Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate
Madonna’s “Hung Up” (2005) is built on ABBA’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” (1979) — a sample that travelled 26 years to get there. In SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE we spin the original and ask you to name the hit that flipped it. This one lives in the beginner crate, worth 1 point in party mode.
The original record
ABBA · 1979
The hit that sampled it
Madonna · 2005
Cue up “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” and listen at 00:18–00:35 — that’s the passage Madonna lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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