ChuckD
The Gay Lord of Freestyle
GUNG HO ON 'HUNG': Madonna made her Billboard Hot 100 debut 22 years and one week ago with "Holiday." This week, she scores her 51st chart entry as "Hung Up" (Maverick) makes a lofty entrance at No. 20. It's the seventh Madonna song to debut in the top 20, and the first since "Ray of Light" beamed onto the list at No. 5 the week of July 11, 1998.
Madonna's highest-raking debuts to date are:
"Ray of Light," debuted at No. 5 (1998)
"You'll See," No. 8 (1995)
"Frozen," No. 8 (1998)
"Erotica," No. 13 (1992)
"Rescue Me," No. 15 (1991)
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina," No. 17 (1997)
"Hung Up," No. 20 (2005)
"Hung Up" is the fifth single to debut in the top 20 in 2005. The top five debuts of the year are:
"Inside Your Heaven," Carrie Underwood (No. 1)
"Inside Your Heaven," Bo Bice (No. 2)
"Speed of Sound," Coldplay (No. 8)
"American Baby," Dave Matthews Band (No. 19)
"Hung Up," Madonna (No. 20)
"Hung Up" is already Madonna's highest-charting single since "Die Another Day" peaked at No. 8 the week of Nov. 9, 2002. Of Madonna's 51 chart entries, 42 have placed in the top 20. If "Hung Up" continues its journey up the Hot 100, it could become the 36th Madonna song to land in the top 10.
"Hung Up" brings two familiar names back to the Hot 100 after an absence of 20 years and four months. Since "Hung Up" is based on ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson are included in the songwriting credits. This marks their first appearance on the Hot 100 since 2000, when the A-Teens' remake of "Dancing Queen" peaked at No. 95. Before that, the two male members of ABBA were last on the chart in 1985, when Murray Head went to No. 3 with "One Night in Bangkok," from the musical "Chess."
As songwriters, Ulvaeus and Andersson have a chart span that is now extended to 31 years and five months, dating back to the June 1, 1974, debut of ABBA's "Waterloo" on the Hot 100.
Madonna's highest-raking debuts to date are:
"Ray of Light," debuted at No. 5 (1998)
"You'll See," No. 8 (1995)
"Frozen," No. 8 (1998)
"Erotica," No. 13 (1992)
"Rescue Me," No. 15 (1991)
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina," No. 17 (1997)
"Hung Up," No. 20 (2005)
"Hung Up" is the fifth single to debut in the top 20 in 2005. The top five debuts of the year are:
"Inside Your Heaven," Carrie Underwood (No. 1)
"Inside Your Heaven," Bo Bice (No. 2)
"Speed of Sound," Coldplay (No. 8)
"American Baby," Dave Matthews Band (No. 19)
"Hung Up," Madonna (No. 20)
"Hung Up" is already Madonna's highest-charting single since "Die Another Day" peaked at No. 8 the week of Nov. 9, 2002. Of Madonna's 51 chart entries, 42 have placed in the top 20. If "Hung Up" continues its journey up the Hot 100, it could become the 36th Madonna song to land in the top 10.
"Hung Up" brings two familiar names back to the Hot 100 after an absence of 20 years and four months. Since "Hung Up" is based on ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson are included in the songwriting credits. This marks their first appearance on the Hot 100 since 2000, when the A-Teens' remake of "Dancing Queen" peaked at No. 95. Before that, the two male members of ABBA were last on the chart in 1985, when Murray Head went to No. 3 with "One Night in Bangkok," from the musical "Chess."
As songwriters, Ulvaeus and Andersson have a chart span that is now extended to 31 years and five months, dating back to the June 1, 1974, debut of ABBA's "Waterloo" on the Hot 100.