Give It to Me Right

"Give It to Me Right"
Single by Melanie Fiona
from the album The Bridge
Released	February 28, 2009
Format	CD single, digital download
Recorded	2008
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	3:40
Label	SRC, Universal Motown
Writer(s)	Andrea Martin, Rod Argent[1]
Producer(s)	Andrea Martin
Melanie Fiona singles chronology
"Give It to Me Right" (2009) "It Kills Me" (2009)

"Give It to Me Right" is a song by Canadian R&B singer Melanie Fiona from her debut album, The Bridge (2009). Written and produced by Andrea Martin, the track was sent to radio outlets as the album's lead single on February 28, 2009. It heavily samples the 1968 hit "Time of the Season" by The Zombies.

The music video for "Give It to Me Right" ranked at #74 on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2009 countdown.

Chart performance

"Give It to Me Right" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number ninety-six on the issue date of March 7, 2009; it has so far peaked at number twenty. The song has also gained U.S. success debuting at number ninety-five on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs the week of March 14, 2009 and later peaking at number fifty-seven. In Italy the single debuted at number sixty-four the week of May 1, 2009, jumping to its peak position of number nine the following week. It has also peaked at number forty-one on the UK Singles Chart, but fell twenty-three places to number sixty-four the week after its peak.

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart[2]	54
Canadian Hot 100[2]	20
German Singles Chart[2]	31
Greek Singles Chart[3]	5
Italian Singles Chart[4]	9
Swiss Singles Chart[2]	5
UK Singles Chart[2]	41
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[5]	57

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Position
Italian Singles Chart[6]	80
Swiss Singles Chart[7]	56

References

1. http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=10551009&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
2. "Melanie Fiona – Give It To Me Right – Music Charts". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
3. "Greece Top 10 Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 13, 2013. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
4. "italiancharts.com – Melanie Fiona – Give It To Me Right". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
5. "Melanie Fiona Album & Song Chart History – R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
6. "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Ricerche e dati di mercato". Fimi.it. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
7. "2009 Year End Swiss Singles Chart". Swiss Music Charts. 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-16.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics