Give Me Something

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"Give Me Something"
Song by Yoko Ono from the album Double Fantasy
Released 17 November 1980
Recorded 1980
Genre Rock
Length 1:35
Label Geffen
Writer Yoko Ono
Producer Yoko Ono
Double Fantasy track listing
"Give Me Something"
Single by Yoko Ono
from the album Open Your Box
Released 2010
Format Digital download
Genre Rock, Dance
Label Mind Train, Twisted Records
Writer(s) Yoko Ono
Producer John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Jack Douglas
Yoko Ono singles chronology
"I'm Not Getting Enough"
(2009)		 "Give Me Something"
(2010)		 "Wouldnit (I'm a Star)"
(2010)

"Give Me Something" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1980 on John Lennon and Ono's duet album Double Fantasy. The song appeared in Ono's off-Broadway musical New York Rock and her compilation albums Walking on Thin Ice and Onobox. In 2010, the Junior Boys remix of the song was released as a free download on MySpace Music and RCRD LBL.[1]

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Background [edit]

"Give Me Something" was written by Yoko Ono, while the music, like the rest of the songs on Double Fantasy, was produced by John Lennon, Ono, and Jack Douglas.[2] Ono stated in an interview that "Give Me Something" was written as "feeling that I had about society. [...] We’re all getting very cold now as a society."[1] Ono further explained the song's theme of coldness to Spinner: "I remember I was envisioning a gray, cold city with people walking with hands in their pockets and putting the collars of their coats up."[3]

Critical reception [edit]

Larry Fitzmaurice from Pitchfork Media described the original version as a "spiky new-wave tune featuring a particularly angry vocal performance," but commented that the Junior Boys "smooth out some of the tune's rougher edges, morphing Ono's cries into elastic bursts and turning the track into a Danceteria-worthy disco jam."[4]

Chart performance [edit]

The song became Yoko Ono's fourth consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club chart.[1]

Track listing [edit]

  • Digital download (Vocal Mixes)[5]
  1. "Give Me Something" (Morel's I Gave You My Heart Mix) – 6:55
  2. "Give Me Something" (Dave Audé Club Mix) – 8:14
  3. "Give Me Something" (TWISTED Sound+Vision Club Mix) – 7:13
  4. "Give Me Something" (Stonebridge Club Mix) – 5:53
  5. "Give Me Something" (Ralphi's BIG Vocal) – 8:19
  6. "Give Me Something" (Roberto Rodriguez Extended Vocal Mix) – 10:06
  7. "Give Me Something" (Junior Boys Club Mix) – 4:52
  8. "Give Me Something" (Alex Trax Club Mix) – 7:02
  9. "Give Me Something" (Floppy Kid Original Re-edit) – 2:43
  10. "Give Me Something" (BONUS TRACK: Sparks Reinvention) – 4:19
  • Digital download (Dub Mixes)[6]
  1. "Give Me Something" (Morel's I Gave You My Heart Dub) – 7:04
  2. "Give Me Something" (Dave Audé Dub Mix) – 6:45
  3. "Give Me Something" (Stonebridge Dub Mix) – 5:53
  4. "Give Me Something" (TWISTED Sound+Vision Dub) – 6:57
  5. "Give Me Something" (Ralphi's BIG Club Dub) – 8:14
  6. "Give Me Something" (Alex Trax Dub) – 6:34
  7. "Give Me Something" (Roberto Rodriguez Let's You Have It Mix) – 7:49
  8. "Give Me Something" (Roberto Rodriguez Instrumental Dub) – 7:53

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[7] 1

Year-end charts [edit]

Chart (2010) Position
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[8] 23

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Unmixed Q&A + FREE download ♬ ONO “Give Me Something” (Junior Boys Remix)". Imagine Peace. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Double Fantasy (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Zinc Media, Inc. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  3. ^ Eisen, Benjy (19 May 2010). "Yoko Ono, 'Give Me Something' (Sparks Reinvention) -- Song Premiere". Spinner. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  4. ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry (15 April 2010). "Pitchfork: Forkcast: Yoko Ono: "Give Me Something" (Junior Boys Remix)". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  5. ^ "Give Me Something (Vocal Mixes) – Single by Yoko Ono". iTunes Store US. Apple Inc. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  6. ^ "Give Me Something (Dub Mixes) – Single by Yoko Ono". iTunes Store US. Apple Inc. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  7. ^ "Yoko Ono Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play for Yoko Ono. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Dance Club Songs, Best of 2010, 21-30". Retrieved 7 August 2011. 
Yoko Ono singles discography
1960s
1969
1970s
1970
1971
1972
1973
  • "Death of Samantha" / "Yang Yang"
  • "Josejoi Banzai (Part 1)" / "Josejoi Banzai (Part 2)" (Japan only)
  • "Woman Power" / "Men, Men, Men"
  • "Run, Run, Run" / "Men, Men, Men"
1974
  • "Yume O Motou (Let's Have a Dream)" / "It Happened" (Japan only)
1980s
1980
1981
1982
  • "My Man" / "Let the Tears Dry"
1983
1984
1985
2000s
2001
2002
2003
2004
2007
2008
2009
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
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