Giving Up
Gladys Knight & the Pips
1964
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Reported release: 1964
Reported release: 1964Date needs verification
Reported in supplied material; independent release-date verification remains open.
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Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1964.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Inspiration and background
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Written by Van McCoy, exploring themes of heartbreak and resignation.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1964.html, song-list position 85
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Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
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Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1964.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.
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1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.