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{{Infobox song
| Name = Hung Up
| name = Hung Up
| Cover = Hung Up (Paul Weller song).jpg
| cover = Hung Up (Paul Weller song).jpg
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| Artist = [[Paul Weller]]
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| type = single
| Released = 1994
| artist = [[Paul Weller]]
| Format = [[Compact Disc single|CD single]]
| album = [[Wild Wood]]
| released = {{start date|1994|3|28|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=23|date=26 March 1994}}</ref>
| Recorded = 2005
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| Writer = Paul Weller
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| length = 2:42
| label = [[Go! Discs]]
| Last single =
| writer = Paul Weller
| This single =
| producer = Paul Weller, [[Brendan Lynch (music producer)|Brendan Lynch]]
| Next single =
| prev_title = [[Wild Wood (Paul Weller song)|Wild Wood]]
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = [[Out of the Sinking]]
| next_year = 1994
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'''"Hung Up"''' is a 1994 [[Paul Weller]] song. The song was Weller's first Top 10 hit for seven years.<ref>John Reed Paul Weller: My Ever Changing Moods 2005- Page 227 "Recorded in just three days, this slow, plaintive song crystallised Weller's new-found popularity with his first Top 10 hit for seven years. Spoilt only by a slightly stodgy production, 'Hung Up' attracted comparisons with The Beatles' 'Let It Be' and</ref> The song is written from the viewpoint of an old man refusing to admit defeat.<ref>Paolo Hewitt - Paul Weller - The Changing Man 2011 "Although time, much to his immense anger and disgust, is robbing Paul of his hair, he refuses to admit defeat and cut it. Like the old man in his song Hung Up, he will keep on going until he reaches his very bitter ends. "</ref>The lyrics begin "Hidden in the back scat of my head Some. place I can't remember where."<ref>''Suburban 100'' 2010- Page 144 "Paul Weller. HUNG UP (1994) Hidden in the back scat of my head Some. place I can't remember where. 1 Found it just by coincidence And now l'rn all hung up again just like a soldier from the past Who won't be told it's over yet Refusing to ...</ref>


"'''Hung Up'''" is a song by British singer-songwriter [[Paul Weller]] released in March 1994. The song reached number 11 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in April 1994, making it Weller's highest-charting solo single at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11609/paul-weller/|title=Paul Weller|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> The single was re-released as a track on ''[[Modern Classics: The Greatest Hits]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Richards|first=Fran|journal=Skiing|date=March–April 1999|title=Spring Break Picks – Paul Weller, ''Modern Classics''|volume=51|issue=7|page=46}}</ref>
The single was re-released as a track on [[Modern Classics: The Greatest Hits]].<ref>Skiing - Mar-Apr 1999 "Paul Weller, Modern Classics ... blues-rock of Small Faces; "You Do Something to Me" and "Above the Clouds" give a nod to Marvin Gaye; "Hung Up" and "Wild Wood" recall the layered harmonies of Neil Young's best work."</ref>

==Lyrical content==
The song is written from the viewpoint of an old man refusing to admit defeat.<ref>{{cite book|first=Paolo|last=Hewitt|title=Paul Weller: The Changing Man|year=2011|page=304|publisher=[[Random House]]|isbn=978-1446497753}}</ref> The lyrics begin "Hidden in the back seat of my head / Some place, I can't remember where."<ref>{{cite book|last=Weller|first=Paul|title=Suburban 100|year=2012|publisher=[[Random House]]|page=144|isbn=978-1409022640}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 20:04, 30 October 2023

"Hung Up"
Single by Paul Weller
from the album Wild Wood
Released28 March 1994 (1994-03-28)[1]
Length2:42
LabelGo! Discs
Songwriter(s)Paul Weller
Producer(s)Paul Weller, Brendan Lynch
Paul Weller singles chronology
"Wild Wood"
(1993) 		"Hung Up"
(1994) 		"Out of the Sinking"
(1994)

"Hung Up" is a song by British singer-songwriter Paul Weller released in March 1994. The song reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1994, making it Weller's highest-charting solo single at the time.[2] The single was re-released as a track on Modern Classics: The Greatest Hits.[3]

Lyrical content

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The song is written from the viewpoint of an old man refusing to admit defeat.[4] The lyrics begin "Hidden in the back seat of my head / Some place, I can't remember where."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 26 March 1994. p. 23.
  2. ^ "Paul Weller". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. ^ Richards, Fran (March–April 1999). "Spring Break Picks – Paul Weller, Modern Classics". Skiing. 51 (7): 46.
  4. ^ Hewitt, Paolo (2011). Paul Weller: The Changing Man. Random House. p. 304. ISBN 978-1446497753.
  5. ^ Weller, Paul (2012). Suburban 100. Random House. p. 144. ISBN 978-1409022640.


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