"Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)" | ||||
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Single by Kool & The Gang | ||||
from the album Something Special | ||||
Released | October 1981 | |||
Format | 7", 12" | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Funk, Synthpop, Urban contemporary | |||
Length |
5:39 3:59 (7") 4:01 (12") |
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Label | De-Lite Records | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Eumir Deodato, Robert Earl Bell, Ronald Nathan Bell, Claydes Charles Smith, James "J.T." Taylor and George Smith |
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Kool & The Gang singles chronology | ||||
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Eumir Deodato, Robert Earl Bell, Ronald Nathan Bell, Claydes Charles Smith, James "J.T." Taylor
"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.
De-Lite Records - DE-815:
De-Lite Records - 0930.037:
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."