You Take Me Up
| "You Take Me Up" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Single by Thompson Twins | ||||
| from the album Into The Gap | ||||
| B-side | Passion Planet Leopard Ray (UK 12") |
|||
| Released | 23 March 1984 (UK) 2 August 1984 (U.S.) |
|||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, picture discs, cassette single | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Arista Records | |||
| Writer(s) |
Tom Bailey Alannah Currie Joe Leeway |
|||
| Producer(s) | Alex Sadkin & Tom Bailey | |||
| Thompson Twins singles chronology | ||||
|
||||
"You Take Me Up" is a song by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was the third single to be taken from their 1984 album Into the Gap and was released in the UK on 23 March 1984. It was written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway, and prominently features harmonica and a melodica solo. The single peaked at #2 in the UK, making it their highest chart position for a song, and spent eleven weeks on the chart. In addition to the regular 7" and multiple 12" releases, Arista Records also released four different shaped picture discs for the single, three of which were part of a jigsaw.
In the US the single spent nine weeks on the Billboard 100, peaking at #44. The promotional music video for this single was directed by Dieter Trattmann.
The B-side of the single was a non-album track entitled "Passion Planet".
Side A
Side B
Side One
Side Two
Side One
Side Two
(Arista TWISD 4) [Round shape with globe and spaceships]
(Arista TWIJ P14) [Part 1 of a 3-part "jigsaw" of a logo/globe map]
(Arista TWIJ P24) [Part 2 of a 3-part "jigsaw" of a logo/globe map]
(Arista TWIJ P34) [Part 3 of a 3-part "jigsaw" of a logo/globe map]
Side A
Side B
Side A
Side B
Side One
Side Two
Side One
Side Two
Side One
Side Two
Written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, and Joe Leeway.
...
Wikipedia