Take Control (Amerie song)

"Take Control"
Single by Amerie
from the album Because I Love It
B-side	"That's What U R" "Crunk Didi (Losing U)"
Released	October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)
Studio	Wonderland (New Jersey)
Genre	Funk go-go R&B
Length	3:42
Label	Columbia Sony Urban
Songwriter(s)	Amerie Mi Marie Cee-Lo Green Mike Caren Tom Zé Valdez Daryl Hall John Oates Sara Allen
Producer(s)	Mike Caren Cee-Lo Green (add. and vocal) Amerie (add. and vocal) Len Nicholson (add.)
Amerie singles chronology
"I Don't Care" (2005) "Take Control" (2006) "Gotta Work" (2007)

"Take Control" is a song by the American singer Amerie from her third studio album, Because I Love It (2007). It was released as the album's lead single on October 17, 2006. The song was written by Cee-Lo Green, Mike Caren and Amerie, and was produced by Caren, with additional production by Cee-Lo, Amerie and Len Nicholson. "Take Control" contains excerpts from the 1970 song "Jimmy, Renda-se" by the Brazilian musician Tom Zé, and elements of the 1980 song "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates.