Do for Love explained

Do for Love
Cover:DoforLove.jpg
Type:single
Artist:2Pac featuring Eric Williams
Album:R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
B-Side:Brenda's Got a Baby
Recorded:1994
Length:4:40
Producer:Soulshock & Karlin[1]
Chronology:2Pac
Prev Title:I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Changes
Next Year:1998

"Do for Love" (originally titled "Sucka 4 Luv" in its unreleased form) was the second and final posthumously released single by Tupac Shakur from his second posthumous album R U Still Down? (Remember Me).

The vocal sample is from "What You Won't Do for Love" by Bobby Caldwell. The song was produced by Soulshock & Karlin. It charted at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, and #12 in the UK.

Commercial performance

The song was certified Gold by RIAA on March 31, 1998, selling over 500,000 copies.[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 52

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Do for Love"!Chart (1998)!Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] 86
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 86
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 89
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 46

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Production discography. Soulshock & Karlin. soulpower.net. March 10, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120214052857/http://soulpower.net/discography/. February 14, 2012.
  2. Best-Selling Records of 1998 . Billboard. BPI Communications Inc.. January 30, 1999 . June 3, 2015 . 75 . 0006-2510. 111. 5.
  3. 287.
  4. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1998. Dutch Top 40. March 7, 2020.
  5. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998. Dutch Charts. March 7, 2020.
  6. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1998 . August 28, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090309202636/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1998 . March 9, 2009 .
  7. 1998 The Year in Music. Billboard. 110. 52. YE-51. December 26, 1998. July 16, 2021.