"Give It to Me Baby"
Single by Rick James
from the album Street Songs
Released	1981
Recorded	1980-1981
Genre	R&B, funk
Length	04:08
Label	Motown
Writer(s)	Rick James
Rick James singles chronology
- "Give It to Me Baby" (1981) "Super Freak" (1981)

"Give It to Me Baby" is the title of a 1981 song by American R&B / funk singer Rick James. Taken from his album Street Songs, the song charted on the Billboard Hot 100, spending two weeks at #40 in July of 1981. However, the song proved to be more successful with R&B and dance club audiences. It spent five weeks at #1 on the R&B chart, and together with two other tracks from Street Songs, "Super Freak" and "Ghetto Life", topped the American dance chart for three weeks in the summer of 1981. This song was also featured in the 1999 comedy She's All That.

This song is featured in video game DJ Hero.

[edit] See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• R&B number-one hits of 1981 (USA)

[edit] References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996

Preceded by "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" by Chaka Khan	Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single June 13, 1981 - July 11, 1981	Succeeded by "Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith
Preceded by "Try It Out" / "Hold Tight" by Gino Soccio	Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single with "Super Freak" and "Ghetto Life" July 25, 1981 - August 8, 1981	Succeeded by "I'm in Love" by Evelyn King