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"Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)" or "Take My Heart" is a 1981 single by Kool & the Gang from their album, Something Special.

"Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)"
One of side-A labels of US single
Single by Kool & The Gang
from the album Something Special
Released	October 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Funk
Length	5:39 3:59 (7") 4:01 (12")
Label	De-Lite Records
Songwriter(s)	Eumir Deodato, Robert Earl Bell, Ronald Nathan Bell, Claydes Charles Smith, James "J.T." Taylor and George Smith
Kool & The Gang singles chronology
"Jones vs. Jones" (1981) "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)" (1981) "Steppin' Out" (1981)

Track listing

Charts

The single was the group's sixth number-one R&B single, reaching the top of the U.S. R&B chart for a single week and reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] Along with the tracks, "Get Down On It" and "Steppin' Out", "Take My Heart" went to the top 20 on the US dance charts.

Chart (1981–82)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[2]	29
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[3]	16
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	17
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5]	1

Year-end chart (1982)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[6]	85

Robert Palmer version

Robert Palmer covered the song titled "You Can Have It (Take My Heart)" on his 1983 album Pride. His version reached number 66 in the United Kingdom.[7]

References

External links

• "Take My Heart" at Discogs (list of releases)

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