Giving It Up For — Your Love

: McClinton famously performed the song on Saturday Night Live and at the 1985 Farm Aid concert. Audio and Lyrics

: It peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1981, becoming McClinton's only Top 40 hit as a solo artist. Songwriter : It was written by Jerry Lynn Williams . Giving It Up For Your Love

"Giving It Up for Your Love" (often stylized as "Givin' It Up for Your Love") is the signature hit by American blues-rock artist . : McClinton famously performed the song on Saturday

: The song features high-energy lyrics about complete devotion, with lines like, "My heart is aching for you, I can't stand it / I need your lovin', am I so demanding?" . Giving It Up For Your Love with lines like