x Written by Kylie Minogue, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Lisa Cowling, Paul Woods, Nick Coler.
Produced by Brian Higgins and Xenomania.
Mixed by Tim Powell and Jeremy Wheatley.
Keyboards, programming by Tim Powell, Brian Higgins and Paul Woods.
Published by Warner Mushroom Music Publishing, Xenomania Music and Warner Chappell Ltd.

x "Giving You Up" was written and recorded during the summer of 2004 in London by Minogue and Xenomania for the greatest hits compilation Ultimate Kylie.

x The single peaked at #6 in the UK singles chart.

REVIEWS:
x So she finally worked with Xenomania, then. It's an interesting prospect, because Kylie's personality is pretty much static enough for it to be consistent even when she diverges wildly from expectation (not that she does it that often), whereas the Xenomania template is so forceful that it tends to bring out different parts of lesser personalities; witness the way that Girls Aloud's trademark is equal parts retro and future, or the way Sugababes' insouciance was basically swept aside by the sheer force of a song like Round Round.
The difference, then, between this and a Girls Aloud single is that this lacks the futuristic sparkle, but it has the same impeccable 80s crunch and in fact, the closest comparison would be Saint Etienne's recent forays into retro-electro - especially New Thing. (...) Edward Oculicz

x The song's a return to big sound Fever electro, but with subtler production: all the hacksaw synth is pushed back and sanded off, so Kylie's head voice doesn't have to go through eight additional filters to compete with the bristle. Straight fours and minimal syncopation make "Giving You Up" way simpler dancefloor fodder than any of Body Language's offerings, but that's probably better for most of us. Nick Sylvester

x (...) [Xenomania] bring a distinctly British sound to this song. Never has Kylie sounded more flirty than on this song as dreamy synths pulsate over a great beat. An utterly infectious song (...) L. Green "Feltano"

x (...) a sultry little throbber (that for some reason echoes USURA’s “Open Your Mind” (which, truthfully, is Simple Minds’ “New Gold Dream”)) that again gives us Minogue at her best. Jason Shawahn

x (...) Giving You Up is not one of Kylie's most inspired singles.
The dance-floor tread is pleasant enough, but fails to linger in the mind once the gyrating's over (despite the fact it took eight people to write it). The sound of Kylie treading water until her next incarnation. Chris Taylor

LINKS:
x video on YouTube
x Wikipedia page