Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
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"Take My Heart" is a 1981 single by Kool & the Gang
from their album, Something Special. The single was the group sixth number-one R&B single, reaching the top of the U.S. R&B chart for a single week. It also reached number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100
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Robert Palmer covered the song on his 1983 album Pride
under the title "You Can Have It (Take My Heart)".
In 2003, saxophonist Jimmy Sommers covered the song from his release "Lovelife."
Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...
from their album, Something Special. The single was the group sixth number-one R&B single, reaching the top of the U.S. R&B chart for a single week. It also reached number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
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Robert Palmer covered the song on his 1983 album Pride
Pride (Robert Palmer album)
Pride is Robert Palmer's eighth solo album, released in 1983. The album peaked at #37 in the UK chart. The album also peaked at #12 in France, #15 in Netherland and #36 in Sweden.-Track listing:All songs by Robert Palmer; except where noted....
under the title "You Can Have It (Take My Heart)".
In 2003, saxophonist Jimmy Sommers covered the song from his release "Lovelife."