Do for Love

"Do for Love"
Single by 2Pac 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
Length4:40
Label
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" on YouTube

"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

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

Charts

Weekly charts

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
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[14] 10
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[15] 2

Year-end charts

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

Certifications

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

  1. ^ "Production discography". Soulshock & Karlin. soulpower.net. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "American single certifications – 2 Pac – Do for Love". Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 287.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 10287." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  6. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 28, 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  7. ^ "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  8. ^ "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Top 40 Singles.
  9. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Singles Top 100.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  12. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  13. ^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "2Pac Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1998". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  17. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998". Dutch Charts. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  18. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  19. ^ "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-51. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  20. ^ "British single certifications – 2Pac – Do for Love". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 26, 2023.