"Do for Love" | ||||
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Single by 2Pac featuring Eric Williams | ||||
from the album R U Still Down? (Remember Me) | ||||
B-side | "Brenda's Got a Baby" | |||
Released | February 27, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
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Length | 4:40 | |||
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Producer(s) | Soulshock & Karlin [1] | |||
2Pac singles chronology | ||||
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"Do For Love" on YouTube |
"Do for Love" (originally titled "Sucka 4 Luv" in its unreleased form) was the second 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.
The music video, directed by Bill Parker, was filmed on January 28–29, 1998,[ citation needed ] and has 2Pac as a clay, anime, and animated figure.
Producer J Dilla claimed that the producers Soulshock and Karlin had sampled and interpolated his remix of The Pharcyde's track "Y? (Be Like That)", but did not credit him or the Pharcyde in the liner notes in a 2003 interview. [2]
The song was certified Gold by RIAA on March 31, 1998 for 500,000 sales. [3] [4]
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [5] | 52 |
Canada Dance/Urban ( RPM ) [6] | 9 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [7] | 17 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] | 18 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [9] | 18 |
Scotland (OCC) [10] | 36 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [11] | 33 |
UK Singles (OCC) [12] | 12 |
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [13] | 4 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [14] | 21 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [15] | 10 |
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [16] | 2 |
Chart (1998) | Position |
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Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [17] | 86 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [18] | 86 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [19] | 89 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [20] | 46 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [21] | Silver | 200,000![]() |
United States (RIAA) [3] | Gold | 500,000 [4] |
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