Give Till It's Gone

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Give Till It's Gone
Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone cover.JPG
Studio album by
Ben Harper
ReleasedMay 10, 2011
Genre
Length49:55
LanguageEnglish
Label Virgin
Ben Harper chronology
As I Call You Down
(2010)		Give Till It's Gone
(2011)		 Get Up!
(2013)
Singles from Give Till It's Gone
  1. "Rock N' Roll Is Free"
    Released: March 22, 2011
  2. "Don't Give Up on Me Now"
    Released: April 1, 2011
  3. "Waiting On a Sign"
    Released: July 22, 2011

Give Till It's Gone is the tenth studio album by Ben Harper. [1] The album was released in Italy on May 10, 2011 [2] and worldwide on May 17, 2011 by Virgin Records. [1] It is Harper's first solo album since Both Sides of the Gun , released in 2006. [3] However, his band, Relentless7, feature prominently on all the tracks, even co-writing some of the tracks with Harper. The album's title is taken from a line in the second track, "I Will Not Be Broken."

Contents

The album was preceded by the single "Rock N' Roll Is Free", released as a free download on March 22, 2011. [4] In Italy, the first single from the album was "Don't Give Up on Me Now", released on April 1, 2011. [5]

In the album, Ben Harper collaborates with the ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, who co-wrote and played the drums in the tracks "Spilling Faith" and "Get There from Here". [6] Another song from the album, "Pray That Our Love Sees the Dawn", features American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. [3]

Track listing

Give Till It's Gone track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Give Up on Me Now" Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky 3:32
2."I Will Not Be Broken"Harper, Mozersky5:04
3."Rock N' Roll Is Free"Harper4:21
4."Feel Love"Harper, Mozersky3:46
5."Clearly Severely"Harper, Mozersky, Jordan Richardson4:52
6."Spilling Faith"Harper, Mozersky, Richardson, Richard Starkey, Jesse Ingalls3:31
7."Get There from Here"Harper, Mozersky, Richardson, Starkey, Ingalls5:54
8."Pray That Our Love Sees the Dawn"Harper, Mozersky4:42
9."Waiting On a Sign"Harper, Ingalls5:00
10."Dirty Little Lover"Harper, Richardson4:46
11."Do It for You, Do It for Us"Harper, Mozersky, Ingalls4:27
Japanese bonus track [7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Feel Love" (acoustic)Harper, Mozersky3:38

Charts

Chart performance for Give Till It's Gone
Chart (2011)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart [8] 9
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [9] 72
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) [10] 16
Canadian Albums Chart [11] 12
French Albums Chart [12] 3
Italian Albums Chart [13] 2
New Zealand Albums Chart [14] 13
Portuguese Albums Chart [15] 25
Spanish Albums Chart (Flanders) [16] 49
Swiss Albums Chart [17] 6
US Billboard 200 [11] 15

Certifications

Certifications for Give Till It's Gone
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [18] Gold50,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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