(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me

"(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me"
Single by Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole
from the album Step Up (Original Soundtrack)
Released6 June 2006 (2006-06-06)
Length4:04
Label
Songwriters
ProducerDonovan Bennett
Sean Paul singles chronology
"Never Gonna Be the Same"
(2006)
"(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me"
(2006)
"Break It Off"
(2006)
Keyshia Cole singles chronology
"Love"
(2006)
"(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me"
(2006)
"Last Night"
(2007)

"(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me" (known as "Give It Up to Me" in its solo version) is a song written by Jamaican rapper Sean Paul for his third album, The Trinity (2005). The single meant to be released after "Temperature" was "Breakout" but was switched to "Give It Up to Me" to promote the film Step Up (2006). It was the fourth US single to be taken from the album and the fifth UK single. The version released as a single ("(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me") is a collaboration with Keyshia Cole and is from the Step Up film soundtrack. Despite The Trinity being re-released just before the single release, the version with Keyshia Cole does not appear on the album despite a "radio version" being added.

The solo version was released in the US on 6 June 2006 while the version with Cole was released two weeks later, on 20 June. It was later issued as a commercial single in Australia and the United Kingdom in October 2006. "(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me" climbed to number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart upon its release, becoming Paul's sixth top-10 hit and Cole's first top-10 hit. Internationally, the song became a top-20 hit in Australia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland, and the Wallonia region of Belgium.

Music video

The video was directed by Little X and filmed in a gym, which the director describes as "fun and exciting." Sean Paul and Keyshia Cole dance throughout the video, usually separate, and with their own dancers. Around the middle of the video, the three stars of the new dance film, Step Up, Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Drew Sidora appear. Jon Cruz and Rufino Puno of Super Cr3w, from the second season of America's Best Dance Crew can be seen late in the video breakdancing.

Track listings

US CD single

  1. "(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me" (featuring Keyshia Cole) [radio version]
  2. "(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me" [instrumental]

UK CD single

  1. "(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me" (featuring Keyshia Cole) [radio version]
  2. "Get Busy" [Sessions at AOL version]

UK 12-inch single

  1. "(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me" (featuring Keyshia Cole) [radio version]
  2. "(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me" [instrumental]
  3. "Like Glue" [video mix]
  4. "Get Busy" (featuring Fatman Scoop & Crooklyn Clan) [Clap Your Hands Now remix - street club long version]

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[62] Gold 35,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[63] Gold 40,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[64] Gold 15,000‡
Spain (Promusicae)[65] Gold 50,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[66] Platinum 600,000‡
Ringtone
Canada (Music Canada)[67] Platinum 40,000*
United States (RIAA)[68] Gold 500,000*
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[69] Platinum 2,000,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Version Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States Solo 6 June 2006 [70]
Keyshia Cole 20 June 2006
Australia 2 October 2006 CD [71]
United Kingdom 30 October 2006
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
[72]

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