What year I want to take you higher?

What year I want to take you higher?

Sly & the Family Stone, Ike & Tina Turner

What year I want to take you higher?


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(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)

Beat is gettin' stronger
Beat is gettin' longer too-oo-oo
Music's soundin' good to me
But I want to, said I want to

I want to take you higher
Yeah, let me take you higher
Baby, baby, let me light your fire
Ooo yeah, little bit higher

Boom-shaka-laka-laka
Boom-shaka-la-boonka-boo

(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)

Beat is nitty-gritty
Music's in your city too-oo-oo
Music's gettin' good to me
But now don't ya, I said don't ya

Don't ya want to get higher
Yeah, don't ya want to get higher
Baby, baby, let me light your fire
Ooo ha, little bit higher

Boom-shaka-laka-laka
Boom-shaka-la-boonka-boo

(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)

------ guitar ------

Come on baby (higher!)
Don't ya want to get high (higher!)
Ooo yeah! (higher!)
Light your fire (fire!)
Come on daddy (higher!)
A little bit higher (higher!)
I want to (higher!)
Said I want to light your fire (fire!)

Boom-shaka-laka-laka
Boom-shaka-la-boonka-boo

(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)

Beat is here to make you mo-ove
Music's here to help ya groo-oo-oove
Music's soundin' good to me
But take your places

I'm gonna take you higher (higher!)
Yeah, baby (higher!)
Gonna take ya higher (higher!)
Ooo yeah (higher!)
Little bit higher (higher!)
c'mon daddy (higher!)
A little bit (higher!)
(higher!)
(higher!)
(higher!)
(higher!)
(higher!)
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Versions

I Want to Take You Higher written by Sly Stone English

Title Performer Release date Info
I Want to Take You Higher Sly & The Family Stone March 1969 First release
Sampled by De La Soul
I Want to Take You Higher Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes May 1970
I Wanna Take You Higher Brian Auger & The Trinity July 1970
I Want to Take You Higher Kool and The Gang January 1971 Live
I Want to Take You Higher The Jackson 5 September 1971 Live
I Want to Take You Higher The 5th Dimension October 1971 Live
I Want to Take You Higher The Inner Circle [JM] 1971
Higher East Of Underground 1971 Unverified
I Wanna Take You Higher Panhandle 1972
I Want to Take You Higher Hullujussi 1974
I Want to Take You Higher Ike and Tina Turner 1977
Sly-Hi [Medley] Philly Cream 1978
Sly Suite: Dance to the Music / I Want to Take You Higher / Everybody Is a Star / Thank You (Faleti… Merry Clayton January 18, 1980 Medley
I Want to Take You Higher Aaronsrod 1986 Unverified
Take You Higher Noiseworks July 5, 1991
I Want to Take You Higher Marcella Detroit February 28, 1994
I Wanna Take You Higher Duran Duran March 1995
I Want to Take You Higher Blues Traveler September 22, 1995
I Want to Take You Higher George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars 1996
Medley: Peter Gunn / Take Higher / Superstition Buddy Miles February 18, 1997 Live
Medley
I Want to Take You Higher Jeff Scott Soto with Glenn Hughes 2002
I Want to Take You Higher Sly & The Family Stone w/ Steven Tyler w/ Robert Randolph February 7, 2006
I Want to Take You Higher Tesla 2007
I Want to Take You Higher Smash Your Face October 9, 2009
I Want to Take You Higher Hurricane Ruth February 13, 2012
Simple Song / I Want to Take You Higher Tedeschi Trucks Band May 16, 2012 Live
Medley
I Want to Take You Higher Zakiya Harris & Friends January 18, 2014
I Wanna Take You Higher The Houdini's & Frans van Deursen May 2015
Higher Adrienne Warren, Aisha Jawando, Pérola Congo, Sia Kiwa, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe March 29, 2019

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