Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)

"Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)"
Single by Kool & The Gang
from the album Something Special
Released October 1981
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1981
Genre Funk
Length 5:39
3:59 (7")
4:01 (12")
Label De-Lite Records
Songwriter(s)

Eumir Deodato, Robert Earl Bell, Ronald Nathan Bell, Claydes Charles Smith, James "J.T." Taylor

and George Smith
Kool & The Gang singles chronology
"Jones vs. Jones"
(1981)		 "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)"
(1981)		 "Steppin' Out"
(1981)

"Jones vs. Jones"
(1981)		 "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)"
(1981)		 "Steppin' Out"
(1981)

"Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)" or "Take My Heart" is a 1981 single by Kool & the Gang from their album, Something Special. The single was the group's sixth number-one R&B single, reaching the top of the U.S. R&B chart for a single week. It also reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Track listing

De-Lite Records - DE-815:[2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)" (From the album Something Special)Claydes Charles Smith, James Taylor & George Brown3:59
2."Just Friends" (From the album Celebrate!)Ronald Bell4:23

De-Lite Records - 0930.037:[3]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take My Heart"Claydes Charles Smith, James Taylor & George Brown4:01
2."Just Friends"Ronald Bell4:23

Robert Palmer covered the song on his 1983 album Pride under the title "You Can Have It (Take My Heart)".

In 2003, saxophonist Jimmy Sommers covered the song from his release "Lovelife."[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 333.
  2. ↑ "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)/Just Friends". Discogs. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Take My Heart/Just Friends". Discogs. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Lovelife overview". Allmusic.com.
  5. ↑ "Jimmy Sommers Bio". JimmySommers.com.


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