For the song by The Offspring containing the line, see Pretty Fly (For a White Guy).
"Give It to Me Baby"
Side A label of the US single
Single by Rick James
from the album Street Songs
B-side
"Don't Give Up on Love"
Released
February 20, 1981
Recorded
1980
Genre
Funk[1]
Length
3:48 (Single version) 4:07 (Album version)
Label
Gordy
Songwriter(s)
Rick James
Producer(s)
Rick James
Rick James singles chronology
"Big Time" (1980)
"Give It to Me Baby" (1981)
"Super Freak" (1981)
Music video
"Give It to Me Baby" on YouTube
"Give It to Me Baby" is a song written by American singer Rick James. Taken from his album Street Songs, the song charted on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at No. 40 and spent five weeks at No. 1 on the R&B chart.[2] Two other tracks from Street Songs, "Super Freak" and "Ghetto Life", topped the American dance chart for three weeks in the summer of 1981.[3] The song proved to be even more successful with R&B and dance club audiences. Part of the background vocals were sung by Temptations member Melvin Franklin.[4]
^Molanphy, Chris (July 31, 2021). "What a Fool Believes Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 291.
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 134.
^"Soul revisited: remembering Melvin Franklin". The Funk and Soul Revue. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
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