I Got to Give It Up

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"I Got to Give It Up"
Masterboy - I Got to Give It Up.jpg
Single by Masterboy
from the album Different Dreams
B-side "Remix"
Released1994
Genre Eurodance
Length3:35
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
  • Enrico Zabler
  • Tommy Schleh
  • Beatrice Obrecht
Producer(s)
  • 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 band Masterboy. It was the first single from the band's 1994 album, Different Dreams. It achieved moderate success in several European countries, reaching number 25 in Austria, number 17 in Finland and Switzerland, and number 13 in Masterboy's home-country, Germany, where it 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. In 1998, "I Got to Give It Up" was re-recorded in a remixed version with Freedom Williams and Linda Rocco as featuring, and this version is included on Masterboy's 2006 studio album US-Album.

Contents

Music video

The music video for "I Got to Give it Up" was directed by Marco Nunneli. [1]

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" 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" 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

Charts

Sound-alikes

"I Got to Give It Up" (on and on mix) was sampled in song Ništa kontra Splita (Nothing against Split) by Dino Dvornik in 1995.

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