Take Me High (song)

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"Take Me High"
Cliff Richard Take Me High.jpg
Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album Take Me High
B-side "Celestial Houses"
Released9 November 1973 (1973-11-09)
Recorded26 May & 18 September 1973 [1]
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre Pop
Length2:45
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Tony Cole
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"Help It Along"
(1973)
"Take Me High"
(1973)
"(You Keep Me) Hangin' On"
(1974)

"Take Me High" is a song by British singer Cliff Richard, released as a single in November 1973. Written by Tony Cole, it is the title track from the film of the same name in which Richard also stars. It was released as a single with the B-side "Celestial Houses", written by Terry Britten, and peaked at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]

Contents

Track listing

7": EMI / EMI 2088

  1. "Take Me High" – 2:45
  2. "Celestial Houses" – 2:46

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1973)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 88
Germany (Official German Charts) [4] 29
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [5] 34
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [5] 27
New Zealand ( Listener ) [6] 6
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 27

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 251. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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