Take me to the River

original song written and composed by Al Green and Mabon "Teenie" Hodges
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q10377910
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Take me to the River

Summary

Take me to the River is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,510 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Take me to the River is the creator of Talking Heads[3].
  • Take me to the River's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • Take me to the River's composer is recorded as Al Green[5].
  • Take me to the River's composer is recorded as Teenie Hodges[6].
  • Take me to the River's genre is soul[7].
  • Among the performers on Take me to the River was Al Green[8].
  • Among the performers on Take me to the River was Talking Heads[9].
  • Among the performers on Take me to the River was Annie Lennox[10].
  • Take me to the River's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Take me to the River was published on 1974[12].
  • Take me to the River's lyricist is recorded as Al Green[13].
  • Take me to the River's lyricist is recorded as Teenie Hodges[14].
  • Take me to the River's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Take Me to the River'}[15].
  • Take me to the River's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • Genre(s): blues, blues rock, boogie rock, electric blues, funk, jazz, soul[18]

  • Community tags: blues, blues rock, boogie rock, electric blues, funk, jazz, soul[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4bad1a62-f57a-36f7-a985-165ec971cc71[20]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Al Green[8], Talking Heads[9], and Annie Lennox[10]. Take me to the River is the creator of Talking Heads[3].

Publication

Take me to the River was released on 1974[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is soul[7].

Why It Matters

Take me to the River ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,510 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre
    Instance of musical work/composition
    Genre soul
    Iswc T-070.244.178-8
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    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0702441788, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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