"Take It On Up" was a song by the band Pockets issued as a single in 1978 on Columbia Records.[1] The single reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.[2]
"Take It On Up" | ||||
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Single by Pockets | ||||
from the album Take It On Up | ||||
B-side | "Sphinx" | |||
Released | May 1978 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 3:13 | |||
Label | Columbia 3-10755 | |||
Songwriter(s) | K. Barnes, V. White, R. Wright, L. Satterfield | |||
Producer(s) | Verdine White, Robert Wright | |||
Pockets singles chronology | ||||
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Overview
editThe song was produced by Verdine White and Robert Wright. Take It On Up was composed by White, Wright, K. Barnes and Louis Satterfield. The song is also the title track of the Pockets' 1978 album Take It On Up[1]
Take It On Up spent a sum of eight weeks upon the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.[1]
Critical reception
editThe Washington Post called Take It On Up "a snappy brass accented uplifter".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Pockets: Take It On Up. Columbia Records. 1978.
- ^ "Pockets: Take It On Up (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com.[dead link]
- ^ "Clinton and White: Two Camps of Funk Music". The Washington Post.