"Give It Up" was a hit song for KC and the Sunshine Band

KC and the Sunshine Band

KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, their style has included funk, R&B, and disco. Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That's the Way ", " Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight", "Give...

, although it was simply credited as KC in many countries, including the US. Following the backlash against many disco

Disco

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 artists on the charts at the beginning of the 1980s, the song was a comeback hit for the act in the US, where it peaked at #18 on the US Hot 100 in January 1984. The song was an even bigger hit in the UK several months earlier, where it had hit #1 for three weeks in August 1983. It went on to become the 18th best-selling single of the year in the UK. It was the last of the act's hits in the US and UK, and the most successful of its 10 UK hits. In recent years, the song has been turned into a sporting chant in England

Football in England

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 and Scotland

Football in Scotland

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The song was featured in the low-budget 1986 horror movie Killer Party. It also is used as a theme song at Queen's University for the Engineering department, known as the "Clark Hall Pub Dance"

Cover versions

The song was covered by Captain Jack

Captain Jack (band)

Captain Jack is a musical duo, specializing in Eurodance music, originating from Germany.- History :Its members were Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez , and Sunny...

 in 2003 on their album Party Warriors

Party Warriors

Party Warriors is an album by Captain Jack. it was released in 2002.-Track listing:# "Heyaaah " - 1:02# "Centerfold " - 2:56# "Give it Up " - 3:26# "Iko Iko " - 3:37...

and was also covered by Québécois

French-speaking Quebecer

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 singer Jacynthe.

In 1993 it was covered by Danish

Denmark

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 dance

Dance music

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 group Cut 'N' Move

Cut 'N' Move

Cut 'N' Move was a dance/hip hop group from Århus, Denmark.Their debut album was released on Epic Records in 1991, which was a moderate success in dance clubs in Europe. In 1994, their remix of the KC & the Sunshine Band song "Give it Up" went to No. 1 in Australia for 4 weeks. The track reached...

, whose version went to number one on the Australia

Australia

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n ARIA Chart in February 1994. Cut 'N' Move covered the song again in 1997 for Dancemania Covers

Dancemania Covers

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It was covered by Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox

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 and Chrissie Hynde

Chrissie Hynde

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 during a live performance.

"Love You Long Time" by The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas

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, from their 2010 album The Beginning

The Beginning (The Black Eyed Peas album)

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, contains a sample of "Give It Up".