Giving Up
# Giving Up

"Giving Up" is a popular song written by Van McCoy that was introduced by Gladys Knight & the Pips with an April 1964 single release.

## Chart performance

"Giving Up" was a Top 40 Pop hit, reaching No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. and a Top 10 R&B hit, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. Gladys and her family group The Pips, (her brother Merald (Bubba),and their cousins, Ed Patten, and William Guest, later recorded a newer version of the song after being signed by Motown, which was released on their "Greatest Hits" album and Anthology on Motown's "Soul" subsidiary label several years later.

## Other recordings

"Giving Up" has inspired cover versions by many artists:

* A 1969 cover of the song by the Ad Libs that peaked at No. 34 on the US R&B chart. Van McCoy produced the track.
* Donny Hathaway remade "Giving Up" for his 1971 self-titled album for which it served as lead single reaching No. 21 R&B in the summer of 1972. Hathaway's version crossed over to the pop chart, peaking at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.
* In 2000, Aaliyah remade "Giving Up" as an intended audition for the role of Sparkle, a movie which was set to be produced by Whitney Houston and star Aaliyah.
* Jennifer Holliday recorded “Givin’ Up” which featured on her 1987 album Get Close to My Love and later on the soundtrack to the 2007 Tyler Perry motion picture Why Did I Get Married?
