| "You Take Me Up" | ||||
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| Single by Thompson Twins | ||||
| from the album Into the Gap | ||||
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| Released | 19 March 1984[1] | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, Joe Leeway | |||
| Producer(s) | Alex Sadkin, Tom Bailey | |||
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| " You Take Me Up" on YouTube | ||||
"You Take Me Up" is a song by British pop group Thompson Twins, released as the third single from their fourth studio album, Into the Gap (1984), on 19 March 1984. It was written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway and prominently features the harmonica and a melodica solo. In addition to the regular 7-inch and multiple 12-inch releases, Arista Records also released four different shaped picture discs for the single, three of which were part of a jigsaw.
The single peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, making it their highest-charting song, and spent 11 weeks on the chart. It was the UK's 57th-highest-selling single of 1984 and was certifified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) the same year. In the United States, the single spent nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 44 in October 1984. The promotional music video for this single was directed by Dieter Trattmann.[2]
- ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 17 March 1984. p. 14.
- ^ Weiss, Paulette (1985). The Rock Video Book. J. Messner. ISBN 9780671553401.