"Hung Up" is a pop song written by American singer-songwriter Madonna, Stuart Price, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and produced by Madonna and Price. The song was released in October 2005, the first single to be lifted from Madonna's tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor. The song received extremely positive reviews, and has become one of the most successful singles of all time, reaching number one in a record-breaking 45 countries. It easily became, worldwide, the most successful, and highest-selling single of the singer's career. According to the United World Chart, it is the fourth most successful song since 1999 and the forty-third most successful song in music history. The song is the seventh most successful single by a female artist and thirteenth best-selling single in Europe.
