Give It Up (KC and the Sunshine Band song)

"Give It Up"
"Give It Up"
Single by KC and the Sunshine Band
from the album All in a Night's Work and KC Ten
Released	August 1982 (US); August 1983 (International)
Recorded	1981–1982
Genre	Dance-pop; post-disco;
Length	4:14 (album version); 4:05 (7" version); 5:16 (12" version);
Label	Epic; Meca Records;
Songwriter(s)	Harry Wayne Casey; Deborah Carter;
Producer(s)	H. W. Casey; Richard Finch;
KC and the Sunshine Band singles chronology

"Give It Up" is a song by American disco and funk band KC and the Sunshine Band,^[4] although it was simply credited as KC in many markets, including the United States. Following the backlash against many disco artists on the charts at the beginning of the 1980s, "Give It Up" was a comeback hit for the band in the US. Epic Records refused to release it; however, the independent Meca Records label showed its support and "Give It Up" peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in March 1984. "Give It Up" had been an even bigger hit in the United Kingdom several months earlier, where it had hit number one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in August 1983.^[5] It went on to become the 18th best-selling single of the year in the UK. It was the last of the band's hit singles in the US and UK, and the most successful of its ten UK hits. "Give It Up" also peaked at number two in Belgium, number three in Australia, and reached the Top 10 in several other markets.

In 1993, Danish group Cut 'N' Move scored a big hit with their version of "Give It Up", which went to number one in Australia and their native Denmark.

^ Breihan, Tom (February 26, 2020). "The Number Ones: M's "Pop Muzik"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 14, 2023. ...Casey had an international hit with a dinky dance-pop track called "Give It Up"...
^ Graff, Gary (1996). Musichound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0-7876-1037-1. the scope of KC's work into the 80s with post-disco singles such "Give It Up."
^ Hoffmann, Frank (2006). American Popular Music: Rhythm & Blues, Rap, and Hip-hop. Infobase Publishing. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-8160-6980-4.
^ Cite error: The named reference UKOfficialChartKC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 426. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[Breihan_2020-1] Breihan, Tom (February 26, 2020). "The Number Ones: M's "Pop Muzik"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 14, 2023. ...Casey had an international hit with a dinky dance-pop track called "Give It Up"...

[2] Graff, Gary (1996). Musichound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0-7876-1037-1. the scope of KC's work into the 80s with post-disco singles such "Give It Up."

[3] Hoffmann, Frank (2006). American Popular Music: Rhythm & Blues, Rap, and Hip-hop. Infobase Publishing. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-8160-6980-4.

[UKOfficialChartKC-4] Cite error: The named reference UKOfficialChartKC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-5] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 426. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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