"I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me" is a pop song written in 1976 by

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. The track appeared twice in the Top 30 of the

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; firstly when recorded by

Jimmy James and the Vagabonds Michael "Jimmy" James (born 13 September 1940) is a British-Jamaican soul singer, known for songs like "Come to Me Softly", "Now Is the Time" and "I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me". Based in Britain, he has performed as the lead singer of Ji ...

in 1976, and then in 1978, when it was

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by Tina Charles. In both instances, the recordings were produced by Biddu.

Jimmy James and the Vagabonds

The original recording was reviewed in ''

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'' magazine in March 1976, where it got a three star rating (out of five) and the magazine article stated that "Jimmy (James) sounds like

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on this catchy Biddu creation that has all the straits of a disco record... It's " Doctor's Orders" all over again, really". Jimmy James and the Vagabonds disc reached number 23 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1976, and stayed in that listing for a total of eight weeks. The song later appeared on a James compilation album, ''Where Your Music Takes Me'', issued by Sequel Records in 1999.

Tina Charles

Tina Charles' rendition reached number 27 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1978, and also stayed for eight weeks. It reached number 18 in Ireland. The record labels of the various countries releases of the single all quoted '1977', although the single was not issued until February 1978. The recording was arranged by Biddu and

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. The track had earlier been included on Charles' fifth album, '' Heart 'n' Soul'' (1977).

Other recorded versions

Various versions of the track have been recorded over the years, including those by

Brotherhood of Man Brotherhood of Man are a British pop group who achieved success in the 1970s. They won the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with "Save Your Kisses for Me". Created in 1969 by songwriter and record producer Tony Hiller, Brotherhood of Man was initia ...

(re-issued on their compilation album, '' 20 Disco Greats / 20 Love Songs''), the

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Victor Silvester Victor Marlborough Silvester OBE (25 February 190014 August 1978) was an English dancer, writer, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first hal ...

Grethe Ingmann Grethe Ingmann (born Clemmensen; 17 June 1938 – 18 August 1990) was a Danish singer. She started her career at 17, when she temporarily performed as a singer of the Malihini Hawaiians pop quartet. Soon after she sang with the Danish guitarist ...

and Günther Neefs.

References

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External links

YouTube of Jimmy James' version
on ''

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