Take Me Higher

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Take Me Higher
Take Me Higher cover
Studio album by Diana Ross
Released August 1995
Recorded 1995
Genre R&B/soul
Length 50:50 (USA edition)
Label Motown
Producer Nick Martinelli, Narada Michael Walden, Brenda Russell, Jon-John, the Boom Brothers
Professional reviews
Diana Ross chronology
A Very Special Season
(1994)		 Take Me Higher
(1995)		 Voice of Love
(1996)

Take Me Higher is a 1995 album by American soul singer Diana Ross released on the Motown label. The album featured production from urban adult contemporary producers such as Narada Michael Walden, Brenda Russell, Jon-John and the Boom Brothers, the latter two coming from Babyface's production company. The album yielded the UK hits "Take Me Higher", "Gone" and her dance cover of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive".

[edit] Track listing

US Edition

  1. "Take Me Higher" (Dakota, Germaine, Walden) - 4:18
  2. "If You're Not Gonna Love Me Right" (Seward) - 4:41
  3. "Voice of the Heart" (Bettis, Roberts, Stanley) - 4:18
  4. "Let Somebody Know" (Hull, Russell) - 4:55
  5. "Keep It Right There" (Babyface, Jon John, Liscomb) - 4:50
  6. "Don't Stop" (Boom) - 3:48
  7. "Gone" (Jon John) - 5:15
  8. "Only Love Can Conquer All" (Dakota, Glass, Walden) - 4:10
  9. "I Never Loved a Man Before" (Goffin, Snow) - 4:55
  10. "I Thought That We Were Still in Love" (Snow, Vidal) - 4:52
  11. "I Will Survive" (Fekaris, Perren) - 4:48

UK Edition

  1. "Take Me Higher" (Dakota, Germaine, Walden) - 4:20
  2. "If You're Not Gonna Love Me Right" (Seward) - 4:41
  3. "I Never Loved a Man Before" (Goffin, Snow) - 4:54
  4. "Swing It (Babyface, Jon John, Philips) - 4:14
  5. "Keep It Right There" (Babyface, Jon John, Liscomb) - 4:33
  6. "Don't Stop" (Boom, Tone) - 4:07
  7. "Gone" (Jon John) - 5:16
  8. "I Thought That We Were Still in Love" (Snow, Vidal) - 4:52
  9. "Voice of the Heart" (Bettis, Roberts, Stanley) - 4:54
  10. "Only Love Can Conquer All" (Dakota, Glass, Walden) - 4:10
  11. "I Will Survive" (Fekaris, Perren) - 4:50

Japanese edition Same as UK edition with a bonus track from 1988 :

  1. "If We Hold On Together" (Horner, Jennings) - 4:09



[edit] Charts

Album

Chart Position
The Billboard 200 114
USA Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 38
UK albums chart 10

Singles

Single Chart Position
Take Me Higher Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 77
Take Me Higher Hot 100 Singles & Tracks 114
Take Me Higher Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1
Take Me Higher UK Official Singles Chart 32
I Will Survive Hot Dance Music/Club Play 37
I Will Survive UK Official Singles Chart 14
If You're Not Gonna Love Me Right Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 67
I'm Gone UK Official Singles Chart 36
I'm Gone Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 107
Voice of the Heart Adult Contemporary 28


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Diana Ross
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"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" · "Remember Me" · "I'm Still Waiting" · "Surrender" · "Touch Me in the Morning" · "All of My Life" · "You Are Everything" · "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" · "Love Hangover" · "Upside Down" · "I'm Coming Out" · "My Old Piano" · "It's My Turn" · "Endless Love" · "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" · "Mirror, Mirror" · "Work That Body" · "Muscles" · "Missing You" · "Chain Reaction" · "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" · "One Shining Moment" · "Not Over You Yet" · "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
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