Don't Give Up (Timothy B. Schmit song)

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"Don't Give Up"
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Single by Timothy B. Schmit
from the album Timothy B
Released1988
Genre Pop rock
Length3:57
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Timothy B. Schmit
Producer(s)
Timothy B. Schmit singles chronology
"Boys Night Out"
(1987)
"Don't Give Up"
(1988)
"Everybody Needs a Lover"
(1988)

"Don't Give Up" is a song written and recorded by American singer Timothy B. Schmit, released as the second single from his second solo studio album, Timothy B (1987).

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Charts

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Canadian Adult Contemporary22
U.S. Adult Contemporary [1] 30

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