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Included on the group's 1972 album Be Altitude: Respect Yourself, "I'll Take You There" features lead singer Mavis Staples inviting her listeners to seek Heaven.The song is almost completely a call-and-response chorus, with the introduction and bassline being lifted—uncredited—from "The Liquidator", a 1969 reggae hit written by Harry Johnson and performed by the Harry J Allstars.
I'll Take You There consists of three parts, in which the female narrator, originating from a poor, migrant and blue collar family from Strykersville, New York, describes her experiences as an outsider in an upper class sisterhood in Syracuse, New York (part one); her experiences of a lover with a different ethnic (Afro-American) background (part two); and finally her coming to terms with her ...
Thomas White. Dan Chase. General Public were an English new wave band, formed in Birmingham in 1983, by vocalists Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger of the Beat, and which also included former members of Dexys Midnight Runners, the Specials, and the Clash. They are best remembered for their hits "Tenderness" (1984) and "I'll Take You There" (1994).
The Staple Singers with Soul Train host Don Cornelius in 1974. The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (April 11, 1934 – February 21, 2013), [1] Pervis (November 18, 1935 ...
Wally Lamb (born October 17, 1950) [1] is an American author known as the writer of the novels She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, both of which were selected for Oprah's Book Club. [2][3][4] He was the director of the Writing Center at Norwich Free Academy in Norwich from 1989 to 1998 [5] and has taught Creative Writing in the ...
"I Got A Love" was the album's lead off single, followed by "Take You There" and "Searching", released in 1995. That same year, the duo appeared in a well received Sprite commercial; however, they soon announced their breaking up citing creative differences, although both parties have since admitted that an unstable working relationship was the ...
"Take You There" is the third single by Sean Kingston from his self-titled debut album. It was produced by J.R. Rotem. The song was co-written by Kingston, Rotem, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Rock City, and Eric Bluebaum. The song is about Kingston taking his girlfriend on a date to the West Indies, particularly his native Jamaica.
Take You There may refer to: "Take You There" (Donnie Klang song), 2008 "Take You There" (Mànran & Michelle McManus song) "Take You There" (Pete Rock & CL Smooth song), 1994 "Take You There" (Sean Kingston song), 2007 "Take You There" (Jodie Connor song), 2012; See also. I'll Take You There", a 1972 song by The Staple Singers