Give Till It's Gone

2011 studio album by Ben Harper

Give Till It's Gone

Studio album by

Ben Harper

Released

May 10, 2011

Genre

Alternative rock
blues rock

Length

49:55

Language

English

Label

Virgin

Ben Harper chronology

As I Call You Down
(2010)

Give Till It's Gone
(2011)

Get Up!
(2013)

Singles from Give Till It's Gone

"Rock N' Roll Is Free"
Released: March 22, 2011
"Don't Give Up on Me Now"
Released: April 1, 2011
"Waiting On a Sign"
Released: July 22, 2011

Give Till It's Gone is the tenth studio album by Ben Harper.^[1] The album was released in Italy on May 10, 2011^[2] and worldwide on May 17, 2011 by Virgin Records.^[1] It is Harper's first solo album since Both Sides of the Gun, released in 2006.^[3] However, his band, Relentless7, feature prominently on all the tracks, even co-writing some of the tracks with Harper. The album's title is taken from a line in the second track, "I Will Not Be Broken."

The album was preceded by the single "Rock N' Roll Is Free", released as a free download on March 22, 2011.^[4] In Italy, the first single from the album was "Don't Give Up on Me Now", released on April 1, 2011.^[5]

In the album, Ben Harper collaborates with the ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, who co-wrote and played the drums in the tracks "Spilling Faith" and "Get There from Here".^[6] Another song from the album, "Pray That Our Love Sees the Dawn", features American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne.^[3]

Track listing

*Give Till It's Gone* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Give Up on Me Now"	Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky	3:32
2.	"I Will Not Be Broken"	Harper, Mozersky	5:04
3.	"Rock N' Roll Is Free"	Harper	4:21
4.	"Feel Love"	Harper, Mozersky	3:46
5.	"Clearly Severely"	Harper, Mozersky, Jordan Richardson	4:52
6.	"Spilling Faith"	Harper, Mozersky, Richardson, Richard Starkey, Jesse Ingalls	3:31
7.	"Get There from Here"	Harper, Mozersky, Richardson, Starkey, Ingalls	5:54
8.	"Pray That Our Love Sees the Dawn"	Harper, Mozersky	4:42
9.	"Waiting On a Sign"	Harper, Ingalls	5:00
10.	"Dirty Little Lover"	Harper, Richardson	4:46
11.	"Do It for You, Do It for Us"	Harper, Mozersky, Ingalls	4:27

Japanese bonus track^[7]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Feel Love" (acoustic)	Harper, Mozersky	3:38

Charts

Chart performance for *Give Till It's Gone*
Chart (2011)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[8]	9
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)^[9]	72
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[10]	16
Canadian Albums Chart^[11]	12
French Albums Chart^[12]	3
Italian Albums Chart^[13]	2
New Zealand Albums Chart^[14]	13
Portuguese Albums Chart^[15]	25
Spanish Albums Chart (Flanders)^[16]	49
Swiss Albums Chart^[17]	6
US Billboard 200^[11]	15

Certifications

Certifications for *Give Till It's Gone*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)^[18]	Gold	50,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

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^ "Classifica settimanale dal 09/05/2011 al 15/05/2011" (in Italian). FIMI. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
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^ "Bel Harper – Give Till It's Gone (album)". portuguesecharts.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
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