"Take You There" is the third

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Sean Kingston Kisean Paul Anderson (born February 3, 1990), better known by his stage name Sean Kingston, is an American-Jamaican singer and rapper. He is known for his hit songs " Beautiful Girls", "Fire Burning", " Take You There", and his collaboration wit ...

from his self-titled debut album. It was produced by J.R. Rotem. The song was co-written by Kingston, Rotem,

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, Rock City, and Eric Bluebaum. The song is about Kingston taking his girlfriend on a date to the

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, particularly his native

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. As he told noted UK urban writer Pete Lewis of

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in June 2007: "In 'Take You There' I'm basically telling a girl 'Let me take you to where I'm from - to Jamaica, to the paradise and to the slums!'. Because, while many people just think of the tropical beaches, there is definitely another, rugged side to the island too!"Sean Kingston interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2008
/ref> On the issue date of November 17, 2007 the single debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 81 and peaked at number 7."Sean Kingston - Take You There global chart positions and trajectories"
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Music video

The video (directed Gil Green) was shot in

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, and features cameos by

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and Gunplay. Kingston's girlfriend is played by fashion model Kirby Griffin. In the music video version, "sip

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s" is censored because of the reference to alcohol, while left intact on radio stations.

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References

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