Does Hung up by Madonna Sample Abba?
Written and Produced by Madonna in Collaboration with Stuart Price, "Hung Up" Prominently Features a Sample from the Instrumental Introduction to Abba's Single...
Written and produced by Madonna in collaboration with Stuart Price, "Hung Up" prominently features a sample from the instrumental introduction to ABBA's single "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", for which Madonna personally sought permission from its songwriters, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
What ABBA songs have been sampled?
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ( A Man After Midnight) (1979)
- Hung Up by Madonna (2005)
- Bob Marley by Gucci Mane (2013)
- Pump Up (Gimme Gimme Gimme) by Team X (2005)
Does ABBA let people sample their songs?
They never let anyone sample their music. They could have said no. Thank God they didn't.” Andersson was recently quoted as saying: “We get so many requests from people wanting to use our tracks but we normally say no.
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