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- I Want To Take You Higher
- Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes
- - written by Sylvester Stewart
- - as recorded by Ike & Tina Turner & The Ikettes
- - entered the Billboard Top 40 the week of August 8, 1970 and
- stayed for 6 weeks, peaking at #34 the week of August 29, 1970
- - cover version of Sly & The Family Stone's single which peaked
- at #60 in 1969 and #38 when re-released in 1970
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- (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
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- Beat is gettin' stronger
- Beat is gettin' longer too-oo-oo
- Music's soundin' good to me
- But I wanna, said I wanna
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- I wanna take you higher
- Yeah, let me take you higher
- Baby, baby, let me light your fire
- Ooo yeah, little bit higher
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- Boom-shaka-laka-laka
- Boom-shaka-la-boonka-boo
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- (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
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- Beat is nitty-gritty
- Music's in your city too-oo-oo
- Music's gettin' good to me
- But now don't ya, I said don't ya
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- Don't ya wanna get higher
- Yeah, don't ya wanna get higher
- Baby, baby, let me light your fire
- Ooo ha, little bit higher
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- Boom-shaka-laka-laka
- Boom-shaka-la-boonka-boo
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- (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
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- ------ guitar ------
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- Come on baby (higher!)
- Don't ya wanna get high (higher!)
- Ooo yeah! (higher!)
- Light your fire (fire!)
- Come on daddy (higher!)
- A little bit higher (higher!)
- I wanna (higher!)
- Said I wanna light your fire (fire!)
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- Boom-shaka-laka-laka
- Boom-shaka-la-boonka-boo
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- (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
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- Beat is here to make you mo-ove
- Music's here to help ya groo-oo-oove
- Music's soundin' good to me
- But take your places
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- I'm gonna take you higher (higher!)
- Yeah, baby (higher!)
- Gonna take ya higher (higher!)
- Ooo yeah (higher!)
- Little bit higher (higher!)
- C'mon daddy (higher!)
- A little bit (higher!)
- (higher!)
- (higher!)
- (higher!)
- (higher!)
- (higher!)
- {fade}
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