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Hang It Up
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Wikipedia article
"'Hang It Up'" is a song by English musical duo The Ting Tings, released as the lead single from their second studio album 'Sounds from Nowheresville'. It was released as a download on 27 December 2011.[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/hang-it-up-single/id485652734 iTunes (UK) - Hang It Up] It was the first song they had released since "Hands" in October 2010. The song was recorded during recording sessions in Spain in 2011. Four remixes of the song are included on the deluxe edition of the 'Sounds from Nowheresville' album. Two of these remixes are submissions from the 'Show Us Yours' competition that was held in conjunction with their 2011 UK Tour which allowed fans to create both original artwork and their own remixes of 'Hang It Up'. The song is featured in the episode "Gone Maybe Gone" of 'Gossip Girl'.
Music video
The video for "Hang It Up" was uploaded to the band's YouTube channel on 18 October 2011.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/gHzgzN9H6QM Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20111021192131/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzgzN9H6QM&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]: The video was filmed in Alicante, Spain and shows the duo performing the song in a skateboard park. A video of The Ting Tings performing "Hang It Up" live in Paris was uploaded to the band's YouTube channel on 11 November 2011.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/3ra0iBKjK1g Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426232800/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ra0iBKjK1g&;amp;feature=youtube_gdata Wayback Machine]:
Samples
The main drum sample comes from "The Big Beat", a song by Billy Squier from 1980.
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Category:2012 singles
Category:The Ting Tings songs
Category:2011 songs
Category:Songs written by Katie White
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Songs written by Jules De Martino
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