Take Me with U

"Take Me with U"
"Take Me with U"
	Japan 7" single
Single by Prince and the Revolution
from the album Purple Rain
A-side	"Let's Go Crazy" (UK)
B-side	"Baby I'm a Star"
Released	January 25, 1985
Recorded	January 27, 1984
Studio	Sunset Sound, Los Angeles
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	3:52 (Album/12" Version); 3:39 (7" Edit)
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Prince
Producer(s)	Prince
Prince singles chronology
Prince UK singles chronology

"Take Me with U" is a song by Prince and the Revolution, and the final US single released from their album, Purple Rain (1984).

Background[]

The song is sung as a duet with Apollonia Kotero, and was originally intended for the Apollonia 6 album, but was pulled for the Purple Rain soundtrack. A result of this addition, Prince made cuts to the suite-like original "Computer Blue", which circulates among collectors in an extended version (a portion of this second section of "Computer Blue" can be heard in the film Purple Rain as Prince walks in on the men of The Revolution rehearsing). The original version of the song was about a minute longer.

Chart performance[]

The single was released with an edit of album track "Baby I'm a Star" as its B-side>. In the US, it reached number 40 on the Hot Black Singles chart and reached number 25 on the top 40 chart.^[2] In the UK, the song was issued as a double A-side single, coupled with "Let's Go Crazy", reaching number 7 in February 1985.^[3]

Personnel[]

Credits are adapted from Prince Vault^[4] and the album’s Liner Notes^[5]

Prince – lead vocals, guitars^{[citation needed]}, overdubbed tom-toms, string arrangement
Apollonia – co-lead vocals
Wendy Melvoin – string conductor, guitars, background vocals
Lisa Coleman – string arrangement, string conductor, keyboards, background vocals
Matt Fink – keyboards, background vocals
Brown Mark – bass guitar, background vocals
Bobby Z. – drums, percussion
David Coleman – cello
Suzie Katayama – cello
Novi Novog – violin and viola

Track listing[]

7": Paisley Park / 7-29079 (US)[]

"Take Me with U" (edit) – 3:42
"Baby I'm a Star" (edit) – 2:55

References[]

^ Partridge, Kenneth (June 24, 2014). "Prince's 'Purple Rain' at 30: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 471.
^ "officialcharts.com". Retrieved April 8, 2021.
^ Prince and the Revolution (May 4, 2019). "Purple Rain (Soundtrack Album)". Prince Vault.
^ Prince and the Revolution (1984). Purple Rain Soundtrack (Album Notes). Warner Bros. Records.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[1] Partridge, Kenneth (June 24, 2014). "Prince's 'Purple Rain' at 30: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2015.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 471.

[3] "officialcharts.com". Retrieved April 8, 2021.

[Princevault-4] Prince and the Revolution (May 4, 2019). "Purple Rain (Soundtrack Album)". Prince Vault.

[5] Prince and the Revolution (1984). Purple Rain Soundtrack (Album Notes). Warner Bros. Records.

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show v t Prince and the Revolution · Music from the Motion Picture Purple Rain
Side one	"Let's Go Crazy" "Take Me with U" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki"
Side two	"When Doves Cry" "I Would Die 4 U" "Baby I'm a Star" "Purple Rain"
B-sides	"Erotic City"
Related articles	Purple Rain (film) Purple Rain Tour Prince and the Revolution: Live Purplish Rain Prince albums discography

show v t Prince singles
1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "Delirious" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"
1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "Letitgo" "Space" "Purple Medley" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody" "The Truth" "Extraordinary" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"
2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We B Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K."
2010s	"Breakfast Can Wait"
Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "Erotic City" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Somebody's Somebody" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "Man'O'War" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart"
Airplay-only songs	"International Lover"
Internet downloads	"Guitar (original "demo" version)"
EPs	The Beautiful Experience NYC 1999: The New Master
Other songs	"I Feel for You" "Private Joy" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "Sometimes It Snows in April" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U"