| "Take Me with U" | ||||
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) Japan 7" single | ||||
| Single by Prince and the Revolution | ||||
| from the album Purple Rain | ||||
| A-side | "Let's Go Crazy" (UK) | |||
| B-side | "Baby I'm a Star" | |||
| Released | January 25, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | January 27, 1984 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:52 (Album/12" Version) 3:39 (7" Edit) | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Prince | |||
| Producer(s) | Prince | |||
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"Take Me with U" is a song by Prince and the Revolution, and the final US single released from their album, Purple Rain (1984).
The song is sung as a duet with Apollonia Kotero, and was originally intended for the Apollonia 6 album, but was pulled for the Purple Rain soundtrack. A result of this addition, Prince made cuts to the suite-like original "Computer Blue", which circulates among collectors in an extended version (a portion of this second section of "Computer Blue" can be heard in the film Purple Rain as Prince walks in on the men of The Revolution rehearsing). The original version of the song was about a minute longer.
The single was released with an edit of album track "Baby I'm a Star" as its B-side, and reached number 25 on the top 40 chart in the US. In the UK, the song was issued as a double A-side single, coupled with "Let's Go Crazy", reaching number 7 in February 1985.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from Prince Vault[2] and the album’s Liner Notes[3]
- Prince – lead vocals, guitars, overdubbed tom-toms, string arrangement
- Apollonia – co-lead vocals
- Wendy Melvoin – string conductor, guitars, background vocals
- Lisa Coleman – string arrangement, string conductor, keyboards, background vocals
- Matt Fink – keyboards, background vocals
- Brown Mark – bass guitar, background vocals
- Bobby Z. – drums, percussion
- David Coleman – cello
- Suzie Katayama – cello
- Novi Novog – violin and viola
Track listing
7": Paisley Park / 7-29079 (US)
- "Take Me with U" (edit) – 3:42
- "Baby I'm a Star" (edit) – 2:55
References
- ^ Partridge, Kenneth (June 24, 2014). "Prince's 'Purple Rain' at 30: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^ Prince and the Revolution (May 4, 2019). "Purple Rain (Soundtrack Album)". Prince Vault.
- ^ Prince and the Revolution (1984). Purple Rain Soundtrack (Album Notes). Warner Bros. Records.
External links
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics