education France|first=Alban|last=Martin|access-date=March 4, 2023|language=fr|date=2006|page=25|isbn=9782744062469 }}
• {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPgykIzyUyAC|title=Création et diversité au miroir des industries culturelles: actes des journées d'économie de la culture des 12 et 13 janvier 2006|publisher=Documentation française|first=Xavier|last=Greffe|access-date=March 4, 2023|language=fr|date=2006|page=94|isbn=9782110961976 |quote=l'opération France Telecom / Warner Music / Madonna a conduit à plus de 500 000 ventes en ligne}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93671.html|title=Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du 21ème siècle : le récap !|publisher=Charts in France|editor=Pure Charts|access-date=June 23, 2021|language=fr|date=September 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210120626/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93671.html|archive-date=December 10, 2014|url-status=live}}|refname=snep|access-date=August 23, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=Germany |artist=Madonna |title=Hung Up |type=single |award=Gold |number=3 |relyear=2005|access-date=June 4, 2015|salesamount=500,000|salesref={{cite news|title=ABBA revient : cinq choses à savoir sur le groupe mythique (3 Madonna privilégiée)|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/culture/musique/abba-revient-cinq-choses-a-savoir-sur-le-groupe-mythique-5689975.php|work=Sud Ouest|date=September 3, 2021|access-date=December 30, 2021|language=fr|first=Alexandre|last=Camino|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906020815/https://www.sudouest.fr/culture/musique/abba-revient-cinq-choses-a-savoir-sur-le-groupe-mythique-5689975.php|archive-date=September 6, 2021}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Madonna|title=Hung Up|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|certyear=2023|access-date=October 30, 2023|refname="fimi"|salesamount=200,000|salesref={{efn|By January 2006, "Hung Up" had sold 100,000 units in Italy.{{cite web|title=Oltre due milioni di canzoni disponibili in rete|url=https://www.fimi.it/news/supera-il-miliardo-di-dollari-di-fatturato-la-musica-digitale.kl|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI)|date=January 19, 2006|access-date=January 3, 2022|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924145121/https://www.fimi.it/news/supera-il-miliardo-di-dollari-di-fatturato-la-musica-digitale.kl|archive-date=September 24, 2020}} Since 2009, it has registered additional 100,000 units in combined sales and streaming figures, for which it was certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry (FIMI) in 2023.}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=Japan |artist=Madonna |title=Hung Up |type=single |award=Platinum |relyear=2005|certyear=2014|certmonth=2|digital=true|note=Digital|access-date=September 11, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|certmonth=12|relyear=2005|certyear=2006|title=Hung Up|artist=Madonna|type=ringtone|award=Platinum|number=2|note=Ringtone|access-date=September 11, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Madonna|title=Hung Up|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|access-date=December 18, 2024|certyear=2023|source=radioscope}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|nocert=true|salesamount=46,000|salesref={{cite web|title=Mobilmusikk danker ut CD-singler|url=https://www.tek.no/nyheter/nyhet/i/XgeKbn/mobilmusikk-danker-ut-cd-singler|publisher=Tek.no|work=Verdens Gang|date=December 30, 2005|access-date=March 24, 2021|language=no|first=Janne|last=Bjergli|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210324004502/https://www.tek.no/nyheter/nyhet/i/XgeKbn/mobilmusikk-danker-ut-cd-singler|archive-date=March 24, 2021}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2024|artist=Madonna |title=Hung Up|accessdate=January 13, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=Sweden |type=single |award=Platinum |number=3 |relyear=2005 |certyear=2008 |access-date=June 4, 2015}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=Switzerland |artist=Madonna |title=Hung Up |type=single |award=Gold |relyear=2005|access-date=June 4, 2015}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|title=Hung Up|artist=Madonna|award=Platinum|number=2 |relyear=2005|id=11759-2003-1|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/madonnas-lead-singles-ranked__26119/|title=Madonna's lead singles ranked|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=April 24, 2019|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=April 24, 2019|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123000034/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/madonnas-lead-singles-ranked__26119/|url-status=live}}|refname="bpi2"|access-date=November 29, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry |region=United States |artist=Madonna |title=Hung Up |type=single |award=Platinum |relyear=2005 |certyear=2008 |salesamount=1,400,000 |salesref=|refname="riaa"|access-date=June 4, 2015}}

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