Giving Up

4 cited facts

1973
7:12

What connects this song

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Released on Sussex, also Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers), Use Me (Bill Withers) and Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? (Bill Withers)
Written by Van McCoy, also Baby I’m Yours (Barbara Lewis), Baby Don’t Change Your Mind (Gladys Knight & the Pips) and I Get the Sweetest Feeling (Jackie Wilson)

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Van McCoy wrote 27 songs on fono
Van McCoy’s most frequent co-writer is Joe Cobb (4 songs together)
Van McCoy first appears on fono in 1963, 10 years before this song

Credits

All 3 credits

Written by: Van McCoy
Part of: Ms. Z
Released on: Sussex

Written by: Van McCoy
Part of: Ms. Z
Released on: Sussex

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Same writer: Van McCoy
Baby I’m Yours
Barbara Lewis
1965
Same label: Sussex
Ain’t No Sunshine
Bill Withers
1971
Same writer: Van McCoy
Baby Don’t Change Your Mind
Gladys Knight & the Pips
1977
Same label: Sussex
Use Me
Bill Withers
1972
Same writer: Van McCoy
I Get the Sweetest Feeling
Jackie Wilson
1968
Same label: Sussex
Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?
Bill Withers
1972

Elsewhere

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1MusicBrainz Giving Up was written by Van McCoy
Giving Up was written by Van McCoy
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2MusicBrainz Giving Up is part of the release Ms. Z
Giving Up is part of the release Ms. Z
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3MusicBrainz Sussex is the label of the song Giving Up
Sussex is the label of the song Giving Up
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4MusicBrainz Giving Up was released on 1973
Giving Up was released on 1973
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