Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me

"Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" is a song and single by American group, Gladys Knight & the Pips written by Barrett Strong, Cornelius Grant and Rodger Penzabene. It was produced by Norman Whitfield.[1]

"Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me"
Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips
from the album Everybody Needs Love
B-side"Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey?"
Released1967
GenreSoul
Length2:56
LabelSoul S-35033
Songwriter(s)Barrett Strong, Cornelius Grant, Rodger Penzabene
Producer(s)Norman Whitfield

Background

It also appeared on their 1967 album Everybody Needs Love, where the song's erotic nature was censored. Critic John Lowe for AllMusic felt the editing "damaged the song's story structure" and "undermined Knight's erotic awareness for the song".[2]

Chart performance

Originally released in the US on the Soul label in 1967 with "Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey" as the B-side,[1] the song only charted at number 98 on the Hot 100.[3] "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me", however, did not chart on the national, Billboard's Top Selling R&B Singles chart. Overseas, it was later released in the UK in 1967 on the Tamla Motown label. It made number 13 in the UK charts in June 1967 and was Gladys Knight & the Pips' first UK hit.[4]

References
  1. "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  2. "Everybody Needs Love". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 471.
  4. "Gladys Knight & the Pips". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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