"Giving Up" was a Top 40 Pop hit, reaching No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1][better source needed] 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her family group The Pips, (her brother Merald (Bubba),and their cousins, Ed Patten, and William Guest, later recorded a newer version of the song after being signed by Motown, which was released on their "Greatest Hits" album and Anthology on Motown's "Soul" subsidiary label several years later.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 recordingsEdit
"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.[2][better source needed] 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.[citation needed] 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.
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