Give It Up (Hothouse Flowers song)

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"Give It Up"
Hothouse Flowers-Give It Up.jpg
Single by Hothouse Flowers
from the album Home
ReleasedApril 26, 1990
Genre Rock
Length3:31
Songwriter(s) Liam Ó Maonlaí, Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Peter O'Toole
Hothouse Flowers singles chronology
"Don't Go"
(1988)
"Give It Up"
(1990)
"I Can See Clearly Now"
(1990)

"Give It Up" is a single released by Irish rock group Hothouse Flowers from their second album Home . The song hit number two on the U.S. Modern Rock chart and number 30 on the UK Singles Chart.

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [1] 53
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [2] 70
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 30

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