Give It to You

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This article is about the Eve song. For the Jordan Knight song, see Give It to You (Jordan Knight song).
“Give It to You”
“Give It to You” cover
Single by Eve featuring Sean Paul
from the album Here I Am
Released Flag of the United States July 31, 2007
Flag of Australia April 14, 2008
Format Digital download, CD Single
Genre Reggae, Latin pop, hip hop
Length 3:29
Label Full Surface Records/Ruff Ryders
Writer(s) Eve, Swizz Beatz, Sean Paul
Producer Swizz Beatz
Eve chronology
"Tambourine"
(2007)		 "Give It to You"
(2007)
Alternative Covers
The cover for the Australian CD release.
The cover for the Australian CD release.

"Give It to You" is a song by Eve. It is her second U.S. single from her fourth studio album, Here I Am. It also serves as the first Australian single for the album.

The song features dancehall artist Sean Paul and a mixture of Spanish guitar and reggae sounds. This was confirmed on Eve's label website Geffen in the artist section.[3] The song was sent to radio airplay on July 31, 2007 and released as a digital download on iTunes.

This song was #65 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.[1]

Contents

[edit] Music video

Eve singing over the phone to Sean Paul.
Eve singing over the phone to Sean Paul.

The music video, directed by Melina and produced by John Winter, features cameo appearances by Swizz Beatz, Kanye West, Drag-On & Cassidy. The video premiered on July 30 on TRL and on August 7on 106 & Park. It has spent 5 days on Total Request Live, peaking at #5.

The video opens up to a non-musical scene where Eve is cooking breakfast in her house. The phone rings and Eve answers the phone. The music begins and Sean Paul and Eve begin to sing over the phone to each other. Paul then hangs up and gets on his motorcycle and begins to ride to Eve's house. Meanwhile Eve is sitting on the couch singing to the camera. Eve then sees Paul on his motorcycle, he tells her to hurry up and get ready. It then intercuts to the scene at night time where Eve gets onto the motorcycle and they begin to sing on the motorcycle. It shows more intercuts of Eve and Paul singing in the club and walking into the club. The video finishes with Eve dancing in the club and Paul dancing against a wall.

[edit] Formats and track listing

CD Single[2]
  1. "Give It To You" (Album version)
  2. "Give It To You" (Instrumental)
  3. "Tambourine"
  4. "Give It To You" (Video)
UK/Germany CD Single[3]
  1. "Give It To You" (Album version)
  2. "Tambourine"
Australian CD Single[4]
  1. "Give It To You" (Album version)
  2. "Tambourine (Remix)"
  3. "Let Me Blow Ya Mind (Stargate Remix)"
  4. "Gangsta Lovin' (Radio Edit)"
  5. "Who's That Girl? (C.I.A.S. Remix)"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Germany Singles Top 100[5] 49
Poland Singles Top 50[6] 31
Portugal Singles Top 50[5] 43
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 24
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 14

[edit] References

  1. ^ MTV Asia. "Top 100 Hits List". Retrieved 2007-12-27
  2. ^ CD Single Retrieved January 5, 2007
  3. ^ UK CD single
  4. ^ Australian CD single
  5. ^ a b [1] α charts.com Retrieved January 5, 2008
  6. ^ [2] APC-Stats.com Retrieved January 5, 2008

[edit] External links

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