Typical. I've been trying to find Madonna's new song to download and so far all i could find is a handful of mashups courtesy of HOW TO KILL THE DJ.

Don't worry, Maddy, I was always going to buy your new song. Honest! I just couldn't wait for you to release it! And, besides, your new *song* is like a mashup anyway (nevermind the fact that Hung Up doesn't exist as a standalone song independent of Gimme Gimme Gimme), does it matter that someone else thought that your lyrics sounded better with New Order rather than ABBA? The mashing up of Madonna with Gwen Stefani is particularly interesting (even if the actual mashup isn't so exciting): when I first saw the filmclip for No Doubt's Don't Speak I couldn't help but notice the similarity between the upcoming pop-rock-ette Stefani with the then fading Queen of pop Ciccone. Nowadays, while Gwen (the New Madonna) is pilfering eighties sounds, Madonna (the Old Madonna) is just blatantly ripping them out intact, which I guess is even more "now", more "pop", where innovation is to find the best samples and to use them in the cleverest way. Today SP brought into the studio a really cool eighties mix that has the track that contains that "Music makes you lose control" sample that Missy Elliott uses.

Pop has well and truly eaten itself, but we already knew that. I just want someone to please point me to the proper version.

Tags: Mashup, Madonna, Hung Up.