"Take Me to the River" | |
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Song by Al Green | |
from the album Al Green Explores Your Mind | |
Released | October 2, 1974 |
Recorded | 1974, Memphis, Tennessee |
Genre | |
Length | 3:45 |
Label | Hi |
Songwriter(s) | Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges |
Producer(s) | Willie Mitchell |
Official audio | |
"Take Me to the River" on YouTube |
"Take Me to the River" is a 1974 song written by singer Al Green and guitarist Mabon "Teenie" Hodges. Hit versions were recorded by Syl Johnson, Talking Heads and Delbert McClinton.[2] In 2004, Al Green's original version was ranked number 117 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3]
In 2011, the 1974 recording by Al Green was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[4]
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