Give It to You (Jordan Knight song)
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"Give It to You" is Jordan Knight
's solo debut single from his self-titled album, Jordan Knight
. It is his most well-known single to date as a solo artist and got massive airplay due to the popularity of teen-pop at the time.
The song starts off with carnival music and then changes to teen
-dance pop
, with freestyle
beats into the chorus.
US Single
US Maxi-CD
UK CD 1
Video Give It To You
UK CD 2
Europe Single
Europe Maxi-CD
, peaking at #10. It also hit #35 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play. It reached Platinum
status soon afterwards.
, the video starts off in an amusement park with Knight and his friends getting off by a Land Rover Defender. His friends start off with a ballroom dance and then move into hip-hop choreography.
The music video
is based on the movie Grease
, with the cool guy at first overlooking the "nerdy" girl. But when she shows up in a tight leather outfit and stubs out her cigarette (like Sandy does at the end of Grease), he finally notices her and they dance. Choreographer Darrin Henson
makes a cameo appearances in the music video, on the left to Jordan Knight in the red. He was also the choreographer of the dance in the video.
The Miami bass
break in the video was only heard on selected versions of the single
The video was nominated for "Best Dance Video" at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards
, but was given to "Livin' La Vida Loca
" by Ricky Martin
.
Jordan Knight
Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer in the boy band, New Kids on the Block , and actor, who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his distinctive falsetto style of singing, influenced by The Stylistics. After New Kids On...
's solo debut single from his self-titled album, Jordan Knight
Jordan Knight (album)
Jordan Knight is the eponymous debut album from former New Kids on the Block member, Jordan Knight. Jordan Knight co-produced 8 of the 11 tracks on the disc with help from Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and a soon-to-be-known artist, Robin Thicke...
. It is his most well-known single to date as a solo artist and got massive airplay due to the popularity of teen-pop at the time.
The song starts off with carnival music and then changes to teen
Teen pop
Teen pop is a subgenre of pop music that is created, marketed and oriented towards teenagers. Teen pop copies genres and styles such as pop, dance, R&B, hip hop, country and rock....
-dance pop
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...
, with freestyle
Freestyle music
Freestyle or Latin freestyle, sometimes referred to as Latin hip hop, is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the early 1980s. Mostly popular during the mid 80s to the early 90s...
beats into the chorus.
Track listing
http://www.discogs.com/Jordan-Knight-Give-It-To-You/master/103027US Single
- Give It To You [Single Edit] 4:20
US Maxi-CD
- Give It To You [Video Version] 4:29
- Give It To You [95 South Remix] 5:13
- Give It To You [Red Tacones Edit] 3:50
- Give It To You [Red Tacones Dark Dub] 7:15
- Give It To You [Fernando G's Radio Edit] 4:22
UK CD 1
- Give It To You [Radio Edit w/o Waltz] 3:49
- Give It To You [Red Tacones Edit] 3:50
- Finally Finding Out 4:03
Video Give It To You
UK CD 2
- Give It To You [10° Below Steelpan Vocal] 5:22
- Give It To You [10° Below Musique Vocals] 4:20
- Give It To You [Stepchild Radio Edit] 4:26
- Give It To You [95 South Remix] 5:13
Europe Single
- Give It To You 4:49
- Give It To You [Red Tacones Edit] 3:50
Europe Maxi-CD
- Give It To You 4:49
- Give It To You [Red Tacones Edit] 3:50
- Give It To You [Red Tacones Dark Dub] 7:15
- Give It To You (Fernando G's Edit] 3:28
Success
The single became Knight's first and only top ten in the Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, peaking at #10. It also hit #35 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play. It reached Platinum
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
status soon afterwards.
Peak positions
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.K. Singles Chart | 5 |
| Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
11 |
| Netherlands Mega Single Top 100 Mega Single Top 100 The Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales and legal downloads and composed by MegaCharts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Top 50. The difference is that these charts also include airplay data.The list is... |
40 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 33 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 21 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 55 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 35 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | 19 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks is a defunct airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. It was created in 1998, when Billboard Magazine changed the airplay profile of The Hot 100 Airplay to include more R&B, Country, and Rock stations to its profile . To preserve the notion of the former chart, Top 40 Tracks was... |
25 |
End of year charts
| End of year chart (1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 63 |
Music video
Directed by Darren GrantDarren Grant
Darren Grant is an American music video director. He has done over 80 music videos for mostly R&B and Hip Hop artists.He is best known for directing all the music videos from Destiny's Child's debut album, he also worked with them on their later music videos including Grammy winning single...
, the video starts off in an amusement park with Knight and his friends getting off by a Land Rover Defender. His friends start off with a ballroom dance and then move into hip-hop choreography.
The music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
is based on the movie Grease
Grease (film)
Grease is a 1978 American musical film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Warren Casey's and Jim Jacobs's 1971 musical of the same name about two lovers in a 1950s high school. The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, and Jeff Conaway...
, with the cool guy at first overlooking the "nerdy" girl. But when she shows up in a tight leather outfit and stubs out her cigarette (like Sandy does at the end of Grease), he finally notices her and they dance. Choreographer Darrin Henson
Darrin Henson
Darrin Dewitt Henson in The Bronx, New York City, New York is an American choreographer, dancer, actor, director and producer.-Career:...
makes a cameo appearances in the music video, on the left to Jordan Knight in the red. He was also the choreographer of the dance in the video.
The Miami bass
Miami bass
Miami bass , is a type of hip hop music, that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Its roots are directly linked to the Electro-funk sound of the early 1980s, pioneered by Afrika Bambataa & The Soulsonic Force and later on by UK-based musician Paul Hardcastle...
break in the video was only heard on selected versions of the single
The video was nominated for "Best Dance Video" at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards
1999 MTV Video Music Awards
The 1999 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 9, 1999, honoring the best music videos from June 13, 1998, to June 11, 1999. The show was hosted by Chris Rock at Metropolitan Opera House in New York City....
, but was given to "Livin' La Vida Loca
Livin' la Vida Loca
"Livin' la Vida Loca" is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released on March 23, 1999 from Martin's self-titled debut English album. The song was composed by Desmond Child and Draco Rosa and topped the charts during 1999...
" by Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
.