Give Till It's Gone

Give Till It's Gone
Studio album by
Ben Harper
ReleasedMay 10, 2011
Genre
Length49:55
LanguageEnglish
LabelVirgin
Ben Harper chronology
As I Call You Down
(2010) 		Give Till It's Gone
(2011) 		Get Up!
(2013)
Singles from Give Till It's Gone
  1. "Rock N' Roll Is Free"
    Released: March 22, 2011
  2. "Don't Give Up on Me Now"
    Released: April 1, 2011
  3. "Waiting On a Sign"
    Released: July 22, 2011

Give Till It's Gone is the tenth studio album by Ben Harper.[1] The album was released in Italy on May 10, 2011[2] and worldwide on May 17, 2011 by Virgin Records.[1] It is Harper's first solo album since Both Sides of the Gun, released in 2006.[3] However, his band, Relentless7, feature prominently on all the tracks, even co-writing some of the tracks with Harper. The album's title is taken from a line in the second track, "I Will Not Be Broken."

The album was preceded by the single "Rock N' Roll Is Free", released as a free download on March 22, 2011.[4] In Italy, the first single from the album was "Don't Give Up on Me Now", released on April 1, 2011.[5]

In the album, Ben Harper collaborates with the ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, who co-wrote and played the drums in the tracks "Spilling Faith" and "Get There from Here".[6] Another song from the album, "Pray That Our Love Sees the Dawn", features American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne.[3]

Track listing

Give Till It's Gone track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Give Up on Me Now"Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky3:32
2."I Will Not Be Broken"Harper, Mozersky5:04
3."Rock N' Roll Is Free"Harper4:21
4."Feel Love"Harper, Mozersky3:46
5."Clearly Severely"Harper, Mozersky, Jordan Richardson4:52
6."Spilling Faith"Harper, Mozersky, Richardson, Richard Starkey, Jesse Ingalls3:31
7."Get There from Here"Harper, Mozersky, Richardson, Starkey, Ingalls5:54
8."Pray That Our Love Sees the Dawn"Harper, Mozersky4:42
9."Waiting On a Sign"Harper, Ingalls5:00
10."Dirty Little Lover"Harper, Richardson4:46
11."Do It for You, Do It for Us"Harper, Mozersky, Ingalls4:27
Japanese bonus track[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Feel Love" (acoustic)Harper, Mozersky3:38

Charts

Chart performance for Give Till It's Gone
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 9
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[9] 72
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[10] 16
Canadian Albums Chart[11] 12
French Albums Chart[12] 3
Italian Albums Chart[13] 2
New Zealand Albums Chart[14] 13
Portuguese Albums Chart[15] 25
Spanish Albums Chart (Flanders)[16] 49
Swiss Albums Chart[17] 6
US Billboard 200[11] 15

Certifications

Certifications for Give Till It's Gone
Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[18] Gold 50,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

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  2. ^ "Ben Harper, esce domani nuovo album" (in Italian). ANSA. May 9, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Poppy Reid (February 25, 2011). "Ben Harper announces first solo album in five years". www.themusicnetwork.com. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  4. ^ Matthew Perpetua (March 29, 2011). "Listen: Ben Harper Gives Away 'Rock N' Roll is Free'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 5, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  5. ^ "Musica/ Ben Harper: esce domani in Italia "Give till it's gone"" (in Italian). TMNews. May 9, 2011. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  6. ^ Alex Young (February 24, 2011). "Ben Harper returns with Give Till It's Gone". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  7. ^ "HMV Japan: Ben Harper – Give Till It's Gone (Bonus Track)". Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  8. ^ "australian-charts.com – Ben Harper – Give Till It's Gone". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on December 23, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  9. ^ "Bel Harper – Give Till It's Gone (album)". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  10. ^ "Bel Harper – Give Till It's Gone (album)" (in French). www.ultratop.be. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Give Till It's Gone – Ben Harper". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  12. ^ "Ben Harper – Give Till It's Gone". lescharts.com. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  13. ^ "Classifica settimanale dal 09/05/2011 al 15/05/2011" (in Italian). FIMI. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  14. ^ "Bel Harper – Give Till It's Gone (album)". charts.nz. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  15. ^ "Bel Harper – Give Till It's Gone (album)". portuguesecharts.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  16. ^ "Bel Harper – Give Till It's Gone (album)". spanishcharts.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  17. ^ "Ben Harper – Give Till It's Gone". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  18. ^ "Ben Harper. "Give Till It's Gone" certifié disque d'or" (in French). www.rtl2.fr. July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2011.