- Give It to You
Infobox Single
Release =
Name = Give It to You
Artist = Eve featuringSean Paul
from Album = Here I Am
B-side = "Tambourine"
Released = flagicon|USJuly 31 ,2007
flagicon|AUSApril 14 ,2008
Format =Digital download ,CD Single
Recorded =
Genre =Reggae ,Latin pop , hip hop
Length = 3:29
Label =Full Surface Records /Ruff Ryders
Writer = Eve,Swizz Beatz ,Sean Paul
Producer =Swizz Beatz
Certification =
Chronology = Eve singles
Last single = "Tambourine"(2007)
This single = "Give It to You"
(2007)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist =Sean Paul
Type = singles
Last single = "Break It Off "
(2006)
This single = "Give It to You"
(2007)
Next single = "Watch Them Roll "
(2007) Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternative Covers
Type = single
Lower caption = 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 artistSean Paul and a mixture of Spanish guitar and reggae sounds. This was confirmed on Eve's label website Geffen in the artist section. [http://www.geffen.com/eve] The song was sent to radio airplay onJuly 31 ,2007 and released as a digital download oniTunes .This song was #65 on "MTV Asia"
's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007. [MTV Asia. [http://www.mtvasia.com/Funstuff/Contests/MTVTop100Hits2007/top100.html "Top 100 Hits List"] . Retrieved 2007-12-27 ]Music video
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 onJuly 30 on "TRL" and onAugust 7 on "106 & Park ". It has spent 8 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 andSean 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.Formats and track listing
;CD Single [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000XJOU0E CD Single] Retrieved
January 5 ,2007 ]
# "Give It to You" (Album version)
# "Give It to You" (Instrumental)
# "Tambourine"
# "Give It to You" (Video);UK/Germany CD Single [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000XJOU0Y UK CD single] ]
# "Give It to You" (Album version)
# "Tambourine";Australian CD Single [ [http://www.play4me.com.au/product/give_it_to_you_1698867_17883.html Australian CD single] ]
# "Give It to You" (Album version)
# "Tambourine (Remix)"
# "Let Me Blow Ya Mind (Stargate Remix)"
# "Gangsta Lovin' (Radio Edit)"
# "Who's That Girl? (C.I.A.S. Remix)"Charts
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