Give It Up (KC and the Sunshine Band song)
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| Single by KC and the Sunshine Band | ||||
| from the album All in a Night's Work and KC Ten | ||||
| B-side | "Uptight" | |||
| Released | 1983 | |||
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| "Give It Up" on YouTube | ||||
"Give It Up" is a song by American disco and funk band KC and the Sunshine Band, 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 re-release it when included on the band's 1982 album All in a Night's Work and failed to chart upon initial release; however, the independent Meca Records label showed its support and included it on their 1983 album KC Ten 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. 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.