"Take Me There" is a song recorded by American

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group

Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American country music band founded in 1999. The band members were Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background vocals). DeMarcus is LeVox's second cou ...

. It was released in July 2007 as the first single from their album '' Still Feels Good''. The song became their eighth number-one hit on the Hot Country Songs Chart the week of September 22, 2007.

Content

"Take Me There" is the first single from the band's 2007 album '' Still Feels Good''.

Kenny Chesney Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has recorded more than 20 albums and has produced more than 40 Top 10 singles on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs and Country ...

wrote the song with

Neil Thrasher Joe Neil Thrasher Jr. (born July 13, 1965) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1995 and 1997, he and Kelly Shiver comprised the duo Thrasher Shiver, which recorded a studio album for Asylum Records in 1996 and charted two ...

and

Wendell Mobley Wendell Lee Mobley (born in Celina, Ohio) is an American country music songwriter. He has written No. 1 hits for Rascal Flatts and Kenny Chesney. He began playing in local bands before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, where he found a job playing ...

. The song is composed in the key of E major with a main tempo of about 92

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. It is mainly based around the chord progression E-A/E.

Critical reception

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song both an "A" and "F" grade, writing that "Writing a review of this just seems like an exercise in futility. No fans will be won or lost by this performance. If you enjoy listening to '

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', then you’ll enjoy this. If a part of you died inside when reminded of those records, stay away. Far, far away."

Charts

The song was Rascal Flatts' eighth number-one single on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. It reached that position on the chart dated for the week ending September 22, 2007 after a ten-week ascent. This was their fastest climbing single at the time after "

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", which took fourteen weeks to reach the number-one position.

Year-end charts

References

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