Give Me Everything

"Give Me Everything" is a song by American rapper Pitbull featuring Dutch DJ Afrojack and American singers Ne-Yo and Nayer. Written by the former three and produced by Afrojack, it was released on March 18, 2011, through Polo Grounds Music, Mr. 305 Entertainment, and J Records as the second single from Pitbull's sixth studio album, Planet Pit (2011). Rolling Stone described the song as a "club-pop cut with a plaintive Ne-Yo chorus".

In the United States, "Give Me Everything" became the first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 for every artist on the record except Ne-Yo, who had previously reached number-one with his own "So Sick" in 2006. It also became Pitbull's first number one in the United Kingdom as the main artist. The song has also peaked at number one in 21 countries such as Belgium, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Romania and within the top-five in twelve other territories. It was the seventh best-selling digital single of 2011 with worldwide sales of 8.2 million copies, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.

Background and composition

Following "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)", "Give Me Everything" is the second single from Pitbull's sixth studio album, Planet Pit, released on June 21, 2011. The song was released on March 18, 2011, through J Records. It was written by Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Afrojack (also producer), the latter two of whom are featured on the song along with Nayer.

Pitbull, Ne-Yo, and Nayer have performed the song at MTV's Spring Break 2011 in Las Vegas. According to Paul Grein of Yahoo! Music, the song combines genres of hip hop, pop, and "Broadway-style theatricality"—exemplified with the repetition of the word "tonight", reminiscent of the song of the same name from the musical West Side Story (1957). Pitbull makes references to photography company Kodak, department store Macy's, media personality Ryan Seacrest and actress Lindsay Lohan.

According to the sheet music published at musicnotes.com, "Give Me Everything" is written in the key of E♭ major, set in common time and has a tempo of 129 beats per minute. The vocals range from the low note of C3 to the high note of B♭4.

In Daymond John’s book Powershift, Pitbull says that he wrote the song after an encounter with a Princess from Dubai at a club. When the security at the club wanted to escort the Princess away from Pitbull after giving her his number; he was inspired by the events to write that song. John backed this point up even further citing the lyrics "Take advantage of tonight, 'cause I'm off to Dubai to perform for a princess" and Pitbull's own generosity with his fans as the reason he created the song.

Critical reception

"Give Me Everything" received mixed reviews from music critics. A review from NME magazine criticized Pitbull and the song for having too many random components. The review said "So, how many types of wrong is this? Well, you've got your earnest vocal gibbering about living in the moment. You've got your cheap rave wibble, a high frequency irritation that buzzes throughout like a fly trapped in jism."

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100, on the week of April 16, 2011. In its second week, it climbed to number 17 with 112,000 copies sold: a 259% increase as a result of prominent advertising in the iTunes Store. On the week of June 26, 2011, the song peaked at number one on the chart after having spent four weeks at number two. This gave Pitbull, Afrojack and Nayer their first number-one hit in the US and Ne-Yo's first number-one song on this chart since "So Sick" in 2006. As of May 2014, the song has sold 4,874,000 copies in the US. On June 6, 2024, the single was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of over ten million units in the United States.

On April 16, 2011, the song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 46 as the week's highest debut. It climbed to number 26 two weeks later. The song has also debuted in New Zealand at number ten, as well as on the Ultratop charts of both Belgian regions at number 35 in (Flanders) and number 42 in (Wallonia). On the Australian Singles Chart, "Give Me Everything" debuted at number fourteen and climbed to number five the next week. The song has since been certified six-times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. In Austria and France, the song debuted at number 20 and number 39, respectively. In the United Kingdom, "Give Me Everything" debuted at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart on April 24, 2011. The next week it climbed ten places to number 25. Over the next two weeks it progressed from number 12 to number four. On May 22, 2011, it went up three places to number one, knocking "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars off the number one position, becoming Pitbull's second, Ne-Yo's fourth, and Afrojack and Nayer's first number one in the United Kingdom. In 2011, the single was the seventh best-selling digital single of year with worldwide sales of 8.2 million copies, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.

Lawsuit

On August 22, 2011, Lindsay Lohan filed a lawsuit against Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Afrojack due to the song's lyrics referencing her name. A judge ruled that Pitbull's use of her name was protected by the First Amendment and that Lohan was barely mentioned in the song. As a result, Pitbull won the lawsuit.

Music video

The official music video was directed by David Roulsseau. It was released onto Pitbull's official Vevo channel on May 6, 2011. The video was filmed in the Alexandria Hotel in Los Angeles. It features an appearance by Miss Haiti 2010 Sarodj Bertin, former Girlicious member Natalie Mejia, Cheetah Girls' singer Adrienne Bailon and Russian model Eva Skaya.

As of January 2023, the video has been viewed over 1 billion times on YouTube.

In popular culture

An orchestra version of the song appeared in season 3 of Bridgerton.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

• Pitbull – vocals, songwriter
• Afrojack – songwriter, producer, keyboards, MIDI programming, recording
• Dj Buddha – Arranger, co-producer
• Ne-Yo – vocals, songwriter
• Nayer – background vocals, songwriter
• Mike "TrakGuru" Johnson – Ne-Yo vocal recording
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Erik Madrid – mixing assistant
• Chris Galland – mixing assistant
• Darius Brown – mixing supervisor

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Charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

• List of best-selling singles in Australia
• Billboard Top Latin Songs Year-End Chart
• List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2011
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2011 (U.S.)
• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs of 2011
• List of Ultratop 50 number-one singles of 2011
• List of Ultratop 40 number-one singles of 2011
• List of number-one songs of 2011 (Russia)