Give It Up (Public Enemy song) explained

Give It Up
Cover:Public Enemy-Give It Up.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Public Enemy
Album:Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age
Released:August 1994
Recorded:1993
Genre:Hip hop
Length:4:44
Label:Def Jam
Producer:Gary G-Wiz
Prev Title:I Stand Accused
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:What Kind of Power We Got?
Next Year:1994

"Give It Up" is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released in August 1994 by Def Jam Recordings as the first single from their fifth album, Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age (1994). [1] It was their highest-peaking song on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 33.

Critical reception

Tony Cross from Smash Hits gave 'Give It Up' a full score of five out of five and named it Best New Single, writing, "'Give It Up' is about destruction on the street: fighting for self-respect and unity against the evils of crack and gratuitous gun violence. This could only be carried off in such a homie party style by a band as masterly as this. As Steve Wright says, this deserves "much respect"!"[2]

Track listing

  1. "Give It Up" (Main) – 4:44
  2. "Give It Up" (Instrumental) – 4:44
  3. "Give It Up" (Dirty Drums In Memphis Mixx) – 5:17
  4. "Live And Undrugged Pt. 2" – 2:36
  5. "Bedlam 13:13" (Main) – 4:13
  6. "Bedlam 13:13" (Instrumental) – 4:13
  7. "Harry Allen's Interactive Super Highway Phone Call To Chuck D" – 2:53

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] 16
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 18
UK Dance (OCC)11
UK Dance (Music Week)[5] 11
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[6] 73
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 33
US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard)5
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)[8] 30

Notes and References

  1. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-08-06.pdf
  2. Tony. Cross. New Singles. Smash Hits. 20 July 1994. 57. 7 October 2024.
  3. Book: Pennanen, Timo . 2006 . Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . fi . 1st . Tammi . 978-951-1-21053-5 . Helsinki.
  4. Web site: officialcharts.com. officialcharts.com. December 9, 2022.
  5. Dance Singles . . 13 August 1994 . 26 . 26 April 2021.
  6. The RM Club Chart. Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 20 August 1994. 6. 20 May 2023.
  7. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 680.

  8. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 474.

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