What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Solar, also Dancing in the Sheets, The Second Time Around and Midas Touch (Midnight Star)
Written by Renaldo Benson, also What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye), Save the Children (Marvin Gaye) and Wholy Holy (Marvin Gaye)
Part of Big Fun, also The Second Time Around, I Owe You One and The Right Time for Us
Written by Lawrence Payton, also Christmas Here With You (Four Tops) and Catfish (Four Tops)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Renaldo Benson’s most frequent co-writer is Marvin Gaye (3 songs together)
Renaldo Benson first appears on fono in 1971, 8 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Lawrence Payton and Renaldo Benson
- Part of
- Big Fun
- Released on
- Solar
- Written by
- Lawrence Payton and Renaldo Benson
- Part of
- Big Fun
- Released on
- Solar
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Renaldo Benson
Same writer: Lawrence Payton
Same label: Solar
Same release: Big Fun
Same writer: Renaldo Benson
Same writer: Lawrence Payton
Same release: Big Fun
Same writer: Renaldo Benson
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz Take Me to the River was written by Lawrence Payton
Take Me to the River was written by Lawrence Payton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Take Me to the River was written by Renaldo Benson
Take Me to the River was written by Renaldo Benson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Take Me to the River is part of the release Big Fun
Take Me to the River is part of the release Big Fun
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Solar is the label of the song Take Me to the River
Solar is the label of the song Take Me to the River
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Take Me to the River was released on 1979-08-21
Take Me to the River was released on 1979-08-21
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026