Giving Up
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| "Giving Up" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips | |
| B-side | "Maybe Maybe Baby" |
| Released | 1964 |
| Genre | Soul |
| Length | 2:43 |
| Label | Maxx |
| Songwriter(s) | Van McCoy |
"Giving Up" is a popular song written by Van McCoy that was introduced by Gladys Knight & the Pips with an April 1964 single release.
Chart performance
[edit]"Giving Up" was a Top 40 Pop hit, reaching No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1][better source needed] and a Top 10 R&B hit, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. Gladys and her family group The Pips, (her brother Merald (Bubba),and their cousins, Ed Patten, and William Guest, later recorded a newer version of the song after being signed by Motown, which was released on their "Greatest Hits" album and Anthology on Motown's "Soul" subsidiary label several years later.
Other recordings
[edit]"Giving Up" has inspired cover versions by many artists:
- A 1969 cover of the song by the Ad Libs that peaked at No. 34 on the US R&B chart.[2][better source needed] Van McCoy produced the track.
- Donny Hathaway remade "Giving Up" for his 1971 self-titled album for which it served as lead single reaching No. 21 R&B in the summer of 1972.[citation needed] Hathaway's version crossed over to the pop chart, peaking at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- In 2000, Aaliyah remade "Giving Up" as an intended audition for the role of Sparkle, a movie which was set to be produced by Whitney Houston and star Aaliyah.
- Lonette McKee performs a version of “Giving Up” as troubled nightclub singer ‘Sister’ in Sparkle (1976 film).
- Jennifer Holliday recorded “Givin’ Up” which featured on her 1987 album Get Close to My Love and later on the soundtrack to the 2007 Tyler Perry motion picture Why Did I Get Married?
References
[edit]- ^ "Soul Deep - Various Artists - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Artist Search for "the ad libs"". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2017.