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Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)

"Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" is a 1981 song by Ottawan. It was the band's second-biggest international hit single, after their 1979 hit "D.I.S.C.O.".

"Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)"
Single by Ottawan
B-side"Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) (Instrumental)"
Released1981
Recorded1980
GenreEurodisco • disco[1]
Length3:16 (edit)
3:29 (single version)
4:47 (full version)
LabelCarrere
Next Plateau Entertainment (USA)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Vangarde
  • Kluger
Ottawan singles chronology
"Haut les mains (donne-moi ton cœur)"
(1980) 		"Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)"
(1981) 		"Crazy Music"
(1981)

The song reached the Top 5 across Europe and became a number one for eight consecutive weeks in New Zealand.[2] It was not released in North America until 1991 as a remix.

There was a French version, called Haut les mains (donne moi ton cœur), whose translation is nearly the same as the English title.[3]

Sway version edit

In 1987, Club Med commissioned a re-recording of the song to serve as the new commercial jingle for its television advertising.[4] The new version was recorded by Sway, a one-off vocal group featuring Canadian musicians Vivienne Williams, Sharon Lee Williams and Colina Phillips on vocals,[4] and was produced by reggae musician Carl Harvey.[5]

The Sway version reached #7 on Canada's RPM charts in 1988,[6] and was a Juno Award nominee for Best Single at the Juno Awards of 1989.[7]

Other versions edit

Was recorded in Spanish by Venezuelan boy band Unicorno under title "Canta Pana Canta" In 1981. Also the Argentine band El Símbolo [es] later recorded a cover in Spanish called "Canta" in 1998.[8]

Chart history edit

Sway version

References edit

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  3. ^ Haut les mains (Donne-moi ton cœur), retrieved 2022-05-27
  4. ^ a b "Record news". The Globe and Mail, 29 January 1988.
  5. ^ "Reggae". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 10 June 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 26 March 1988. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  7. ^ "The Juno Awards - a ceremony with surprises". Montreal Gazette, March 11, 1989.
  8. ^ "El Simbolo's 'Canta' - Discover the Original Song". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  9. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 118. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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  11. ^ "Ottawan – Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  12. ^ "Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK)". www.ukmix.org. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  13. ^ Timo (13 August 2015). "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit O". Sisältää hitin. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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  21. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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  23. ^ "Ottawan – Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)". Swiss Singles Chart.
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  25. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Ottawan – Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  26. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 1981". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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  29. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl".
  30. ^ Jones, Alan; Lazell, Barry; Rees, Dafydd (1982). "The Top 200 Singles (UK)". Chart File 1982. London, England: Virgin Books. pp. 74–77. ISBN 0-907080-49-9.
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  32. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1982". Kent Music Report. January 3, 1983. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via Imgur.
  33. ^ Carolyn Hope. "Barry's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n roll Music Chart Hits". hitsofalldecades.com.

External links edit

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