I heard this song on the radio and I want to find out who sang it, but the only lyrics I can remember are "can you take me higher?" and it was from the chorus. Sounded like it was from the 80's.
And no, it's not Creed
2006-08-29 07:30:16 · 19 answers · asked by the_eternal_skeptic 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Damn Yankees? I think.
2006-08-29 07:35:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As "Abby M" says, Sly & The Family Stone had a big hit with "I Want To Take You Higher" - 1969 vs "Can you take me higher"...there's also Jackie Wilson and later Rita Coolidge singing "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"- 60s and 70s...also Steve Winwood "Higher Love" (1986).
It could be Sly etc. and the chorus saying "Can you" while the lead is singing "I can"...
2006-08-29 08:12:05 · answer #2 · answered by GeorgieGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this one Stereo MC's a band out of Great Britain the song was called elevate my mind
2014-07-29 06:47:03 · answer #3 · answered by sweatshoponwheels 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I Want to Take You Higher" is a 1969 song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, the b-side to their Top 30 hit Stand!". Unlike most of the other tracks on the Stand! album, "I Want to Take You Higher" is not a message song; instead, it is simply dedicated to music and the feeling one gets from music. Like nearly all of Sly & the Family Stone's songs, Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart was credited as the sole songwriter.
The song, one of the most upbeat recordings in the Family Stone canon, is a remake of sorts of "Higher", a song from the band's 1968 Dance to the Music LP. "Higher" itself has its origins in "Advice", a song Sly Stone co-wrote and arranged for Billy Preston's album The Wildest Organ In Town in 1966.
"Higher" made the setlist for the band's performance at Woodstock alongside "I Want to Take You Higher", "Dance to the Music" and "Music Lover"; Sly Stone used the song during a memorable interlude, during which he had the entire Woodstock crowd repeating, at three in the morning, the song's frantic cry of "higher!"
Even though it was a b-side, "I Want to Take You Higher" become a Top 40 hit of its own in 1970. That same year, Ike & Tina Turner released a cover of the song that became a hit as well, peaking 4 spots above the original Family Stone recording on the US pop charts, and one position below the original on the R&B singles chart.
In March 2005, Q magazine placed "I Want to Take You Higher" at number 84 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
2006-08-29 07:45:12 · answer #4 · answered by sunflowerlizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duran Duran had a hit in the 80's called I Wanna Take you Higher from their album Thank You.
2006-08-29 07:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by Jennifer W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe Electric Avenue by Eddie Grant?
2006-08-29 07:37:40 · answer #6 · answered by Yahoo Anwers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
those are lyrics to a Creed song, but it's not from the 80s.
2006-08-29 07:34:28 · answer #7 · answered by soozpeach 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was a funky sort of song, it was probably "Take Me Higher" by Sly and the Family Stone.
2006-08-29 07:33:49 · answer #8 · answered by Abby M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was "SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE" from aroung 1969, 1970 or 1971. Great song and group.
2006-08-29 07:36:44 · answer #9 · answered by Annie Mae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isnt the Damn Yankees, their song is high enough not higher.
2006-08-29 07:38:00 · answer #10 · answered by xsportguy99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋