Giving Up

"Giving Up" is a popular song written by Van McCoy that was introduced by Gladys Knight & the Pips with an April 1964 single release. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard R&B singles chart and No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1]^[2]

In the UK, where the Gladys Knight & the Pips original of "Giving Up" failed to chart in its June 1964 release, a belated cover of the song was recorded in 1965 by Julie Grant with her regular producer Tony Hatch and released that March without evident result. Bill Kenwright also had a UK single release of "Giving Up" in August 1968, the track being the B-side of the non-charting single "Love's Black and White".

The song's composer Van McCoy produced a 1969 cover of the song by the Ad Libs that peaked at No. 34 on the US R&B chart.^[3]

Donny Hathaway remade "Giving Up" for his 1971 self-titled album for which it served as lead single reaching No. 21 R&B in the summer of 1972. Hathaway's version crossed over to the pop chart, peaking at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. sax player Kirk Whalum recorded "Giving Up" for his 2010 tribute album Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway.

"Giving Up" has also been recorded by The Hassles, Jennifer Holliday, Denise LaSalle, Kenny Lattimore, Zulema and Aaliyah.

References

Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight Merald "Bubba" Knight William Guest Edward Patten Brenda Knight Eleanor Guest Langston George Chris Morante

Studio albums	Everybody Needs Love Neither One of Us Imagination I Feel a Song 2nd Anniversary The One and Only

Soundtrack albums	Claudine

Compilation albums	The Ultimate Collection

Singles	"Every Beat of My Heart" "Giving Up" "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" "Everybody Needs Love" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "The End of Our Road" "It Should Have Been Me" "I Wish It Would Rain" "The Nitty Gritty" "If I Were Your Woman" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" "The Look of Love" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "I've Got to Use My Imagination" "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" "Save the Overtime (For Me)" "Hero" "Love Overboard"

Related topics	Discography Aaliyah Barry Hankerson

Book

Donny Hathaway

Studio albums	Everything Is Everything Donny Hathaway Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway Extension of a Man Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway

Live albums	Live These Songs for You, Live!

Soundtrack album	Come Back, Charleston Blue

Singles	"The Ghetto" "This Christmas" "You've Got a Friend" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" "Giving Up" "Where Is the Love" "The Closer I Get to You"

Related articles	Lalah Hathaway

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