"Give It Up" | ||||
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Single by Public Enemy | ||||
from the album Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age | ||||
Released | August 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, rap rock | |||
Length | 4:44 | |||
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 | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Give It Up" on YouTube |
"Give It Up" is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released in August 1994 by Def Jam Recordings 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.
Tony Cross from Smash Hits gave 'Give It Up' a full score of five out of five and named it Best New Single, writing, "'Give It Up' is about destruction on the street: fighting for self-respect and unity against the evils of crack and gratuitous gun violence. This could only be carried off in such a homie party style by a band as masterly as this. As Steve Wright says, this deserves "much respect"!" [2]
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [3] | 16 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [4] | 16 |
France (SNEP) [5] | 36 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [6] | 36 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7] | 36 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [8] | 14 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] | 37 |
UK Singles (OCC) [10] | 18 |
UK Dance (OCC) | 11 |
UK Dance ( Music Week ) [11] | 11 |
UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [12] | 73 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] | 33 |
US Hot Rap Singles ( Billboard ) | 5 |
US Hot R&B Singles ( Billboard ) [14] | 30 |