Take Me to the River

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writer:	Al Green Mabon Hodges

publisher:	Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) Burlington Music Irving Music, Inc. JEC Publishing

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/Al-green-take-me-to-the-river-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/2116 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0002707526 [info]
Songfacts:	https://www.songfacts.com/facts/al-green/take-me-to-the-river [info]
Wikidata:	Q10377910 [info]

later parody versions:	Take Me to the Liver

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1978-08-28	Take Me to the River (live, 1978-08-28: Park West, Chicago, IL, USA)	cover and live	Talking Heads	5:29
1978-09-08	Take Me to the River (live, 1978-09-08: Seattle, WA, USA)	live	Talking Heads	?:??
1978-09-13	Take Me to the River (live, 1978-09-13: Park West, Chicago, IL, USA)	live	Talking Heads	5:33
1979-08-24	Take Me to the River (live, 1979-08-24: Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA, USA)	cover and live	Talking Heads	5:37
1979-08-24	Take Me to the River (live, 1979-08-24: Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA, USA)	cover and live	Talking Heads	5:30
1980-08-27	Take Me to the River (live, 1980-08-27: Central Park, New York City, NY, USA)	cover and live	Talking Heads	6:35
1983-08-03	Take Me to the River (live, 1983-08-03: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA)	live	Talking Heads	8:16
1983-08-05	Take Me to the River (live, 1983‐08‐05: Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA)	live	Talking Heads	8:24
1983-08-05	Take Me to the River	cover and live	Talking Heads	8:16
1983-08-20	Take Me to the River	live	Talking Heads	7:53
1983-12	Take Me to the River (live, 1983-12: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, USA)	cover and live	Talking Heads	6:00
1986-01	Take Me to the River	cover	Element of Crime	5:58
1987-10	Take Me to the River	cover	Canned Heat	4:24
1988-07	Take Me to the River	cover	Canned Heat	4:08
1995-01-12	Take Me to the River (live, 1995-01-12: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, NY, USA)	live	Al Green	5:21
1995-04-01	Take Me to the River	cover and live	Grateful Dead	?:??
1995-06-30	Take Me to the River (live, 1995-06-30: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)	cover and live	Grateful Dead	4:54
1995-07-06	Take Me to the River	cover and live	Grateful Dead	?:??
1996-01-02 – 1996-01-03	Take Me to the River	cover and live	Eva Cassidy	3:53
1996-01-03	Take Me to the River (live, 1996-01-03: Blues Alley, Washington DC)	cover and live	Eva Cassidy	3:57
1996-01-03	Take Me to the River (live, 1996-01-03: Blues Alley, Washington DC)	cover and live	Eva Cassidy	3:55
1997-05-12 – 1997-05-16	Take me to the river	cover	Pee Wee Ellis	5:25
1999-10-23	Take Me to the River (live, 1999-10-23: White House, Washington, DC, United States)	live	Al Green with B.B. King, Sheryl Crow and Lenny Kravitz	4:56
1999-11-29	Tenth Avenue Freeze‐Out (live, 1999-11-29: Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA)	cover, live and partial	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	?:??
2001-09-25	96 Tears / Take Me to the River (live, 2001-09-25: Stella Blue, Asheville, NC, USA)	cover, live and medley	Tom Tom Club	8:18
2001-10-12 – 2001-10-14	Take Me to the River	cover	Green Onions	3:21
2001-10-14	Take Me to the River (live: 2001-10-14: Clubhouse Music Studio, Cock Island, CT, USA)	cover and live	Tom Tom Club	4:59
2003-07-26	As Above, So Below /Take Me to the River (live, 2003-07-26: Indian Lookout Country Club, Mariaville, NY, USA)	cover, live and medley	Tom Tom Club	11:17
2007	Take Me to the River	cover	Guy Sebastian	5:33
2008-05	Take Me to the River (live, 2008-05: The Palms, Melbourne, VIC, AU)	cover and live	Guy Sebastian	4:38
	Ghostdancing / Take Me to the River / Gloria (live, 2013‐11‐30: The O₂ Arena, London, UK)	cover and live	Simple Minds	11:38
	New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) / Take Me to the River / Light My Fire (live, 1985-01-05: Barrowlands, Glasgow, UK)	cover and live	Simple Minds	12:33
	New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84) / Take Me to the River / Light My Fire	cover, live and medley	Simple Minds	12:42
	Take me to The River	cover	Syl Johnson	3:04
	Take Me to the River	cover	Bluesounds	6:08
	Take Me to the River	cover	Delbert McClinton	3:27
	Take Me to the River	cover	The Gizmos	2:04
	Take Me to the River	cover	Henning Stærk	4:16
	Take Me to the River	cover	Mitch Ryder	5:18
	Take Me to the River	cover and live	Lurrie Bell	?:??
	Take Me to the River	cover	Diane Schuur	5:17
	Take Me to the River		Al Green	3:41
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	6:27
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	6:18
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	5:37
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	5:49
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	3:37
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	5:58
	Take Me to the River		Al Green	3:44
	Take Me to the River	live	Talking Heads	5:37
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	5:33
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	?:??
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	5:49
	Take Me to the River	live	Talking Heads	?:??
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	?:??
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	5:29
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	5:44
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	5:37
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	3:57
	Take Me to the River	cover	Grand Wazoo	?:??
	Take Me to the River	cover	Tom Jones	3:00
	Take Me to the River		Tom Jones	2:53
	Take Me to the River (live)	live	Tom Jones	3:39
	Take Me to the River		Tom Jones	2:57
	Take Me to the River		Tom Jones	2:54
	Take Me to the River (live: The Tom Jones Show, Vancouver, Canada)	cover and live	Tom Jones	3:01
	Take Me to the River	cover	Bryan Ferry	4:29
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	5:02
	Take Me to the River		Talking Heads	5:01
	Take Me to the River	cover	Annie Lennox	3:33
	Take Me to the River	cover	The Commitments	3:39
	Take Me to the River (live, 1983-12: Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, USA)	live	Talking Heads	5:33
	Take Me to the River	cover	Syl Johnson	3:05
	Take Me to the River	cover	Syl Johnson	3:08
	Take Me to the River	cover	Syl Johnson	3:04
	Take Me to the River	cover	Syl Johnson	3:00
	Take Me to the River	cover	Syl Johnson	5:02
	Take Me to the River	cover	Syl Johnson	5:00
	Take Me to the River	cover	Syl Johnson	?:??
	Take Me to the River	cover	Foghat	3:21
	Take Me to the River		Al Green	3:41
	Take Me to the River		Al Green	3:42
	Take Me to the River	cover	Foghat	3:23
	Take Me to the River	cover	Bryan Ferry	4:28
	Take Me to the River	cover	Lynda Carter	?:??
	Take Me to the River	cover	Tom Jones	2:52
	Take Me to the River	cover	Nick Austin	4:18
	Take Me to the River	cover	Mama's Pit	4:38
	Take Me to the River	cover	Daltons	5:41
	Take Me to the River	cover	Etta James	5:03
	Take Me to the River	cover	Mosaic Whispers	4:25
	Take Me to the River	cover	Nessa Morgan & Ross Wilson	2:58
	Take Me to the River	cover	Mitch Ryder feat. Engerling	9:21
	Take Me to the River	cover	John Boutté	4:15
	Take Me to the River	cover	The Levon Helm Band	4:52
	Take Me to the River	cover	Kaleida	3:22
	Take Me to the River	cover	Ida Sand & Stockholm Underground	?:??
	Take Me to the River	cover	Per Chr. Frost	?:??
	Take Me to the River	cover	Booker T. Jones	3:47
	Take Me to the River	cover and live	The Commitments	5:20
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