I Got to Give It Up

"I Got to Give It Up"
Single by Masterboy
from the album Different Dreams
Released	1994
Genre	Eurodance
Length	3:35
Label	Polydor
Songwriters	Enrico Zabler Tommy Schleh Beatrice Obrecht
Producers	Rico Novarini Jeff Barnes
Masterboy singles chronology
"Everybody Needs Somebody" (1993) "I Got to Give It Up" (1994) "Feel the Heat of the Night" (1994)
Music video
"I Got to Give It Up" on YouTube

"I Got to Give It Up" is a song recorded by German Eurodance band Masterboy, released in 1994, by Polydor Records, as the first single from the band's third album, Different Dreams (1994). It is written by band members Enrico Zabler, Tommy Schleh and Beatrice Obrecht, and produced by Rico Novarini and Jeff Barnes. The song achieved moderate success in several European countries, becoming a top-20 hit in Finland, Switzerland, and in Masterboy's home-country, Germany, where it peaked at number 13 and charted for 19 weeks. In France, the single failed to be a success, reaching number 41, and spending two weeks on the chart. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it peaked at number 43. The accompanying music video was directed by Marco Nunneli and filmed in Heygate Estate, London. ^{[1] [2]} In 1998, "I Got to Give It Up" was re-recorded in a remixed version featuring Freedom Williams and Linda Rocco, and this version was included on Masterboy's 2006 studio album US-Album.

Track listings

• CD maxi – Germany

1. "I Got to Give It Up" (single edit) – 3:35
2. "I Got to Give It Up" (Get Away mix) – 6:01
3. "I Got to Give It Up" (Italo mix) – 5:24

• CD maxi – Remixes – Germany

1. "I Got to Give It Up" (On and On mix) – 6:02
2. "I Got to Give It Up" (Guitana mix) – 5:47
3. "I Got to Give It Up" (instrumental mix) – 6:02

• 12-inch maxi – Germany

1. "I Got to Give It Up" (On and On mix) – 6:02
2. "I Got to Give It Up" (Guitana mix) – 5:47

• 12-inch maxi – Europe

1. "I Got to Give It Up" (Get a Way mix) – 6:01
2. "I Got to Give It Up" (Italo mix) – 5:24

• CD single – France

1. "I Got to Give It Up" (single edit) – 3:35
2. "I Got to Give It Up" (Get Away mix) – 6:01

Credits

• Composition – Obrecht, Zabler, Schleh
• Lyrics – Zabler, Krauss, Schleh
• Mixing – Jeff Barnes, Rico Novarini, Thomas Engelhard
• Photograph – Fin Costello
• Production, arrangement – Jeff Barnes, Rico Novarini
• Remix – Masterboy Beat Production, Achim Sobotta

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1994) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [3] 226 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 25 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [5] 43 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 17 France (SNEP) [7] 41 Germany (GfK) [8] 13 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 17

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position Germany (Media Control) [10] 67

References

1. "Masterboy - I Got To Give It Up music video 1993". Eurokdj.com. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
2. "Masterboy: I Got to Give It Up (1994)". IMDb . Retrieved 21 October 2019.
3. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 July 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
4. "Masterboy – I Got to Give It Up" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
5. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . 30 April 1994. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
7. "Masterboy – I Got to Give It Up" (in French). Le classement de singles.
8. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name.
9. "Masterboy – I Got to Give It Up". Swiss Singles Chart.
10. "Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1994" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 26 November 2019.