Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 1)

Infobox Single
Name = Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 1)


Artist = The Isley Brothers
from Album = Showdown
B-side = "Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 2)""Tell Me When You Need it Again" (12" single)
Released = March, 1978
Format = 7"
12"
Genre = R&B, Funk
Length = 6:05 (extended 12" version)
5:10 (album version)
4:12 (radio edit)
Label = T-Neck
2272
Writer = Rudolph Isley
O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
Ronald Isley
Ernie Isley
Marvin Isley
Chris Jasper
Producer = The Isley Brothers
Last single = "Voyage to Atlantis"
(1977)
This single = "Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 1)"
(1978)
Next single = "Groove With You"
(1978)

"Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 1)" was a hit song for R&B/funk band The Isley Brothers. The song has the sound of a live stadium recording, but it was created entirely in a recording studio. Ernie and Marvin Isley plus Chris Jasper laid the foot stomps and some of the crowd noises across 24 recording tracks. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:kvfuxz85ldfe allmusic ] ] Released from their hit 1978 album, "Showdown", the single spent 2 weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart. However, it never managed to cross over to the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

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