Take You Higher (Wilkinson song)

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"Take You Higher / Crunch"
Wilkinson Take You Higher.jpg
Single by Wilkinson
from the album Lazers Not Included
Released24 March 2013 [1]
Genre Drum and bass
Length4:47
Label RAM
Songwriter(s) Mark Wilkinson
Producer(s) Wilkinson
Wilkinson singles chronology
"Need to Know / Direction"
(2012)
"Take You Higher / Crunch"
(2013)
"Heartbeat"
(2013)
Music video
"Take You Higher" on YouTube

"Take You Higher" is a song by the British record producer Wilkinson. It was released on 24 March 2013, through RAM Records, as the second single from his debut album Lazers Not Included . The single includes the AA-side song "Crunch", which is not included on the album, and remixes from Jakwob and Foamo. The song has peaked at number 35 on the UK Dance Chart, four places higher that its previous single "Need to Know", yet the song failed to make an entry on the UK Singles Chart. Although, the song has managed to chart at number 21 in the UK Independent Chart and at number 14 in the Dance Bubbling Under chart in Belgium.

Contents

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Take You Higher"4:47
2."Crunch"4:09
3."Take You Higher" (Jakwob remix)5:01
4."Take You Higher" (Foamo remix)6:05
5."Take You Higher" (radio edit)3:03
6."Take You Higher" (instrumental)4:47

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders Dance Bubbling Under) [2] 14
UK Indie (OCC) [3] 21
UK Dance (OCC) [4] 35

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 3 April 2013 (EP) [5] Digital download RAM

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