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Take It On Up (song)

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"Take It On Up"
Single by Pockets
from the album Take It On Up
B-side"Sphinx"
ReleasedMay 1978
GenreSoul
Length3:13
LabelColumbia 3-10755
Songwriter(s)K. Barnes, V. White, R. Wright, L. Satterfield
Producer(s)Verdine White, Robert Wright
Pockets singles chronology
""Prasado "" "Take It On Up" ""Happy For Love""

"Take It On Up" was a song by the band Pockets issued as a single in 1978 on Columbia Records.[1] The single reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.[2]

Overview

The song was produced by Verdine White and Robert Wright. Take It On Up was composed by White, Wright, K. Barnes and Louis Satterfield. The song is also the title track of the Pockets' 1978 album Take It On Up[1]

Take It On Up spent a sum of eight weeks upon the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.[1]

Critical reception

The Washington Post called Take It On Up "a snappy brass accented uplifter".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Pockets: Take It On Up. Columbia Records. 1978.
  2. ^ "Pockets: Take It On Up (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Clinton and White: Two Camps of Funk Music". The Washington Post.