"Hang It Up" is a song by English musical duo
The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings are an English indie pop duo from Salford, Greater Manchester formed in 2007. The band consists of Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drums, bass guitar, cowbells) and Jules De Martino (drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, ...
, released as the lead single from their second studio album ''
Sounds from Nowheresville
''Sounds from Nowheresville'' is the second studio album by English indie pop duo The Ting Tings, released on 24 February 2012 by Columbia Records. It was by preceded the lead single " Hang It Up", which was released on 27 December 2011. Althoug ...
''. It was released as a download on 27 December 2011.
Release
The song was released as a remix single and four of the remixes 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'.
Uses in Media
The song was featured in the episode "
Gone Maybe Gone" of ''
Gossip Girl
''Gossip Girl'' is an American teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, ran on The CW network for six sea ...
''.
Music video
The video for "Hang It Up" was uploaded to the band's YouTube channel on 18 October 2011. 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.
Samples
The main drum sample comes from "The Big Beat", a song by
Billy Squier
William Haislip Squier (, born May 12, 1950) is an American rock musician and singer who had a string of arena rock and crossover hits in the early 1980s. His best-known songs include "The Stroke", "Lonely Is the Night", "My Kinda Lover", "In t ...
from 1980.
Track listing
Chart performance
Release history
References
2012 singles
The Ting Tings songs
2011 songs
Songs written by Katie White
Columbia Records singles
Songs written by Jules De Martino
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