Take Me to Your Heaven | ||||
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Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Studio | Rusk Sound Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | Soul, R&B | |||
Label | Cotillion | |||
Producer | Jack White | |||
Stevie Woods chronology | ||||
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Singles from Take Me to Your Heaven | ||||
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Take Me to Your Heaven is the debut album by Stevie Woods, released in 1981 on Cotillion Records. The album was reissued in 2010 by Wounded Bird Records. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The album is Woods' only album to chart on the Billboard 200 and Top Soul Albums charts. "Steal the Night" and "Just Can't Win 'Em All" are the album's (and Woods' only) Top 40 and Top 20 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts respectively.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fly Away" | Carol Bayer Sager, David Foster, Peter Allen | 4:04 |
2. | "Just Can't Win 'Em All" | Bill Bowersock, Greg Mathieson, Matt Vernon, Trevor Veitch | 4:10 |
3. | "Take Me to Your Heaven" | Kelly Wilson, Steve Wilson | 4:03 |
4. | "Steal the Night" | Bill Bowersock, Matt Vernon, Trevor Veitch | 3:47 |
5. | "Through the Years" | Steve Dorff, Marty Panzer | 4:26 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Wanna Be Close to You" | René Moore, Angela Winbush | 4:38 |
7. | "Read Between the Lines" | Bill Bowersock, Greg Mathieson, Matt Vernon, Trevor Veitch | 3:52 |
8. | "Throw a Little Bit of Love My Way" | David Foster, Harry Garfield, Jay Graydon | 4:25 |
9. | "Gotcha" | David Shields, Fritz Baskett, Michael Thompson | 5:00 |
Year | Chart | Position |
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1981 | Billboard 200 [5] | 153 |
Billboard Top Soul Albums [6] | 44 | |
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1981 | "Steal the Night" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [7] | 25 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles [8] | 36 | ||
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks [9] | 14 | ||
1982 | "Just Can't Win 'Em All" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 38 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles [11] | 57 | ||
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks [12] | 15 | ||
"Fly Away" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [13] | 84 | |
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks [14] | 23 | ||
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