civil rights movement has succeeded: "No more smilin' faces/lyin' to the races." Rolling Stone editor David Fricke described this song as the "epitome of the Muscle Shoals Sound". It was recorded in Sheffield, AL at the famous Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, and overdubbed and mixed at Ardent Studios in Memphis by Engineer Terry Manning. Bolstered by a "feel-good" vibe, "I'll Take You There" peaked at #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart for four weeks May 1972. In June, "I'll Take You There" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for one week. Billboard ranked it as the #19 song for 1972. The song, ranked #276 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, remains the most successful and recognizable single of the Staples' half-century-long career. Chart history Weekly charts Year-end charts Cover recordings In 1991, the song returned to #1 on the R&B chart when it was covered by BeBe & CeCe Winans, with Mavis Staples featured as a guest artist on the track. The single also made #90 on the Hot 100. In 1994, the British band General Public released a cover of "I'll Take You There" featured in the film Threesome. It peaked at #22 on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart and #95 on its year-end chart. It also peaked at #38 on the year-end chart of Canadian RPM Top Singles. This version features an added toasted verse specific to this rendition. In 2005, Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas released a cover titled "Let Me Take You There" as the first single from their 2006 album Livin' It Up! See also List of number-one R&B singles of 1972 (U.S.) List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1972 (U.S.) List of number-one R&B singles of 1991 (U.S.) List of number-one dance singles of 1994 (U.S.) References 1972 singles 1994 singles 2005 singles The Staple Singers songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients General Public songs Funk songs Stax Records singles 1972 songs Songs written by Al Bell Epic Records singles