Give It to Me Baby
"Give It to Me Baby" | |||||||
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Single by Rick James | |||||||
from the album Street Songs | |||||||
B-side | "Don't Give Up on Love" | ||||||
Released | February 20, 1981 | ||||||
Format | 7" | ||||||
Genre | Funk | ||||||
Length | 4:08 | ||||||
Label | Gordy | ||||||
Writer(s) | Rick James | ||||||
Producer(s) | Rick James | ||||||
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"Give It to Me Baby" is a song written by American singer Rick James. Taken from his album Street Songs, the song charted on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at No. 40 and spent five weeks at No. 1 on the R&B chart.[1] Along with two other tracks from Street Songs, "Super Freak" and "Ghetto Life", topped the American dance chart for three weeks in the summer of 1981.[2] The song proved to be even more successful with R&B and dance club audiences. This song was also featured in the 1999 romantic comedy film She's All That as the theme soundtrack for the eccentric character Brock Hudson (played by Matthew Lillard), and was also featured in the video games Scarface: The World is Yours and in Grand Theft Auto V, on the radio station Space 103.2. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's "I'm All That" used a sample of the song as the opening track from the Homebase album in 1991.
Sampling
Parts of the track were sampled or interpolated on:
- Thriller by Michael Jackson (1982)
- Let's Get It Started by MC Hammer (1988)
- Fight the Power by Public Enemy (1989)
- Libera L'anima by Jovanotti (1991)
- Gitty Up by Salt-N-Pepa (1998)
- Dooinit by Common (2000)
- I Just Wanna Love U (Give It To Me) by Jay-Z (2000)
- P&P 1.5 by Kendrick Lamar (2010)
See also
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 291.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 134.
"Jay-Z Feat. Omillio Sparks, Pharrell and Shay HaleyI Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)." WhoSampled. Ed. JuniorXL. WhoSampled.com Limited, n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2013.
Preceded by "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" by Chaka Khan |
Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single June 13, 1981 – July 11, 1981 |
Succeeded by "Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith |
Preceded by "Try It Out" / "Hold Tight" by Gino Soccio |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single with "Super Freak" and "Ghetto Life" July 25, 1981 – August 8, 1981 |
Succeeded by "I'm in Love" by Evelyn King |