I Want To Take You Higher

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I Want To Take You Higher

from the home video Rave Un2 The Year 2000
Song details
Performer: Larry Graham and
First Released: 5 June 2000 - Rave Un2 The Year 2000 (Europe VHS and DVD)
Album(s): None
Writer(s): Sylvester “Sly Stone” Stewart
Producer(s): Prince (assumed, no official credits given)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
  • None
Performed occasionally in shows:

I Want To Take You Higher, a live cover version of the track by Sly And The Family Stone, was released as the thirteenth track (listed Higher, which is a different Sly And The Family Stone tune) on the Rave Un2 The Year 2000 VHS and DVD. The song is performed by Larry Graham (who played bass on the original studio version as a member of The Family Stone along with Cynthia Robinson and Gerry Martini) and Prince (as ). No audio-only version of this performance has been released.

The song was included on Sly And The Family Stone’s fourth album Stand! (from 1969). Of note, Prince has covered seven of the eight songs from that album during live performances over the years: Stand!, Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey, I Want To Take You Higher, Sing A Simple Song, Everyday People, Sex Machine and You Can Make It If You Try . There is no known performance by him of the remaining song ‘’Somebody’s Watching You’’.

I Want To Take You Higher is not believed to have been recorded in the studio by Prince. Sly Stone is quoted with this song in the lyrics of Musicology.



Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
n/a n/a This track is not believed to have been recorded in the studio by Prince
Recording Personnel

N.B. - recording personnel below refer to released live version; this track is not known to have been recorded in the studio by Prince


Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Want To Take You Higher n/a n/a n/a There have been no audio-only releases of this track on 'hard-format'.
Video Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Want To Take You Higher 6:02 Rave Un2 The Year 2000 VHS and DVD Live 18 December 1999: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA


 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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