Don't Give Up (Chicane song)

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Adams's vocal credit was initially not publicised, particularly when the single, in a white label release, was first played by noted BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong [4] on his 31 December 1999 Essential Selection show. [7] It was chosen as Tong's "Essential New Tune" selection, which, on this episode, was specially designated "Essential New Tune for the millennium". [7] [8] On a later January show, Judge Jules, standing in for Tong, played it as the Essential New Tune again. [9] [10] It was also included on Tong's Essential Selection Spring 2000 compilation album.

On the week of 12 March 2000, "Don't Give Up" overtook "American Pie", Madonna's number one single of the previous week, on the UK Singles Chart, outselling it by 1224 copies and becoming Bryan Adams' second number one in the UK after "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" in 1991 and Chicane's first. [11] The song featured on the acclaimed [12] 2000 mix album CreamLive. The song sold 270,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company.

In 2004, following Bracegirdle's departure from Xtravaganza, the label issued "Don't Give Up 2004", a single including only new remixes by label founder Alex Gold and Xtravaganza artists Agnelli & Nelson.

A music video was released for the song, featuring a young girl working in a dystopian scenario, who occasionally snatches views of herself (using a Nokia Communicator) living in a more pleasant existence, interspersed with scenes of Adams singing the song.

Critical reception

Dom Passantino of Stylus Magazine was mixed, saying "this is our Bryan's only entry to number one [in the UK Singles Chart in the 2000s], a far too obvious attempt at appealing to both Dave Pearce and Ken Bruce at the same time. Bizarrely enough, time has revealed it to actually be the colour negative of 'Emerge' by Fischerspooner. Except this actually sold some copies." [13] Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger , although saying the song predicted the EDM boom of the 2010s, was also mixed, saying: "Inadvertently, the track hits on an idea – throaty, effortful bloke singing over formula builds and drops – that we will see an awful lot of in the early 2010s. But this inadvertent futurism isn't the result of any particular vision, just an offspring of the listless humping of two clichés." [6]

Track listings

"Don't Give Up"
Chicane featuring Bryan Adams Don't Give Up single cover.jpg
Single by Chicane featuring Bryan Adams
from the album Behind the Sun
B-side "Low Sun"
Released6 March 2000 (2000-03-06)
Studio Modena One, Mothership (UK)
Genre
Length
  • 8:38 (album version)
  • 3:42 (2000 radio edit)
  • 3:58 (2004 radio edit)
Label Xtravaganza
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bracegirdle
  • Ray Hedges
  • Alex Gold
  • Chris Agnelli
  • Robbie Nelson (2004)
Chicane singles chronology
"Saltwater"
(1999)		"Don't Give Up"
(2000)		"No Ordinary Morning" / "Halcyon"
(2000)
"Love on the Run"
(2003)
"Don't Give Up 2004"
(2004)
"Stoned in Love"
(2006)

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Don't Give Up"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [56] Gold35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [57] Gold400,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for "Don't Give Up"
RegionVersionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United KingdomOriginal6 March 2000CDXtravaganza [58]
United States5 June 2000
  • Xtravaganza
  • C2
[59]
6 June 2000 [59] [60]
United Kingdom20042 February 2004
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
Xtravaganza [61]

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