50+ Music<p>"I'll Take You There" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlBell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlBell</span></a> (using his real name Alvertis Isbell), and originally performed by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/soul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soul</span></a>/#gospel family band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theStapleSingers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theStapleSingers</span></a>. The Staple Singers version, produced by Bell, was released on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StaxRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StaxRecords</span></a> in February 1972, and spent a total of 15 weeks on the charts and reached #1 on the US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hot100</span></a>. By December 1972, it had sold 2 million units and is ranked as the 19th biggest American hit of 1972. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3vgBzgYn4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=uY3vgBzgYn4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>