Hung Up (Paul Weller song)

"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

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

  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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