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Hung Up is de eerste single van Madonna's tiende studioalbum Confessions on a Dance Floor. Het werd uitgebracht in 2005 en bereikte in Nederland de #1-positie. Het is Madonna's eerste notering in 2 jaar tijd (haar laatste hit was de gastbijdrage op Me Against the Music van Britney Spears). Het lied werd eerst als download aangeboden voor het op single werd gezet, iets dat Madonna eerder weigerde te doen. Het nummer heeft zeven weken de Nederlandse Top 40 aangevoerd en is daarmee de op vier na grootste nummer 1-hit van een solozangeres in Nederland. Het was 18 jaar en 82 dagen geleden dat Madonna op nummer 1 stond, toen met Who's that girl. In de Single Top 100 stond het 21 weken genoteerd, waarvan 4 weken op de eerste plaats. Hung Up stond in 42 landen op nummer 1.

"Hung Up" is a song by American singer Madonna from her tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Initially used in a number of television advertisements and serials, the song was released as the album's lead single on October 17, 2005. Written and produced by Madonna in collaboration with Stuart Price, "Hung Up" prominently features a sample from an instrumental section of ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", for which Madonna personally sought permission from its songwriters, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. This is one of the few times Andersson and Ulvaeus have given permission to sample one of their songs, following "Rumble in the Jungle" by the Fugees and "Fly with Me" by 98 Degrees.

Musically, the song is influenced by pop music from the 1980s, 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. "Hung Up" received critical praise from reviewers, who considered it among Madonna's best dance tracks and believed that the track would restore her popularity, which had diminished following the release of her 2003 album American Life. "Hung Up" became a global commercial success, peaking atop the charts of 41 countries and earning a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. It was Madonna's 36th top ten single on the Billboard Hot 100, tying her with Elvis Presley as the artist with most top ten entries. It also became the most successful dance song of the decade in the United States. "Hung Up" has sold over five million copies worldwide.

The music video is a tribute to John Travolta and 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, the London Underground and a London nightclub. Madonna has performed the song in a number of live appearances, including as the final number of 2006's Confessions Tour, and heavy metal-inspired arrangement in the 2008 leg of the Sticky & Sweet Tour. The MDNA Tour of 2012 saw the singer performing the song while slacklining, while during the Celebration Tour of 2023–2024, it was remixed with "Hung Up on Tokischa" and performed amid topless dancers.