Give It to Me Baby

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"Give It to Me Baby"
Give It to Me Baby by Rick James US vinyl Side-A label.png
Side A label of the US single
Single by Rick James
from the album Street Songs
B-side "Don't Give Up on Love"
ReleasedFebruary 20, 1981
Recorded1980
Genre Funk [1]
Length3:48 (Single version)
4:07 (Album version)
Label Gordy
Songwriter(s) Rick James
Producer(s) Rick James
Rick James singles chronology
"Big Time"
(1980)
"Give It to Me Baby"
(1981)
"Super Freak"
(1981)
Music video
"Give It to Me Baby" on YouTube

"Give It to Me Baby" is a song written by American singer Rick James. Taken from his album Street Songs , the song charted on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at No. 40 and spent five weeks at No. 1 on the R&B chart. [2] Two other tracks from Street Songs, "Super Freak" and "Ghetto Life", topped the American dance chart for three weeks in the summer of 1981. [3] The song proved to be even more successful with R&B and dance club audiences. Part of the background vocals were sung by Temptations member Melvin Franklin. [4]

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Charts

Chart (1981–1982)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)47
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 40
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles [6] 1
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play [7] 1
US Cash Box Top 100 [8] 34

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