Give It to Me Baby
| "Give It to Me Baby" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 One of side-A labels of the US vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Rick James | ||||
| from the album Street Songs | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Give Up on Love" | |||
| Released | February 20, 1981 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 4:08 | |||
| Label | Gordy | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rick James | |||
| Producer(s) | Rick James | |||
| Rick James singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Give It To Me Baby" on YouTube | ||||
"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 EA Skate, Scarface: The World is Yours and Grand Theft Auto V, on the radio station Space 103.2. The song was also featured in the 2018 film, The Happytime Murders.
Charts
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 40 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles[4] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[5] | 1 |
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)
- "I'm All That" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince (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.
- ^ "Rick James Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "Rick James Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "Rick James Chart History: Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
"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.
http://www.ign.com/faqs/2007/skate-soundtrack-song-list-796118