Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)
{{Infobox song
| name = Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)
| cover = Give Me Your Hand The Ready Set.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Ready Set
| album = The Bad & the Better
| released = May 18, 2012
| recorded = 2011
| studio =
| genre = {{flat list|
- Dance-pop
- pop{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/bw/music-video/give-me-your-hand-best-song-ever/569940949|title=Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever) - The Ready Set|website=Apple Music|access-date=June 7, 2021}}}}
| length = 3:48
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer = {{flat list|
| producer = Goldstein
| prev_title = Killer
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Higher
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|jqGZjzSvJhg|"Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)"}}}}
}}
"Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)" is a song by American electropop artist the Ready Set. It was released digitally on May 18, 2012, as the lead single from his fourth studio album The Bad & the Better,{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/give-me-your-hand-best-song/id525661766|title=Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever) - Single by The Ready Set|website=iTunes|accessdate=2013-02-18|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012164305/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/give-me-your-hand-best-song/id525661766|archivedate=2013-10-12}} before it was serviced to contemporary hit radio on October 23, 2012.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239 |title=FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more! |access-date=December 26, 2022 |archive-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220231440/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239 |url-status=bot: unknown }} The song was featured in the 2013 animated film Escape from Planet Earth and the trailer for The Smurfs 2.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/family/the-ready-set-talks-with-kidsday-b63273|title=The Ready Set talks with Kidsday|website=Newsday|date=December 26, 2014|access-date=April 21, 2024}} Remixes to the song by Jump Smokers and Zookeper were also released in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2304172/the-ready-set-give-me-your-hand-best-song-ever-jump-smokers-zookeper-remix/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930220457/http://www.mtv.com/news/2304172/the-ready-set-give-me-your-hand-best-song-ever-jump-smokers-zookeper-remix/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2020|title=New Songs: The Ready Set, 'Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)' Jump Smokers And Zookeper Remixes|website=MTV|author=Rachel Dady|date=May 7, 2013|access-date=July 8, 2021}} A digital EP for the single titled, GMYH V.2 was released on May 3, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.melodic.net/news/the-ready-set-to-release-remix-ep-may-7th-2013|title=The Ready Set To Release Remix Ep May 7th 2013|website=Melodic|author=Johan Wippsson|date=April 25, 2013|access-date=April 21, 2024}}
Background and composition
"Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)" is a dance-pop song about a man and his girlfriend, and how she said a song he played for her was the "Best song ever", resulting in it being their song. The song musically has dance and pop influences with breakdowns after the choruses. The song was produced by Andrew Goldstein.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/interview_song_premiere_the_ready_set_on_give_me_your_hand_best_song_ever|title=Interview/Song Premiere: The Ready Set on "Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)" - Features - Alternative Press|magazine=Alternative Press|author=Bryne Yancey|date=May 21, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524044030/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/interview_song_premiere_the_ready_set_on_give_me_your_hand_best_song_ever|archivedate=May 24, 2012|accessdate=9 March 2017}} After having gone back and forth with the mixes between Witzigreuter and Goldstein, the song was finished in January 2012.
A teaser for the song was released on May 15, 2012.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.altpress.com/the_ready_set_release_give_me_your_hand_best_song_ever_teaser/|title=The Ready Set release Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever) teaser|magazine=Alternative Press|author=Bryne Yancey|date=May 15, 2012|access-date=July 15, 2022}} The song was made available for streaming via Alternative Press on May 17, and was released as an official single the following day. A lyrics video premiered on May 22, featuring a girl translating the song into sign language.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.altpress.com/the_ready_set_release_give_me_your_hand_best_song_ever_lyric_video/|title=The Ready Set release "Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)" lyric video|magazine=Alternative Press|date=May 22, 2012|access-date=April 21, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://popcrush.com/the-ready-set-release-lyric-video-for-new-single-give-me-your-hand-best-song-ever/|title=The Ready Set Release Lyric Video For New Single 'Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)'|website=PopCrush|author=Alexandra Capotorto|date=June 7, 2012|access-date=April 21, 2024}} The song was included on Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 44.{{cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/now-thats-what-i-call-music-presents-todays-biggest-hits-on-now-thats-what-i-call-music-vol-44-174388991.html|title=NOW That's What I Call Music! Presents Today's Biggest Hits on 'NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 44'|website=PR Newswire|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment|date=October 16, 2012|access-date=April 21, 2024}} The Ready Set performed the song on the American game show, Oh Sit!.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/the-ready-set-performs-on-oh-sit/|title=The Ready Set Performs on Oh Sit!|website=CBS News|date=May 14, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816155732/https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/the-ready-set-performs-on-oh-sit/|archivedate=August 16, 2023|access-date=April 21, 2024}}
Reception
"Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)" has been well received by music critics. MTV's Jenna Rubenstein described the song as "...the brightest, sunniest, catchiest, most radio-friendly pop song you've ever heard..." and compared it to Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen's song "Good Time".
Chart performance
"Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)" peaked at number 30 on the US Mainstream Top 40, remaining on the chart for twelve weeks. The song also reached number 33 on the New Zealand Top 40 and stayed two weeks on the chart.{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2013-03-15|title=NZ Top 40: 18 March 2013|publisher=Official New Zealand Music Chart|date=March 18, 2013|access-date=December 23, 2020}}
Music video
A music video for the song premiered via MTV on October 3, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2302291/the-ready-set-give-me-your-hand-best-song-ever-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235646/http://www.mtv.com/news/2302291/the-ready-set-give-me-your-hand-best-song-ever-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=Video Premiere: The Ready Set, 'Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)'|first=Jenna Hally|last=Rubenstein|date=2012-10-03|work=MTV|accessdate=9 March 2017}} The video was directed by Matt Alonzo.{{cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/video/the-ready-set/give-me-your-hand|title=Give Me Your Hand (2012) by The Ready Set|website=IMVDb|access-date=June 7, 2021}}
The music video starts out with Witzigrueter and his friends getting ready for a party. It also shows girls getting ready at a different house. It then shows Jordan and his friends walking to the party, as well as their female counterparts doing the same. The rest of the video features heavy partying and Jordan singing in the crowded house.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital download
| title1 = Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)
| length1 = 3:49
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = GMYH V.2
| title1 = Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)
| note1 = Zookeper remix
| length1 = 3:43
| title2 = Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)
| note2 = SILAS remix
| length2 = 3:57
| title3 = Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)
| note3 = Pleather remix
| length3 = 4:11
| title4 = Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)
| note4 = Ghengis Cuts remix
| length4 = 3:36
| title5 = Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)
| note5 = Jay Dabhi and Moises Modesto remix
| length5 = 3:41
| title6 = Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)
| note6 = Jump Smokers remix
| length6 = 3:47
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for "Give Me Your Hand" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2013)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{singlechart|New Zealand|33|artist=The Ready Set|song=Give Me Your Hand (Best Song Ever)|accessdate=December 18, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardpopsongs|30|artist=The Ready Set|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 16, 2013|refname="Billboard Pop Songs"}} |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release dates and formats for "Give Me Your Hand" |
| scope="col" | Region
! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | Various
| May 18, 2012 | rowspan="2"| Warner |
| scope="row" | United States
| October 23, 2012 |
In popular culture
The song was used in Smithfield-Selma High School's lipdub video for the FOX 50's 2013 Lip Dub Project competition.{{cite web|url=https://capitolbroadcasting.com/2013/04/22/fox-50s-2013-lip-dub-project-winners-announced/|title=FOX 50's 2013 Lip Dub Project Winners Announced|publisher=Capitol Broadcasting Company|author=Andrea Osborne|date=April 22, 2013|access-date=April 21, 2024}}
References
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{{The Ready Set}}
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Category:Songs written by Simon Wilcox