"Give the People What They Want" is a song by R&B vocal group The O'Jays. Released from their album, Survival, it spent one week at number one on the R&B singles chart in the summer of 1975. It was also peaked at number forty-five on the Billboard Hot 100. It was used as part of the regular playlist at campaign events for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential candidacy. This song is heavily sampled in EPMD's song "Give the People" from their 1990 album Business as Usual.