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(BTO) for their December, 1975 album '' Head On''. The lead vocal is provided by Turner. Released in January 1976, it was the first and more successful of two singles issued from the LP, the second being the jazzy " Lookin' Out for #1", which missed the U.S. Top 40 but gained some airplay on soft rock stations. "Take It Like a Man" was the sixth and last single by BTO to reach the Top 40 on the U.S. ''

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'' Hot 100, peaking at No. 33 on March 13, 1976. On the Canadian ''

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'' charts, it reached the No. 24 position.

Background

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, including a piano solo that closes the song. Just before the solo starts, Fred Turner can be heard shouting, “Play it, Richard!" Little Richard also played piano on the ''Head On'' song “Stay Alive”, which was not released as a single.

Reception

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'' said it's "an excellent tune, and with a fat rhythm section" and with "some great rifting from the guitars, a soulful vocal, and a little rag-rock piano." ''

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'' said that "this tune stands up to the best he band hasdone."

Track listing

Charts

References

1975 songs 1976 singles Bachman–Turner Overdrive songs Mercury Records singles Songs written by Fred Turner (musician) Song recordings produced by Randy Bachman {{1970s-rock-song-stub