Takin' It to the Streets (song)

"Takin' It to the Streets"
Single by Christine Anu and Deni Hines
Released	November 15, 2008
Format	CD single
Length	3:33
Label	Heritage
Songwriter(s)	Michael McDonald
Christine Anu singles chronology
Deni Hines singles chronology

"Takin' It to the Streets"
Single by The Doobie Brothers
from the album Takin' It to the Streets
B-side	"For Someone Special"
Released	April 1976
Format	7" (45 rpm)
Genre	Rock
Length	3:56 (album version); 3:36 (single version)
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Michael McDonald
Producer(s)	Ted Templeman
The Doobie Brothers singles chronology

"Takin' It to the Streets" is a song by the American rock band The Doobie Brothers from the album of the same name. It was their first single with Michael McDonald on vocals and was written by McDonald.

The song peaked at number 13 in the US and number 7 in Canada.^[1] It has been used as the theme music for the Sam Newman-hosted segment "Street Talk" on The Footy Show (covering the Australian Football League) since the program debuted in 1994.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Australia KMR	94
Canada RPM Top Singles^[1]	7
US Billboard Hot 100	13

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Rank
Canada^[2]	86
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[3]	111

Personnel

Patrick Simmons - guitar, backing Vocals
Michael McDonald - keyboards, vocals
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar
Tiran Porter - bass guitar, backing vocals
John Hartman - drums
Keith Knudsen - drums, backing vocals

""Additional personnel:"

Jesse Butler – organ
The Memphis Horns - Saxophones

Christine Anu and Deni Hines version

In November 2008, Australian singers Christine Anu and Deni Hines recorded and released a version of the song. 50% of net profits of the song went to the Salvation Army's Oasis Youth Support Network and the Everyone Is Homeless Fund. Anu and Hines promoted the single with a tour throughout May and June 2009.^[4]^[5]

Track listing

"Takin It to the Streets" – 3:33
"Nak E Ba Na Na" by Christine Anu – 3:01
"Freedom" by Deni Hines – 3:43

In popular culture

On February 4, 1978, the song was played in an episode of the American comedy series "What's Happening!!".
In 2005, the song was played in the American comedy film "The 40-Year-Old Virgin".

References

1 2 "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
↑ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
↑ "CHRISTINE ANU AND DENI HINES TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS". WaterFront Records. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
↑ "Christine Anu & Deni Hines Join Forces On One Tour". Girl.com.au. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[bac-lac1-1] 1 2 "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved November 10, 2016.

[2] "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

[4] "CHRISTINE ANU AND DENI HINES TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS". WaterFront Records. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

[5] "Christine Anu & Deni Hines Join Forces On One Tour". Girl.com.au. Retrieved June 5, 2016.