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Take Time to Know Her (song)

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"Take Time to Know Her"
Single by Percy Sledge
from the album Take Time to Know Her
B-side"It's All Wrong But It's Alright"
ReleasedFebruary 1968 (1968-02)
GenreSoul
Length2:55
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Steve Davis
Producer(s)Marlin Greene, Quin Ivy
Percy Sledge singles chronology
"Cover Me"
(1967)
"Take Time to Know Her"
(1968)
"Sudden Stop"
(1968)

"Take Time to Know Her" is a song written by Steve Davis and performed by Percy Sledge. It reached #5 on the Canadian pop chart, #6 on the U.S. R&B chart, and #11 on the U.S. pop chart in 1968.[1] It was featured on his 1968 album Take Time to Know Her.[2]

The song was produced by Marlin Greene and Quin Ivy.[3]

The song ranked #54 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1968.[4]

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the liner notes of The Muscle Shoals Sound: 3614 Jackson Highway.[5]

Other charting versions

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Other versions

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References

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  1. ^ "Percy Sledge, "Take Time to Know Her" Chart Positions". Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Percy Sledge, Take Time to Know Her". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "Percy Sledge, "Take Time to Know Her" Single Release". Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1968". Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  5. ^ The Muscle Shoals Sound: 3614 Jackson Highway (liner notes). CD. Rhino Records. 1993.
  6. ^ "Joe Stampley, "Take Time to Know Her" Chart Position". Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  7. ^ "David Allan Coe, "Take Time to Know Her" Chart Position". Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ben Branch and Orchestra, "The Big One" Single Release". Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  9. ^ "Steve Davis, "Take Time to Know Her" Single Release". Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  10. ^ "O.C. Smith, Hickory Holler Revisited". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  11. ^ "Tommie Young, "Take Time to Know Him" Single Release". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  12. ^ "Jody Miller, Will You Love Me Tomorrow". Discogs. March 1976. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  13. ^ "Dennis Brown and Harry Hippy, Dennis Brown Meets Harry Hippy". Discogs. 1977. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  14. ^ "John Hiatt, "I Look for Love" Single Release". Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  15. ^ "John Mooney, Testimony". Discogs. 1992. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  16. ^ "Zydeco Force, You Mean the World to Me". AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2019.