Gimme Some More

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"Gimme Some More"
Flipmode
  • Elektra
    • Songwriter(s)
    Producer(s)
    Busta Rhymes singles chronology
    "Tear da Roof Off"
    (1998)     		"Gimme Some More"
    (1998)     		"Party Is Goin' on Over Here"
    (1998)
    Music video
    "Gimme Some More" on
    YouTube

    "Gimme Some More" is a song by American rapper

    Flipmode Entertainment and Elektra Records. The song was written by Rhymes and its producer DJ Scratch. The violin riffs that accompany the main beat are sampled from the opening theme to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho, composed by Bernard Herrmann
    . It is often considered to be the very summit of Busta's complex, breathless, high-speed rhyming delivery most prominent in his early work.[1]

    In 2000, it was nominated for

    Brooklyn, New York in 2008, and at The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
    in 2012.

    Composition

    "Gimme Some More" was composed in 4
    4     time     and the key of B minor, with a tempo of 137 beats per minute. It has a duration time of two minutes and thirty-nine seconds.[2]

    Music video

    The music video for "Gimme Some More" was directed by

    Flip Mode Squad in various random costumes and situations. Busta is seen as a boxer, stock broker, police officer, miner, pistol-toting, Yosemite Sam-like Texan, body builder, pimp and a person tied up about to get run over by a train a la The Perils of Pauline. The video ends on an unresolved cliffhanger
    , with the woman trapped on top of a refrigerator and the monster climbing closer and closer towards her.

    It was nominated for

    E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front.[3]

    Track listing

    CD single

    1. "Gimme Some More" (Clean Version)
    2. "Gimme Some More" (Dirty Version)
    3. "Do It Like Never Before"

    Chart

    Weekly charts

    Chart (1999) Peak
    Position
    Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 52
    Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 15
    Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 19
    New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 14
    Scotland (OCC)[8]
    		 14
    Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 50
    UK Singles (OCC)[10]
    		 5
    UK Dance (OCC)[11] 3
    UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[12]
    		 2
    US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[13] 29
    US
    Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[14]
    		 5
    US Rhythmic (Billboard)[15] 36

    Year-end charts

    1998 year-end chart performance for "Gimme Some More"
    Chart (1998) Position
    UK Urban (Music Week)[16] 33
    1999 year-end chart performance for "Take Me There"
    Chart (1999) Position
    Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 143

    Certifications

    Region Certification Certified units/sales
    United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Silver 200,000‡

    ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

    References

    1. ^ Busta Rhymes: Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front Archived 2006-08-28 at the Wayback Machine. Rolling Stone.
    2. ^ "Key & BPM for Gimme Some More". Tunebat. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
    3. ^ "Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More".
    4. ^ "Busta Rhymes – Gimme Some More" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
    5. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 8, 1999" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
    6. ^ "Busta Rhymes – Gimme Some More" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
    7. ^ "Busta Rhymes – Gimme Some More". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
    8. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved =March 19, 2023.
    9. ^ "Busta Rhymes – Gimme Some More". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
    10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
    11. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved =March 19, 2023.
    12. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved =March 19, 2023.
    13. ^ "Busta Rhymes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
    14. ^ "Busta Rhymes Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
    15. ^ "Busta Rhymes Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
    16. ^ "The Urban Top 40 Of 1998" (PDF). Music Week. January 9, 1999. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
    17. ^ "Jaarlijsten 1999" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
    18. ^ "British single certifications – Busta Rhymes – Gimme Some More". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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