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2 Charts  



2.1  Weekly charts  





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3 Certifications  





4 References  














Do for Love






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"Do for Love"
Singleby2Pac featuring Eric Williams
from the album R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
B-side"Brenda's Got a Baby"
ReleasedFebruary 27, 1998 (1998-02-27)
Recorded1994
Genre
  • R&B
  • Length4:40
    Label
  • Interscope
  • Jive
  • Songwriter(s)
    • Alfons Kettner
  • Bobby Caldwell
  • Carsten Schack
  • Kenneth Karlin
  • Tupac Shakur
  • James Yancey (uncredited)
  • Producer(s)Soulshock & Karlin[1]
    2Pac singles chronology
    "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto"
    (1997)
    "Do for Love"
    (1998)
    "Changes"
    (1998)
    Music video
    "Do for Love"onYouTube

    "Do for Love" (originally titled "Sucka 4 Luv" in its unreleased form) was the second and final posthumously released single by Tupac Shakur from his second posthumous album R U Still Down? (Remember Me).

    The vocal sample is from "What You Won't Do for Love" by Bobby Caldwell. The song was produced by Soulshock & Karlin. It charted at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, and #12 in the UK.

    Commercial performance[edit]

    The song was certified Gold by RIAA on March 31, 1998, selling over 500,000 copies.[2][3]

    Charts[edit]

    Weekly charts[edit]

    Weekly chart performance for "Do for Love"
    Chart (1998) Peak
    position
    Australia (ARIA)[4] 52
    Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[5] 9
    Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] 17
    Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 18
    New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 18
    Scotland (OCC)[9] 36
    Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 33
    UK Singles (OCC)[11] 12
    UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[12] 4
    USBillboard Hot 100[13] 21
    USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[14] 10
    USHot Rap Songs (Billboard)[15] 2

    Year-end charts[edit]

    Year-end chart performance for "Do for Love"
    Chart (1998) Position
    Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[16] 86
    Netherlands (Single Top 100)[17] 86
    USBillboard Hot 100[18] 89
    US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[19] 46

    Certifications[edit]

    Certifications for "Do for Love"
    Region Certification Certified units/sales
    United Kingdom (BPI)[20] Gold 400,000
    United States (RIAA)[2] Gold 800,000[3]

    Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Production discography". Soulshock & Karlin. soulpower.net. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  • ^ a b "American single certifications – 2 Pac – Do for Love". Recording Industry Association of America.
  • ^ a b "Best-Selling Records of 1998". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 5. BPI Communications Inc. January 30, 1999. p. 75. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  • ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 287.
  • ^ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 10287." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  • ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 28, 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  • ^ "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  • ^ "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Top 40 Singles.
  • ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  • ^ "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Singles Top 100.
  • ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  • ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  • ^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  • ^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  • ^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
  • ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1998". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  • ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998". Dutch Charts. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  • ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  • ^ "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-51. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  • ^ "British single certifications – 2Pac – Do for Love". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 26, 2023.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Do_for_Love&oldid=1213388291"

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