Give It Up (Public Enemy song)

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"Give It Up"
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Single by Public Enemy
from the album Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age
ReleasedAugust 1994
Recorded1993
Genre Hip hop
Length4:44
Label Def Jam
Songwriter(s) Carlton Ridenhour
Gary G-Wiz
Studdah Man
M. Thomas
Alvertis Isbell
Producer(s) Gary G-Wiz
Public Enemy singles chronology
"I Stand Accused"
(1993)
"Give It Up"
(1994)
"What Kind of Power We Got?"
(1994)
Music video
"Give It Up" on YouTube

"Give It Up" is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released in August 1994 as the first single from their fifth album, Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age (1994). [1] It was their highest-peaking song on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 33.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Give It Up" (Main) – 4:44
  2. "Give It Up" (Instrumental) – 4:44
  3. "Give It Up" (Dirty Drums In Memphis Mixx) – 5:17
  4. "Live And Undrugged Pt. 2" – 2:36
  5. "Bedlam 13:13" (Main) – 4:13
  6. "Bedlam 13:13" (Instrumental) – 4:13
  7. "Harry Allen's Interactive Super Highway Phone Call To Chuck D" – 2:53

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 16
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [3] 16
France (SNEP) [4] 36
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [5] 36
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] 36
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [7] 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 37
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 18
UK Dance (OCC)11
UK Dance ( Music Week ) [10] 11
UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [11] 73
US Billboard Hot 100 [12] 33
US Hot Rap Singles ( Billboard )5
US Hot R&B Singles ( Billboard ) [13] 30

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