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Giving Up

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"Giving Up"
Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips
B-side"Maybe Maybe Baby"
Released1964 (1964)
GenreSoul
Length2:43
LabelMaxx
Songwriter(s)Van McCoy

"Giving Up" is a popular song written by Van McCoy that was introduced by Gladys Knight & the Pips with an April 1964 single release.

Chart performance

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"Giving Up" was a Top 40 Pop hit, reaching No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1][better source needed] and a Top 10 R&B hit, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. Gladys and her family group The Pips, (her brother Merald (Bubba),and their cousins, Ed Patten, and William Guest, later recorded a newer version of the song after being signed by Motown, which was released on their "Greatest Hits" album and Anthology on Motown's "Soul" subsidiary label several years later.

Other recordings

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"Giving Up" has inspired cover versions by many artists:

References

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  1. ^ "Soul Deep - Various Artists - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Artist Search for "the ad libs"". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2017.