Take Time to Know Her (song)

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"Take Time to Know Her"
Single by Percy Sledge
from the album Take Time to Know Her
B-side "It's All Wrong But It's Alright"
ReleasedFebruary 1968 (1968-02)
Genre Soul
Length2:55
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Steve Davis
Producer(s) Marlin Greene, Quin Ivy
Percy Sledge singles chronology
"Cover Me"
(1967)
"Take Time to Know Her"
(1968)
"Sudden Stop"
(1968)

"Take Time to Know Her" is a song written by Steve Davis and performed by Percy Sledge. It reached #5 on the Canadian pop chart, #6 on the U.S. R&B chart, and #11 on the U.S. pop chart in 1968. [1] It was featured on his 1968 album Take Time to Know Her . [2]

Contents

The song was produced by Marlin Greene and Quin Ivy. [3]

The song ranked #54 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1968. [4]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of The Muscle Shoals Sound: 3614 Jackson Highway. [5]

Other charting versions

Other versions

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