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I'll Take You There es una canción escrita por Al Bell, y originalmente grabada e interpretada por el grupo familiar de soul y gospel llamado The Staple Singers, toda una institución musical en Estados Unidos. Grabada en 1972, la canción obtuvo el record de permanencia en los primeros puestos en el Billboard Hot 100 durante nada menos que quince semanas.
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La canción fue también un éxito en dos de sus covers posteriores. En 1991 BeBe & CeCe Winans llegaron al número uno de las listas r&b con su versión. En 1991 también, I'll Take You There fue sampleada por el grupo Salt-N-Pepa en el tema Let's Talk About Sex.
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The Staple Singers fue un grupo estadounidense originario de la ciudad de Chicago, Illinois. Su estilos musicales son el gospel, soul e R&B. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914 - 2000), el jefe de la familia, formó un grupo con sus hijas Cleotha (1934 - 2013), Pervis (1935), Yvonne (1936 - 2018) y Mavis (1939). Ellas son más conocidas por sus éxitos de la década de 1970 I'll Take You There, Respect Yourself y Let's Do It Again.
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Su cantante principal, Mavis Staple, posee una de las voces femeninas más impresionantes y personales que la música negra ha dado jamás. Ya pudimos disfrutar de ella en esta sección gracias a la versión de The Weight de The Band para la película "The Last Waltz" que puso Greg en 2012...
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Actuación de Mavis en la Casa Blanca frente a Obama y su familia...
Oh, mmm..
I know a place
Ain't nobody cryin', ain't nobody worried
Ain't no smilin' faces, mmm, naw, naw
Lyin' to the races
Help me, come on, come on
Somebody help me now
(I'll take you there)
Help me, y'all
(I'll take you there)
Help me now
(I'll take you there)
Oh!
(I'll take you there)
Oh, oh! mercy
(I'll take you there)
Oh, let me take you there!
(I'll take you there)
Oh, oh, let me take you there!
(I'll take you there)
Play your, play your, play, play
Play your, play your piano now
Alright, ah, do it, do it, come on now
Play on it, play on it, big daddy now
Daddy, daddy, daddy, play your
Ooh, Lord, alright now
Baby, little lady, easy now, help me out
Come on, little lady, alright
Sock it, sock it, ah, oh, ah
I know a place, y'all
(I'll take you there)
Ain't nobody cryin'
(I'll take you there)
Ain't nobody worried
(I'll take you there)
No smilin' faces
(I'll take you there)
Uh uh
(Lyin' to the races)
(I'll take you there)
Oh, no
Oh!
(I'll take you there)
Oh, oh, oh!
(I'll take you there)
Mercy now!
(I'll take you there)
I'm callin', callin', callin' for mercy!
(I'll take you there)
Mercy, mercy!
(I'll take you there)
Let me
(I'll take you there)
Oh, oh!
I'll take you there
(I'll take you there)
Oh, I wanna take you there
(I'll take you there)
Just take me by the hand, let me
(I'll take you there)
Let me, let me, let me, let me lead, lead the way
Oh!
(I'll take you there)
Let me take you there!
(I'll take you there)
Let me take you there!
(I'll take you there)
Ain't no smilin' faces!
(I'll take you there)
Up in here, lyin' to the races!
(I'll take you there)
You oughta, you gotta, gotta, gotta let me, let me!
(I'll take you there)
Take you, take you, take you over there!
(I'll take you there)
Ooh, oh, oh! Alright
(I'll take you there)
Oh, alright!
(I'll take you there)
Oh, oh!
(I'll take you there)
Ah, oh yeah
(I'll take you there)
Oh yeah
(I'll take you there)
Let me lead the way
(I'll take you there)
Let me, let me, let me lead the way
(I'll take you there)
(I'll take you there)
Oh, mmm
(I'll take you there)
You won't have to pay, oh, oh no