"Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" | ||||
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Single by Ottawan | ||||
B-side | "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) (Instrumental)" | |||
Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1980 | |||
Genre | Eurodisco • disco [1] | |||
Length | 3:16 (edit) 3:29 (single version) 4:47 (full version) | |||
Label | Carrere Next Plateau Entertainment (USA) | |||
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"Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" is a 1981 song by Ottawan. It was the band's second-biggest international hit single, after their 1979 hit "D.I.S.C.O.".
The song reached the Top 5 across Europe and became a number one for eight consecutive weeks in New Zealand. [2] It was not released in North America until 1991 as a remix.
There was a French version, called Haut les mains (donne moi ton cœur), whose translation is nearly the same as the English title. [3]
In 1987, Club Med commissioned a re-recording of the song to serve as the new commercial jingle for its television advertising. [4] The new version was recorded by Sway, a one-off vocal group featuring Canadian musicians Vivienne Williams, Sharon Lee Williams and Colina Phillips on vocals, [4] and was produced by reggae musician Carl Harvey. [5]
The Sway version reached #7 on Canada's RPM charts in 1988, [6] and was a Juno Award nominee for Best Single at the Juno Awards of 1989. [7]
Was recorded in Spanish by Venezuelan boy band Unicorno under title "Canta Pana Canta" in 1981. Hungarian singer Kati Kovács released a cover in 1982 titled "Hol Vagy Józsi?". [8] Also the Argentine band El Símbolo later recorded a cover in Spanish called "Canta" in 1998. [9]
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