Do for Love

"Do for Love"
"Do for Love"
Song
B-side	"Brenda's Got a Baby"

"Do for Love" (originally titled 'Sucka 4 Luv' in its unreleased form) was the second posthumously released single by Tupac Shakur from his second posthumous album R U Still Down? (Remember Me). The vocal sample is from "What You Won't Do for Love" by Bobby Caldwell. The song is produced by Soulshock & Karlin. It charted at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #12 in the UK.

Music video

The music video (which was directed by Bill Parker) was shot from January 28–29, 1998^{[citation needed]} and it contained Tupac as a clay and animated figure.

Commercial success

The song was certified Gold by RIAA on March 31, 1998 for 500,000 sales.^[2]^[3]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[4]	17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[5]	18
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[6]	18
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[7]	33
UK Singles (OCC)^[8]	12
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)^[9]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[11]	10
US Billboard Hot Rap Singles	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[12]	89

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[2]	Gold	500,000^[3]

References

^ "Production discography". Soulshock & Karlin. soulpower.net. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "American single certifications – 2 Pac – Do for Love". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ ^a ^b "Best-Selling Records of 1998". Billboard. 111 (5). BPI Communications Inc.: 75 January 30, 1999. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 28, 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
^ "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Top 40 Singles.
^ "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Singles Top 100.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Retrieved 2010-08-28.

External links

Music video at MTV.com
Template:MetroLyrics song

[1] "Production discography". Soulshock & Karlin. soulpower.net. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

[RIAA-2] "American single certifications – 2 Pac – Do for Love". Recording Industry Association of America.

[sales-3] "Best-Selling Records of 1998". Billboard. 111 (5). BPI Communications Inc.: 75 January 30, 1999. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

[sc_Dutch40_2Pac-4] "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 28, 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.

[sc_Dutch100_2_Pac_feat._Eric_Williams-5] "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

[sc_New_Zealand_2_Pac_feat._Eric_Williams-6] "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Top 40 Singles.

[sc_Swedish_2_Pac_feat._Eric_Williams-7] "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Singles Top 100.

[sc_UK_2_Pac_feat._Eric_Williams-8] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

[sc_UKrandb_2_Pac-9] "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.

[sc_Billboardhot100_2Pac-10] "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_2Pac-11] "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.

[12] "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Retrieved 2010-08-28.

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v t e Tupac Shakur
Discography Songs Awards and nominations Death
Studio albums	2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... Me Against the World All Eyez on Me
Posthumous albums	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory R U Still Down? (Remember Me) Still I Rise Until the End of Time Better Dayz Loyal to the Game Pac's Life
Live albums	2Pac Live Live at the House of Blues
Remix albums	Nu-Mixx Klazzics Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991 The Prophet: The Best of the Works Tupac: Resurrection The Prophet Returns Best of 2Pac
Related albums	Nothing but Trouble (soundtrack) Sons of the P Juice (soundtrack) Poetic Justice (soundtrack) Above the Rim (soundtrack) Gridlock'd (soundtrack) Gang Related (soundtrack) A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle The Rose That Grew from Concrete The Rose, Vol. 2
Extended plays	Don't Go 2 Sleep
Singles	"Brenda's Got a Baby" "If My Homie Calls" "Trapped" "Holler If Ya Hear Me" "I Get Around" "Keep Ya Head Up" "Papa'z Song" "Cradle to the Grave" "Dear Mama" "So Many Tears" "Temptations" "California Love" "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" "How Do U Want It" "I Ain't Mad at Cha" "Toss It Up" "To Live & Die in LA" "Hail Mary" "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Posthumous singles	"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" "Do for Love" "Changes" "Unconditional Love" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "Until the End of Time" "Letter 2 My Unborn" "Thugz Mansion" "Still Ballin'" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "Ghetto Gospel" "Untouchable" "Pac's Life" "Playa Cardz Right"
Other songs	"I Don't Give a Fuck" "Runnin' from tha Police" "Ambitionz az a Ridah" "All Eyez on Me" "Hit 'Em Up" "Are U Still Down" "Panther Power"
Featured singles	"Gotta Get Mine" "Smile" "Playa Cardz Right"
Books	The Rose That Grew from Concrete
Stage	Holler If Ya Hear Me
Documentaries	Biggie & Tupac Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Assassination Dear Mama
Outlawz	Yaki Kadafi Kastro Napoleon E.D.I. Mean Hussein Fatal Mussolini Komani Young Noble
Related articles	Outlawz Digital Underground Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur Mopreme Shakur Mutulu Shakur Thug Life Death Row Records East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry Niccolò Machiavelli Orlando Anderson Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts All Eyez on Me (film) Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. City of Lies "Taylor Made"