Give It to Me (Timbaland song)

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"Give It to Me"
Single by Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
from the album Shock Value
Released February 6, 2007 (United States)
April 9, 2007 (United Kingdom)
Format Digital download, CD, 12" single
Recorded 2006
Genre R&B, hip hop
Length 3:58 (album version)
3:33 (radio edit)
Label Blackground/Interscope
Writer(s) Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Tim Clayton, Nate Hills, Tim Mosley
Producer Timbaland, Danja (co-producer)
Certification Platinum
Timbaland singles chronology
"Ice Box"
(2006)		 "Give It to Me"
(2007)		 "Anonymous"
(2007)
Nelly Furtado singles chronology
"All Good Things (Come to an End)"
(2006)		 "Give It to Me"
(2007)		 "Say It Right"
(2007)
Justin Timberlake singles chronology
"What Goes Around.../...Comes Around"
(2007)		 "Give It to Me"
(2007)		 "Summer Love"
(2007)
Music video
"Give It to Me" on YouTube

"Give It to Me" is a song recorded by Timbaland, with featured artists Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, for Timbaland's second solo album, Shock Value (2007). It was released as the album's first single (see 2007 in music). The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards.

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[edit] Background

The song features the three artists each singing in response to their respective rivalries.

Nelly Furtado's verses are about the singer Fergie. Furtado thought that the line "but I ain't promiscuous" in her song Fergalicious was a diss and retaliated in "Give It To Me" calling Fergie's style "ridiculous".

Timbaland's section is in response to a rivalry which flared up between Timbaland and record producer Scott Storch in early 2007. The tension increased with the release "Give It to Me", when Timbaland anonymously called out Storch, rapping, "I'm a real producer and you just the piano man". Timbaland later confirmed that he was talking about Storch in an interview with MTV personality Sway Calloway. Storch responded with the track "Built Like That" on February 26, 2007, featuring Philadelphia rapper NOX, which caused a final response by Beat-Club-rapper D.O.E. on the song "Piano Man". The end of the feud was confirmed by Timbaland in the final issue of Scratch Magazine.

Justin Timberlake's section is in response to a rumored remark made by Prince regarding Timberlake's song "SexyBack".

[edit] Chart performance

The song debuted at number eighty-seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in February 2007, coincidentally, it was the week when Furtado's Say It Right took over the top spot.[1] It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April—when it rose to that position from number forty-two in one week, making it, at the time, the third biggest rise to number one in the chart's history—because of sales of 248,000 digital downloads. The song, however, scored Timbaland his first number one single in the United Kingdom.[2] It became Timbaland's first number-one on his own, Furtado's third and Timberlake's fourth consecutive. It is the sixth number-one produced by Timbaland & Danja in under twelve months;[citation needed] others include "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around...Comes Around" by Timberlake and "Promiscuous" and "Say It Right" by Furtado. The single also peaked at number one on the Billboard Pop 100.

In the United Kingdom, "Give It to Me" debuted at number eight for the week ending April 14, 2007, and rose to number one the following week, with sales of 27,760 that week. The song sold 275,000 copies in Great Britain as stated by the Official Charts Company.

[edit] Music video

On February 26, 2007, the music video for "Give It to Me" was premiered on MTV's Total Request Live. It shows Timbaland, Furtado, and Timberlake performing the song at the 2007 Grammy Awards pre-show concert, and is intercut with footage from a studio recording session and from inside Timbaland's tour bus. The clip also shows Furtado singing on a balcony. The video was directed by Paul "Coy" Allen & Timbaland and appeared at number ninety-eight on BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 countdown.

[edit] Tracklisting

CD Single (UK & Europe)
  1. "Give It to Me" (Radio Edit) – 3:33
  2. "Give It to Me" (Instrumental) – 3:57
Maxi Single (Europe & Australia)
  1. "Give It to Me" (Radio Edit) – 3:33
  2. "Give It to Me" (Instrumental) – 3:57
  3. "Come Around" (featuring M.I.A.) – 3:57
  4. "Give It to Me" (Video) – 3:58

[edit] Official versions

  • "Give It to Me" (Explicit Album Version) – 3:58
  • "Give It to Me" (Radio Edit)/ (Clean Album Version) – 3:33
  • "Give It to Me" (Instrumental) – 3:57
  • "Give It to Me" (Laff At Em Remix)

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2007)[3] Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 16
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[5] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[7] 7
Czech Republic (IFPI)[8] 4
Denmark (Tracklisten)[9] 1
European Hot 100 Singles[10] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 6
France (SNEP)[12] 7
Germany (Media Control AG)[13] 3
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[14] 1
Hungary (Single Top 10)[15] 10
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 2
Italy (FIMI)[17] 8
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[18] 8
New Zealand (RIANZ)[19] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[20] 4
Russia (EMI)[21] 5
Slovakia (IFPI)[22] 23
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 6
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[24] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[25] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[26] 40
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[27] 3

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[28] 19
German Singles Chart[29] 14
Swiss Singles Chart[30] 19

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Furtado's 'Say It Right' Bests Beyonce On Hot 100", Billboard.com, February 15, 2007.
  2. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Timbaland Soars To No. 1 After Sales Explosion", Billboard.com, April 12, 2007.
  3. ^ http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Timbaland+feat.+Nelly+Furtado+%26+Justin+Timberlake&titel=Give+It+To+Me&cat=s
  4. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
  5. ^ "Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  7. ^ "Ultratop.be – Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  8. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200732 into search.
  9. ^ "TIMBALAND FEAT. NELLY FURTADO – GIVE IT TO ME Hitlisten.nu" (in Danish). Tracklisten. IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control.
  10. ^ "Timbaland Album & Song Chart History" European Hot 100 for Timbaland. Prometheus Global Media.
  11. ^ "Finnishcharts.com – Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me". Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Lescharts.com – Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
  13. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  14. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  15. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 10 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  16. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
  17. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien.
  18. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  19. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
  20. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me". VG-lista. Hung Medien.
  21. ^ http://tophit.ru/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=7668
  22. ^ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200719 into search.
  23. ^ "Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake – Give It To Me – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  24. ^ "Chart Stats – Timbaland – Give It To Me" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
  25. ^ "Timbaland Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Timbaland. Prometheus Global Media.
  26. ^ "Timbaland Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Timbaland. Prometheus Global Media.
  27. ^ "Timbaland Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Timbaland. Prometheus Global Media.
  28. ^ http://austriancharts.at/2007_single.asp
  29. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2007
  30. ^ http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2007
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