"Take" That! Top Ten: Take Me to the River (#2)

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Here's another one of the songs that are on my list of favorites that have the word "take" or a variation in the title. As I said yesterday, there are no surprises in these top three. Here's the next obvious song on my countdown. #2: Take Me to the River - Talking Heads What can I say? This song introduced me to Talking Heads in 1978. This marvelous, soulful cover of an Al Green song was the first Talking Heads venture into the Billboard top 40. This song shows that there was so, so much more to Talking Heads than just the punkish "Psycho Killer." What's cool is their live version in Stop Making Sense is so dramatically different from the studio version that it's like they re-invented the song yet again. What a classic. Take Me to the River Written by Al Green and Teenie Hodges Recorded by Talking Heads From More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1978 Am I in love to stay: