Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)

"Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)"
Single by Ottawan
B-side "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart) (Instrumental)"
Released 1981
Format Single
Recorded 1980
Genre electronic pop, disco[1]
Length 3:16 (edit)
4:47 (full version)
Label Carrere
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Vangarde
  • Kluger
Ottawan singles chronology
"Haut Les Mains (Donne-moi Ton Cœur)"
(1980)		 "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)"
(1981)		 "Crazy Music"
(1981)

"Haut Les Mains (Donne-moi Ton Cœur)"
(1980)		 "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)"
(1981)		 "Crazy Music"
(1981)

"Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)" is a 1981 song by Ottawan. It was the band's second-biggest international hit single, after their 1979 hit "D.I.S.C.O.".

The song reached the Top 5 across Europe and became a number one in New Zealand.[2] It was not released in North America.

Chart history

Sway version

Cover versions

  • In 1981, a Finnish singer Mona Carita released a version in Finnish titled "Anna, kulta anna"[9]
  • In 1988, Sway recorded a version which became a hit in Canada, reaching number seven.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)". Discogs.
  2. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "charts.org.nz - Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)". charts.nz.
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc)|format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hands Up". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Jones, Alan; Lazell, Barry; Rees, Dafydd (1982). "The Top 200 Singles (UK)". Chart File 1982. London, England: Virgin Books. pp. 74–77. ISBN 0-907080-49-9.
  7. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1988-03-26. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  8. ↑ Carolyn Hope. "Barry's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n roll Music Chart Hits". hitsofalldecades.com.
  9. ↑ http://www.aanitearkisto.fi
  10. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1988-03-26. Retrieved 2018-10-10.


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