"Take Me High" is a song by British singer

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and, as of 2012, was the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart histo ...

, released as a single in November 1973. Written by

Tony Cole Anthony Stuart Cole (born 17 March 1947) is a retired senior Australian public servant. He served the Commonwealth in various capacities for over 25 years. Early life Cole was born in Macksville, New South Wales, on 17 March 1947. He attended ...

, it is the title track from the film of the same name in which Richard also stars. It was released as a single with the B-side "Celestial Houses", written by

Terry Britten Terence Ernest Britten (born 17 July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo (band), Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many ot ...

, and peaked at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

7": EMI / EMI 2088 # "Take Me High" – 2:45 # "Celestial Houses" – 2:46

Personnel

– vocals *

– guitar *

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– guitar *

Alan Tarney Alan Tarney (born 19 November 1945) is an English record producer and musician. He was born in Northside, Workington, Cumberland, but spent his teenage years in Adelaide, Australia, where he met his songwriting and musical partner Trevor Spenc ...

– bass guitar *

Dave MacRae David Scott MacRae (born 2 April 1940, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand keyboardist, noted for his contributions in jazz and jazz rock, and his collaborations with musicians from the Canterbury scene. Life and career MacRae studied at th ...

– keyboards *

Trevor Spencer Trevor Spencer (born 21 May 1947 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian songwriter, record producer and drummer. He studied drums and percussion from the age of 10. By the age of 14, he was playing professionally in bands in Adelaide and Melbo ...

– drums * Barrie Guard – percussion

Charts

References

Cliff Richard songs 1973 singles 1973 songs Songs written by Tony Cole (musician) EMI Records singles {{1970s-single-stub