Madonna’s begging letter to Abba

Madonna has revealed she had to write a grovelling letter to Abba songwriters asking if she could use their music on her new single. The music to “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” features on her new single “Hung Up“.

According to The Sun online Madonna told Attitude magazine:

“I had to send my emissary to Stockholm with a letter and the record begging them and imploring them and telling them how much I worship their music, telling them it was an homage to them, which is all true. And they had to think about it, Benny and Bjorn. They didn’t say yes straight away. They never let anyone sample their music. They could have said no. Thank God they didn’t.”

Benny said: “We get so many requests from people wanting to use our tracks but we normally say no. This is only the second time we have given permission. We said yes this time because we admire Madonna so much and always have done. She has got guts and has been around for 21 years. That is not bad going. If it wasn’t any good we wouldn’t have said yes. It is a wonderful track, 100% solid pop music.”

From Ananova