"Give It Up"
Single by Public Enemy
from the album Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age
ReleasedJuly 5, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreHip hop
Length4:44
LabelDef Jam
Songwriter(s)Carlton Ridenhour
Gary G-Wiz
Studdah Man
M. Thomas
Alvertis Isbell
Producer(s)Gary G-Wiz
Public Enemy singles chronology
"I Stand Accused"
(1993) 		"Give It Up"
(1994) 		"What Kind of Power We Got?"
(1994)
Music video
"Give It Up" on YouTube

"Give It Up" is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released in July 1994 as the first single from their fifth album, Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age (1994). It was their highest-peaking song on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 33.

Track listing

  1. "Give It Up" (Main) – 4:44
  2. "Give It Up" (Instrumental) – 4:44
  3. "Give It Up" (Dirty Drums In Memphis Mixx) – 5:17
  4. "Live And Undrugged Pt. 2" – 2:36
  5. "Bedlam 13:13" (Main) – 4:13
  6. "Bedlam 13:13" (Instrumental) – 4:13
  7. "Harry Allen's Interactive Super Highway Phone Call To Chuck D" – 2:53

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 16
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[2] 16
France (SNEP)[3] 36
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] 36
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 36
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 37
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 18
UK Dance (OCC) 11
UK Dance (Music Week)[9] 11
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[10] 73
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 33
US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard) 5
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[12] 30

References

  1. ^ "Public Enemy – Give It Up". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  2. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  3. ^ "Public Enemy – Give It Up" (in French). Les classement single.
  4. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Public Enemy" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  5. ^ "Public Enemy – Give It Up" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  6. ^ "Public Enemy – Give It Up". Top 40 Singles.
  7. ^ "Public Enemy – Give It Up". Swiss Singles Chart.
  8. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 13 August 1994. p. 26. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  10. ^ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 20 August 1994. p. 6. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 680.
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 474.


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