"Give It to You" is a song by

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. It is a non-album single that was to be released on her fourth studio album, ''Here I Am''. The album ran into a series of delays and was ultimately renamed ''

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'' (2013). The song features

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artist

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and a mixture of Spanish guitar and reggae sounds. The song was sent to radio airplay on July 31, 2007 and released as a digital download on

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. This song was placed at number 65 on ''

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''s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.

Music video

The music video, directed by Melina and produced by John Winter, features cameo appearances by

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. The video premiered on July 30, 2007 on ''

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'' and on August 7, 2007 on ''

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''. It spent eight days on ''Total Request Live'', peaking at number 5. The video opens up to a non-musical scene where

is cooking breakfast in her

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. The phone rings and Eve answers the phone. The music begins and

and Eve begin to sing over the phone to each other. Paul then hangs up and gets on his motorcycle and begins to ride to Eve's house. Meanwhile, Eve is sitting on the couch singing to the camera. Eve then sees Paul on his motorcycle, he tells her to hurry up and get ready. It then intercuts to the scene at night time where Eve gets onto the motorcycle and they begin to sing on the motorcycle. It shows more intercuts of Eve and Paul singing in the club and walking into the club. The video finishes with Eve dancing in the club and Paul dancing against a wall.

Formats and track listing

;CD single # "Give It to You" (Album version) # "Give It to You" (Instrumental) # "Tambourine" # "Give It to You" (Video) ;UK/Germany CD single # "Give It to You" (Album version) # "Tambourine" ;Australian CD singleAustralian CD single
# "Give It to You" (Album version) # "Tambourine (Remix)" # "Let Me Blow Ya Mind (Stargate Remix)" # "Gangsta Lovin' (Radio Edit)" # "Who's That Girl? (C.I.A.S. Remix)"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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