Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)
{{Infobox song
| name = Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)
| cover = Baby_Let_Me_Take_You_(In_My_Arms)_-_The_Detroit_Emeralds.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Detroit Emeralds
| album = You Want It, You Got It
| B-side = I'll Never Sail the Sea Again
| released = May 1972
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| recorded =
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| genre = Soul
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=46}}
| label = Westbound 203
| writer = Abrim Tilmon
| producer = Katouzzion
| prev_title = You Want It, You Got It
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Feel the Need in Me
| next_year = 1972
}}
"Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" is a song written by Abrim Tilmon and performed by The Detroit Emeralds. It reached #4 on the R&B chart and #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Baby+Let+Me+Take+You+%28In+My+Arms%29+by+The+Detroit+Emeralds&id=11699 The Detroit Emeralds, "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" chart positions] Retrieved January 16, 2016. The song was featured on their 1972 album, You Want It, You Got It.[http://www.discogs.com/Detroit-Emeralds-You-Want-It-You-Got-It/release/217088 The Detroit Emeralds, You Want It, You Got It] Retrieved January 16, 2016.
The song was produced by Katouzzion and arranged by Abrim Tilmon and Johnny Allen.[http://www.45cat.com/record/w203 The Detroit Emeralds, "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" single release] Retrieved January 16, 2016.
The single was ranked #95 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1972.php|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1972|accessdate=January 16, 2016|archive-date=February 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216000410/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1972.php|url-status=dead}}
Chart history
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (1972)
!Peak |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
| style="text-align:center;"|24 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B
| style="text-align:center;"|4 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19720826.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 26, 1972 |access-date=October 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827092411/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19720826.html |archive-date=August 27, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
|align="center"|19 |
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=Year-end charts=
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| Chart (1972)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm |title=Musicoutfitters.com |access-date=2018-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427223218/http://musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm |archive-date=2017-04-27 |url-status=dead }}
| style="text-align:center;"|95 |
| U.S. Cash Box {{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html |title=Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1972 |access-date=October 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928150812/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
| style="text-align:center;"|91 |
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Sampled
- Joe Budden sampled "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" on his song "#1" from his 2003 album Joe Budden.
- Eazy-E sampled "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" on his song "Eazy-Duz-It" from the 1988 album Eazy-Duz-It.
- De La Soul sampled "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" on their song "Say No Go" from their 1989 album, 3 Feet High and Rising.
- Deja-Vu sampled "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" on their song "Going Under" (1998).
- Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone sampled "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" on their song "12 Gauge" from the 2003 album Leatha Face: The Legends Underground (Part 1).
References
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