"Give It to You" is the debut solo single by American singer

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(from

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) from his self-titled album, ''

'' (1999). It is his most well-known single to date as a solo artist.

Chart performance

The song became Knight's first and only top 10 solo hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 10. It also hit number 35 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and reached

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status soon afterward. It peaked at number 5 on the

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Music video

Directed by

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, 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 complex hip-hop choreography. The

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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

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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

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at the

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, but was given to " Livin' La Vida Loca" by

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Live performance

On May 25, 1999, Knight promoted the release of his self-titled debut album by performing the song live on '' Live with Regis and Kathie Lee''.

Track listings

US CD maxi-single #"Give It to You" (Video Version) - 4:29 #"Give It to You" (

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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 single #"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

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Give It to You (Jordan Knight song) 1999 songs 1999 debut singles Interscope Records singles Music videos directed by Darren Grant Song recordings produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Songs written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Songs written by Robin Thicke Songs written by Jordan Knight Electro songs