Take Time to Know Her (song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Take Time to Know Her
| type = single
| artist = Percy Sledge
| album = Take Time to Know Her
| B-side = It's All Wrong But It's Alright
| released = {{Start date|1968|2}}
| recorded =
| genre = Soul
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=55}}
| label = Atlantic
| writer = Steve Davis
| producer = Marlin Greene, Quin Ivy
| prev_title = Cover Me
| prev_year = 1967
| next_title = Sudden Stop
| next_year = 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.{{cite web|title=Percy Sledge, "Take Time to Know Her" Chart Positions|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Take+Time+to+Know+Her+by+Percy+Sledge&id=32490|accessdate=March 27, 2019}} It was featured on his 1968 album Take Time to Know Her.{{cite web|title=Percy Sledge, Take Time to Know Her|website=Discogs |year=1968 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Percy-Sledge-Take-Time-To-Know-Her/release/1870945|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
The song was produced by Marlin Greene and Quin Ivy.{{cite web|title=Percy Sledge, "Take Time to Know Her" Single Release|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/452490|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
The song ranked #54 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1968.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1968.php|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1968|accessdate=2011-01-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125102556/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1968.php|archivedate=November 25, 2010}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of The Muscle Shoals Sound: 3614 Jackson Highway.The Muscle Shoals Sound: 3614 Jackson Highway (liner notes). CD. Rhino Records. 1993.
- Barry Beckett – piano
- Jerry Eddleman – backing vocals
- Jeanie Greene – backing vocals
- Roger Hawkins – drums
- Eddie Hinton – lead guitar
- David Hood – bass guitar
- Jimmy Johnson – rhythm guitar
- Spooner Oldham – organ
- Sandy Posey – backing vocals
- Percy Sledge – lead vocals
- Hershel Wiggington – backing vocals
Other charting versions
- Joe Stampley released a version of the song as his debut single in 1971 which reached #74 on the U.S. Country chart.{{cite web|title=Joe Stampley, "Take Time to Know Her" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Take+Time+to+Know+Her+by+Joe+Stampley&id=106837|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
- David Allan Coe released a version of the song as a single in 1982 which reached #58 on the U.S. Country chart.{{cite web|title=David Allan Coe, "Take Time to Know Her" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Take+Time+to+Know+Her+by+David+Allan+Coe&id=110654|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
Other versions
- Ben Branch and Orchestra released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1968 single "The Big One".{{cite web|title=Ben Branch and Orchestra, "The Big One" Single Release|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/729945|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
- Davis released a version of the song as a single in 1968, but it did not chart.{{cite web|title=Steve Davis, "Take Time to Know Her" Single Release|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/tf922|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
- O.C. Smith released a version of the song on his 1968 album Hickory Holler Revisited.{{cite web|title=O.C. Smith, Hickory Holler Revisited|website=Discogs |year=1968 |url=https://www.discogs.com/OC-Smith-Hickory-Holler-Revisited/release/2388617|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
- Tommie Young released a version of the song as a single in 1972, but it did not chart.{{cite web|title=Tommie Young, "Take Time to Know Him" Single Release|website=Discogs |year=1972 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Tommie-Young-Take-Time-To-Know-Him-Hit-Run-Lover/release/2168519|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
- Jody Miller released a version of the song on her 1976 album Will You Love Me Tomorrow.{{cite web|title=Jody Miller, Will You Love Me Tomorrow|website=Discogs |date=March 1976 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Jody-Miller-Will-You-Love-Me-Tomorrow/release/5239906|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
- Harry Hippy released a version of the song on his 1977 album with Dennis Brown entitled Dennis Brown Meets Harry Hippy.{{cite web|title=Dennis Brown and Harry Hippy, Dennis Brown Meets Harry Hippy|website=Discogs |year=1977 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Dennis-Brown-Harry-Hippy-Dennis-Brown-Meets-Harry-Hippy/release/3168349|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
- John Hiatt released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1982 single "I Look for Love".{{cite web|title=John Hiatt, "I Look for Love" Single Release|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/729945|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
- John Mooney released a version of the song on his 1992 album Testimony.{{cite web|title=John Mooney, Testimony|website=Discogs |year=1992 |url=https://www.discogs.com/John-Mooney-Testimony/release/4108966|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
- Zydeco Force released a version of the song on their 2001 album You Mean the World to Me.{{cite web|title=Zydeco Force, You Mean the World to Me|website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-mean-the-world-to-me-mw0000656819|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
References
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{{Percy Sledge}}
{{David Allan Coe}}
{{John Hiatt}}
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Category:Songs written by Stephen Allen Davis
Category:David Allan Coe songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill
Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Visconti
Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:Fontana Records singles
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