Give It Up (Public Enemy song)

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

"Give It Up"
Single by Public Enemy
from the album Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age
ReleasedJuly 5, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreHip hop
Length4:44
LabelDef Jam
Songwriter(s)Carlton Ridenhour
Gary G-Wiz
Studdah Man
M. Thomas
Alvertis Isbell
Producer(s)Gary G-Wiz
Public Enemy singles chronology
"I Stand Accused"
(1993)
"Give It Up"
(1994)
"What Kind of Power We Got?"
(1994)
Music video
"Give It Up" on YouTube

Track listing edit

  • CD maxi
  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 edit

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 16
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[2] 16
France (SNEP)[3] 36
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] 36
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 36
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 37
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 18
UK Dance (OCC) 11
UK Dance (Music Week)[9] 11
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[10] 73
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 33
US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard) 5
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)[12] 30

References edit

  1. ^ "Public Enemy – Give It Up". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  2. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  3. ^ "Public Enemy – Give It Up" (in French). Les classement single.
  4. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Public Enemy" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  5. ^ "Public Enemy – Give It Up" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  6. ^ "Public Enemy – Give It Up". Top 40 Singles.
  7. ^ "Public Enemy – Give It Up". Swiss Singles Chart.
  8. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 13 August 1994. p. 26. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  10. ^ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 20 August 1994. p. 6. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 680.
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 474.