Do for Love

"Do for Love"
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 (1998-02-27)
Recorded	1994
Genre	Hip hop soul R&B
Length	4:40
Label	Amaru Interscope Jive
Songwriter(s)	Alfons Kettner Bobby Caldwell Carsten Schack Kenneth Karlin Tupac Shakur James Yancey (uncredited)
Producer(s)	Soulshock & Karlin [1]
2Pac singles chronology
"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" (1997) "Do for Love" (1998) "Changes" (1998)
Music video
"Do for Love" on YouTube

"Do for Love" (originally titled "Sucka 4 Luv" in its unreleased form) was the second and final 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.

Commercial performance

The song was certified Gold by RIAA on March 31, 1998, selling over 500,000 copies. ^{[2] [3]}

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Do for Love"

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [4]	52
Canada Dance/Urban ( RPM ) [5]	9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [6]	17
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7]	18
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [8]	18
Scotland (OCC) [9]	36
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [10]	33
UK Singles (OCC) [11]	12
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [12]	4
US Billboard Hot 100 [13]	21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [14]	10
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [15]	2

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Do for Love"

Chart (1998)	Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [16]	86
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [17]	86
US Billboard Hot 100 [18]	89
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [19]	46

Certifications

Certifications for "Do for Love"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [20]	2× Platinum	60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [21]	Gold	400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [2]	Gold	800,000 [3]
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Production discography". Soulshock & Karlin. soulpower.net. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
2. "American single certifications – 2 Pac – Do for Love". Recording Industry Association of America.
3. "Best-Selling Records of 1998". Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 5. BPI Communications Inc. January 30, 1999. p. 75. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved June 3, 2015.
4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 287.
5. "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 10287." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
6. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 28, 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
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10. "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Singles Top 100.
11. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
12. "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
13. "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
14. "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
15. "2Pac Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
16. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1998". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
17. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998". Dutch Charts. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
18. "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
19. "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-51. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
20. "New Zealand single certifications – 2Pac – Do For Love". Radioscope. Retrieved January 7, 2025.Type Do For Love in the "Search:" field.
21. "British single certifications – 2Pac – Do for Love". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved June 26, 2023.