This song was pretty much a 180 from the American Life album – Madonna was ready to dance again. This song is pure fun and practically dares you not to want to tap your feet and sing along. The Abba sample is just perfect – enough to pay homage, but not too much that the song loses its originality. The seventies disco scene is certainly an inspiration in this song and the Confessions album as a whole and convincingly so. Madonna sounds nostalgic but also manages to also sound young and fresh at the same time – no easy feat. The lyrics here are pretty basic and she even recycles some from LAP’s Love Song of all places but they suit the playfulness and attitude of the song just fine. I love the chant of “Time goes by so slowly” and the slow building musical break before the final choruses is just genius. Judging from the recent interpretations on tour, I think it works best in its original form – why mess with perfection, right?

What do you think of this song? Hung up or Hang it up?