Give Me Something (Yoko Ono song) explained

Give Me Something
Cover:	Ono Give Me Something.jpg
Artist:	Yoko Ono
Album:	Double Fantasy
Released:	17 November 1980
Recorded:	1980
Genre:	New wave disco-punk^[1]
Length:	1:35
Label:	Geffen
Producer:	Yoko Ono, Jack Douglas

"Give Me Something" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1980 on John Lennon and Ono's duet album Double Fantasy. The song appeared in Ono's off-Broadway musical New York Rock and her compilation albums Walking on Thin Ice and Onobox. In 2010, the Junior Boys remix of the song was released as a free download on MySpace Music and RCRD LBL.^[2]

Background

"Give Me Something" was written by Yoko Ono and produced by Ono and Jack Douglas. Ono stated in an interview that "Give Me Something" was written as a "feeling that I had about society. [...] We’re all getting very cold now as a society."^[2] Ono further explained the song's theme of coldness to Spinner: "I remember I was envisioning a gray, cold city with people walking with hands in their pockets and putting the collars of their coats up."^[3]

Critical reception

Larry Fitzmaurice from Pitchfork Media described the original version as a "spiky new-wave tune featuring a particularly angry vocal performance," but commented that the Junior Boys "smooth out some of the tune's rougher edges, morphing Ono's cries into elastic bursts and turning the track into a Danceteria-worthy disco jam."^[4]

Chart performance

The song became Yoko Ono's fourth consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club chart.^[2]

Track listing

• Digital download (Vocal Mixes)^[5]

1. "Give Me Something" (Morel's I Gave You My Heart Mix) – 6:55
2. "Give Me Something" (Dave Audé Club Mix) – 8:14
3. "Give Me Something" (TWISTED Sound+Vision Club Mix) – 7:13
4. "Give Me Something" (StoneBridge Club Mix) – 5:53
5. "Give Me Something" (Ralphi's BIG Vocal) – 8:19
6. "Give Me Something" (Roberto Rodriguez Extended Vocal Mix) – 10:06
7. "Give Me Something" (Junior Boys Club Mix) – 4:52
8. "Give Me Something" (Alex Trax Club Mix) – 7:02
9. "Give Me Something" (Floppy Kid Original Re-edit) – 2:43
10. "Give Me Something" (BONUS TRACK: Sparks Reinvention) – 4:19

• Digital download (Dub Mixes)^[6]

1. "Give Me Something" (Morel's I Gave You My Heart Dub) – 7:04
2. "Give Me Something" (Dave Audé Dub Mix) – 6:45
3. "Give Me Something" (Stonebridge Dub Mix) – 5:53
4. "Give Me Something" (TWISTED Sound+Vision Dub) – 6:57
5. "Give Me Something" (Ralphi's BIG Club Dub) – 8:14
6. "Give Me Something" (Alex Trax Dub) – 6:34
7. "Give Me Something" (Roberto Rodriguez Let's You Have It Mix) – 7:49
8. "Give Me Something" (Roberto Rodriguez Instrumental Dub) – 7:53

Charts

Year-end charts

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 2010 (U.S.)

Notes and References

1. Book: Segretto, Mike. 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. 2022. 1980. 380. Backbeat. 9781493064601 .
2. Web site: Unmixed Q&A + FREE download ♬ ONO "Give Me Something" (Junior Boys Remix). Imagine Peace. 28 July 2011. 8 May 2010.
3. Web site: Eisen. Benjy. Yoko Ono, 'Give Me Something' (Sparks Reinvention) -- Song Premiere. Spinner. 28 July 2011. 19 May 2010.
4. Web site: Fitzmaurice. Larry. Pitchfork: Forkcast: Yoko Ono: "Give Me Something" (Junior Boys Remix). Pitchfork Media. 28 July 2011. 15 April 2010.
5. Web site: Give Me Something (Vocal Mixes) – Single by Yoko Ono. iTunes Store US. 30 March 2010. Apple Inc.. 28 July 2011.
6. Web site: Give Me Something (Dub Mixes) – Single by Yoko Ono. iTunes Store US. 30 March 2010. Apple Inc.. 28 July 2011.
7. Yoko Ono. .
8. Dance Club Songs, Best of 2010, 21-30. . 18 April 2014.