Give It Up

"Give It Up" is a song by the "Victorious" cast featuring American actress and singers Elizabeth Gillies and Ariana Grande from the soundtrack album "Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show" (2011).
Background.
Ariana Grande and Elizabeth Gillies began their singing careers as singers on the American television sitcom "Victorious" with the song "Give It Up". "Give It Up" was first featured on the "Victorious" one-hour special "Freak the Freak Out" on November 26, 2010. In the episode, Tori Vega (Victoria Justice) and her friends are excited to try out Karaoke Dokie, a fake karaoke club that has weekly singing competitions. On the night of a contest, Jade West (Gillies) and Cat Valentine (Grande) team up to perform "Give It Up", but the club's owner changed the rules of the contest so his daughter and her friend can win. 
Release and music.
"Give It Up" was later released on August 2, 2011, as the seventh track from the soundtrack album "Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show". Musically, "Give It Up" is a teen pop, pop, and R&amp;B song. Kristen S. Hé for "Billboard" mentioned Grande sang with a "deeper, brassier tone" compared to her previous songs. Bob Hoose and Steven Isaac for Plugged In both compared the song to Patti LaBelle's 1974 single "Lady Marmalade", stating that Grande and Gillies tell a boy to "come a little closer" during the song: "At the end of the night/It's the same old story/But you never get it right/Give it up/Take a backseat, boy/'Cause now I’m driving."
Reception.
Xandra Harbet of "Looper" and Delilah Gray of "The List" both said that "Give It Up" is a fan-favorite song from "Victorious". Marcus Jones of "Entertainment Weekly" called the song a "iconic karaoke number". Hé ranked the song at number 104 on her "Every Ariana Grande Song, Ranked" list, comparing the song to the music of Christina Aguilera and said it "aged surprisingly well". She thought Gillies was the star of the song. Justin Curto of "Vulture" ranked "Give It Up" at number three on his "All 54 of Ariana Grande’s Collaborations, Ranked" list, saying it "continues to get bigger and better when you keep thinking it can't". Megan Gaertner of "Her Campus" placed the song at number seven on her list, calling it a "girl-power anthem", saying it has "powerful vocals", and described it as "a great song to listen to if you want to just screw boys." Another author of "Her Campus", Sam Margolis, placed the song at number one on her best songs of "Victorious" list, saying Grande and Gillies "showed what talent really was." In a less positive review, William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said that "Give It Up" sounds "like a Britney Spears reject".
Live performances and other usages.
Ariana Grande resumed her Sweetener World Tour after having to miss a concert due to being sick. On November 19, 2019, she made a promise on Twitter that something special was in the works, mentioning, "Guys I can't tell u why yet, but I'm so excited for tonight. I've never felt this way. Goodbye." Later that night in front of a huge audience at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, Grande surprised her fans by inviting Gillies on stage and performing "Give It Up" live. In addition, Grande invited actor Matt Bennett, who played the character Robbie in "Victorious", to sing "I Think You're Swell" for the audience. "Give It Up" was also featured in the background on two different episodes of "iCarly".
Credits and personnel.
Credits adapted from Tidal.