Do for Love

"Do for Love"
"Do for Love"
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Single by 2Pac featuring Eric Williams
from the album R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
B-side	"Brenda's Got a Baby"
Released	1998
Recorded	1994
Genre	Hip hop soul; R&B;
Length	4:40
Label	Amaru; Interscope; Jive;
Songwriters	Alfons Kettner; Bobby Caldwell; Carsten Schack; Kenneth Karlin; Tupac Shakur; James Yancey (uncredited);
Producer	Soulshock & Karlin
2Pac singles chronology
Music video
	"Do for Love" on YouTube

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

Commercial performance

The song was certified Gold by RIAA on March 31, 1998, selling over 500,000 copies.^[2]^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

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

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Do for Love"
Chart (1998)	Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[16]	86
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[17]	86
US Billboard Hot 100^[18]	89
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[19]	46

Certifications

Certifications for "Do for Love"
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[20]	2× Platinum	60,000^‡
United Kingdom (BPI)^[21]	Platinum	600,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[2]	Gold	800,000^[3]
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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v t e Tupac Shakur
Discography Songs Awards and nominations Death
Studio albums	2Pacalypse Now Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... Me Against the World All Eyez on Me
Posthumous albums	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory R U Still Down? (Remember Me) Still I Rise Until the End of Time Better Dayz Loyal to the Game Pac's Life
Live albums	2Pac Live Live at the House of Blues
Remix albums	Nu-Mixx Klazzics Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991 The Prophet: The Best of the Works Tupac: Resurrection The Prophet Returns Best of 2Pac
Related albums	Nothing but Trouble (soundtrack) Sons of the P Juice (soundtrack) Poetic Justice (soundtrack) Above the Rim (soundtrack) Gridlock'd (soundtrack) Gang Related (soundtrack) A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle The Rose That Grew from Concrete The Rose, Vol. 2
Extended plays	Don't Go 2 Sleep
Singles	"Brenda's Got a Baby" "If My Homie Calls" "Trapped" "Holler If Ya Hear Me" "I Get Around" "Keep Ya Head Up" "Papa'z Song" "Cradle to the Grave" "Dear Mama" "So Many Tears" "Temptations" "California Love" "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" "How Do U Want It" "I Ain't Mad at Cha" "Toss It Up" "To Live & Die in LA" "Hail Mary" "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Posthumous singles	"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" "Do for Love" "Changes" "Unconditional Love" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "Until the End of Time" "Letter 2 My Unborn" "Thugz Mansion" "Still Ballin'" "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" "Thugs Get Lonely Too" "Ghetto Gospel" "Untouchable" "Pac's Life" "Playa Cardz Right"
Other songs	"I Don't Give a Fuck" "Runnin' from tha Police" "Ambitionz az a Ridah" "All Eyez on Me" "Hit 'Em Up" "Are U Still Down"
Featured singles	"Gotta Get Mine" "Smile" "Playa Cardz Right"
Books	The Rose That Grew from Concrete
Stage	Holler If Ya Hear Me
Documentaries	Biggie & Tupac Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Assassination Dear Mama
Outlawz	Kastro Napoleon E.D.I. Mean Hussein Fatal Mussolini Komani Young Noble
Related articles	Outlawz Digital Underground Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur Mopreme Shakur Mutulu Shakur Thug Life Death Row Records East Coast–West Coast hip-hop rivalry Niccolò Machiavelli Orlando Anderson Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts All Eyez on Me (film) Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. City of Lies "Taylor Made Freestyle"

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