"Give It to Me" is a song by English rock band

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, released as a single in February 1967. In the UK, it peaked just outside the top ten, ending their run of consecutive top-ten hits.

Background and release

"Give It to Me" was written by lead vocalist

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and was released as the Troggs' sixth single. It was written and recorded in only three days. A specially tailored version of the song was featured in the 1966

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''. Like in the UK, where "Give It to Me" only peaked at number 12 on the ''

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'' chart, it did not chart as highly in the rest of Europe compared to the Troggs' previous singles. It was released in the North America as the band's fourth single, with "

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" released there several months later. It performed poorly, missing out on all the national top-100 charts, though did chart on both ''

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'''s extension charts. Reviewing for ''

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'', Peter Jones described "Give It to Me" as "basically very simple, very urgent, very dynamic. It builds to a climax featuring just the title phrase. It's a sort of rhythmic onslaught, yet gentle in a way".

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'' wrote that "it's good Troggs-like stuff, no doubt about it. It will be a hit, no doubt about that either, because it has that odd insidious feel that all their records have. But how big a hit is another thing. It has a very odd melody and doesn't really DO anything. Nothing builds up or fades away or breaks. It just goes on. It's not boring, it's not exciting". ''Cash Box'' described it as a "thumping, low-keyed, pulsating, bluesy, funk-filled rock workout".

Charts

References

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