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'Give It Up' has been in the chart since August... It originally peaked at No. 23 but re-entered the Top 30 on 17th October '93 - This dance anthem has been described as "Latin drum madness meets Trooping The Colour meets a holiday session in Ibiza".
Not entirely sure who said that, but it's not a bad description of the atmosphere of this track, which does indeed make interesting use of the drum loop sampled from an old Sergio Mendes track. There's little else to it, other than some synth pad and the repeated shout of the title, presumably there mainly so the track could have a name. That's both a strength, in that there's sort of concentrated punchy quality to the track, and a weakness in that it gets a little bit boring after the first couple of minutes. In fact, I find myself in the rare position of being able to say that the Simply Red version is better, as Mick Hucknall marginally improved this by adding words and a bit more melody to create his only Number One single, 'Fairground'. Unfortunately, he tried the same trick later with less impressive results. Still, Zki and Dobre went on to make some pretty annoying records themselves, so they can't complain.
Available on: House Masters - Chocolate Puma
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