Do for Love

"Do for Love" (originally titled "Sucka 4 Luv" in its unreleased form) was the second 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.

"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)
Audio
"Do For Love" on YouTube

Music video

The music video, directed by Bill Parker, was filmed on January 28–29, 1998, and has 2Pac as a clay, anime, and animated figure.

Sampling controversy

Producer J Dilla claimed that the producers Soulshock and Karlin had sampled and interpolated his remix of The Pharcyde's track "Y? (Be Like That)", but did not credit him or the Pharcyde in the liner notes in a 2003 interview.[2]

Commercial performance

The song was certified Gold by RIAA on March 31, 1998 for 500,000 sales.[3][4]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts
Weekly chart performance for "Do for Love"
Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 52
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[6] 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 18
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 18
Scotland (OCC)[10] 36
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 33
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 12
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[13] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[15] 10
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[16] 2

Year-end charts
Year-end chart performance for "Do for Love"
Chart (1998) Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 86
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 86
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 89
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[20] 46

Certifications
Certifications for "Do for Love"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Silver 200,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[3] Gold 500,000[4]

double-dagger 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. "Whatsup with Dilla (2003)". Soundcloud Music. 2003. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  3. "American single certifications – 2 Pac – Do for Love". Recording Industry Association of America.
  4. "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.
  5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 287.
  6. "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 10287." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  7. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 28, 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  8. "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Top 40 Singles.
  10. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. "2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Singles Top 100.
  12. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  13. "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  14. "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  15. "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  16. "2Pac Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
  17. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1998". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  18. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998". Dutch Charts. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  19. "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  20. "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-51. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  21. "British single certifications – 2Pac – Do For Love". British Phonographic Industry.
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