Do for Love
{{Infobox song
| name = Do for Love
| cover = DoforLove.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = 2Pac featuring Eric Williams
| album = R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
| B-side = Brenda's Got a Baby
| released = 1998
| recorded = 1994
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop soul|R&B}}
| length = 4:40
| label = {{hlist|Amaru|Interscope|Jive}}
| writer = {{hlist|Alfons Kettner|Bobby Caldwell|Carsten Schack|Kenneth Karlin|Tupac Shakur|James Yancey (uncredited) }}
| producer = Soulshock & Karlin{{cite web|title=Production discography|url=http://soulpower.net/discography/|work=Soulshock & Karlin|publisher=soulpower.net|access-date=March 10, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214052857/http://soulpower.net/discography/|archive-date=February 14, 2012}}
| chronology = 2Pac
| prev_title = I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Changes
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|zupm3f0QrQs|"Do for Love"}}}}
}}
"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.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Q0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1998 |magazine=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications Inc.|date=January 30, 1999 |access-date=June 3, 2015 |page=75 |issn=0006-2510|volume=111|number=5}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Do for Love" !scope="col"|Chart (1998) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=287}}
| align="center"| 52 |
|---|
| {{single chart |Canadadance|9|chartid=10287 |artist=2Pac|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|17|year=1998|week=28|artist=2Pac|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|18|song=Do for Love|artist=2 Pac feat. Eric Williams|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|18|artist=2 Pac feat. Eric Williams|song=Do for Love|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Scotland|36|date=19980607|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Sweden|33|artist=2 Pac feat. Eric Williams|song=Do for Love|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|UK|12|date=19980613|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|UKrandb|4|date=19980613|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|21|artist=2Pac|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|10|artist=2Pac|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|2|artist=2Pac|rowheader=true}} |
=Year-end charts=
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Do for Love"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=2Pac|title=Do For Love|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=January 7, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=2Pac|title=Do for Love|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2000|certyear=2023|id=16590-1284-1|access-date=June 26, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=2 Pac|title=Do for Love|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1998|certyear=1998|salesamount=800,000|salesref=|refname=RIAA}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}
References
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Category:Songs released posthumously
Category:Song recordings produced by Soulshock and Karlin
Category:Songs written by Soulshock
Category:Songs written by Kenneth Karlin
Category:Animated music videos