Take Me There (Blackstreet song)
Encyclopedia
"Take Me There" is a Pop
/R&B song by American quartet Blackstreet
and Mýa
and features Bad Boy
rappers Ma$e
and Blinky Blink
. The track was produced by Teddy Riley for the soundtrack for the motion picture film The Rugrats Movie
and featured on Blackstreet
's fourth studio album Finally
. Take Me There was written by Mason Betha
, Michael Foster, Madeline Nelson, Teddy Riley, and Tamara Savage
. The film also serves as the theme song for The Rugrats Movie.
"Take Me There" was released February 2, 1999 in the United States as the lead single from The Rugrats Movie
soundtrack. The single was a commercial success; it peaked at number fourteen on Billboard
s Hot 100 and number ten on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart. Take Me There was a commercial success internationally; it reached the top spot in New Zealand
and certified platinum
by Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
. The song's popularity also played a vital role in the film's success.
/ rap
song with a soft melody and the full song length is five minutes and two seconds. It starts as a soft Rugrats melody and as it gets further into the song it remixes into a rap and comes back to soft again. It contains interpolations
of the original Rugrats TV theme which was written by Mark Mothersbaugh
, not credited as a songwriter though. It was meant to be for The Rugrats Movie soundtrack until it grew to be as popular as it is in 1999.
turning on the television to a clip of the Rugrats
pulling the Reptar Wagon up a hill then to the music video
. The clip used appears to be the deleted scene "The Rugrats March". It takes place in a realistic, live action version of the Pickles' house, with Mýa
and Blackstreet
dancing through the house. Mýa is seen in Tommy Pickles
' bedroom and the members Blackstreet are seen in the kitchen. During the rap from Mase
and Blinky Blink
, they are driving the Reptar
Wagon. During this part, they used the background from a scene in the film. It also contains clips from the movie. As the video ends Angelica turns the television off. The video premiered as a part of Blackstreet and Mýa's hosting of SNICK
. The video was directed
by Luke Nola and Steve Saussey.
and play lists. On December 19, 1998, the song earned a peak of 27 in only three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 "Greatest Gainer/ Airplay". That same day it made its way onto the Top 40 Tracks in four weeks. In the week of December 7, 1998, "Take Me There" had been peaked #13 on the Hits of the World board in the United Kingdom
. The song landed on #19 of the Video Monitor, the most-played clips as monitored by the Broadcast Data Systems, by being played many times on BET
, it did very well on the MTV
playlists peaking at #21 in the same week. Well liked in The Clip List, it made a debut on the Box Tops, and was played about 15 hours weekly on the California Music Channel (CMC).
Seeing the popularity of "Take Me There",Sound Tracks had this to say, "Airplay of 'Take Me There' by Blackstreet & Mýa featuring Mase and Blinky Blink (Interscope) continues to grow on the Hot 100 and tHot 100 Airplay charts. 'Take Me There' moves 27-19 on Hot 100 Airplay and 35-27 on the Hot 100 to earn the Greatest Gainer/ Airplay title for its 17% increase in audience. A remix by Big Yam using the melody of the Jackson 5's 'I Want You Back' and a rapless edit are helping the track make inroads at radio. No doubt, the song's inclusion on the Burger King commercials promoting the Rugrats toys being offered by the fast-food giant is helping the song gain exposure. [...] Just look at the jump 'Take Me There' took after 'The Rugrats Movie' opened. 'Take Me There' was shipped to radio the first week in October but didn't really affect the charts until the film took off." It also helped the soundtrack stay at #20 on the Billboard 200 chart for five weeks.
Demo version issued only to radio stations and featuring "The Rugrats Soundtrack" logo on the cover; this version was issued around the same time as the movie soundtrack's release in October 1998; same contents as above, but does not feature the "Want U Back" mix. Demo version was available in CD and 12-inch vinyl record.
"Now That's What I Call Music 2
" (US version) -- co-released by Universal, EMI & Virgin, it's a greatest hits CD (based on a similar series of the same title sold in the UK since the mid-1980s); "Take Me There" is included on that CD.http://www.rugratonline.com/rrmovi2c.htm
2. "On Your Marks Get Set, Ready, Go!" - Busta Rhymes
3. "Take The Train" - Rakim
and Danny Saber
4. "Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Yum!" - E.G. Daily, Christine Cavanaugh
& Kath Soucie
(omitting Mase & Blinky Blink from the Finally version, possibly because their verses primarily revolve around the Rugrats characters) & "The Rugrats Movie Soundtrack", which sampled the Jackson 5's #1 hit, "I Want You Back
", but it is not used in the film. It is available on the Consumer CD version which was issued in the UK around the same time as the movie's release there in March 1999, and is available as an import item, and may be hard to find at United States record stores.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/R&B song by American quartet Blackstreet
Blackstreet
Blackstreet is an American R&B group founded in 1991 by Thomas Taliaferro and Teddy Riley, the inventor of New Jack Swing known for his work as a member of Guy. Chauncey Hannibal and Levi Little were signed under production and management contracts with Thomas Taliaferro and were merged into what...
and Mýa
Mya
-A person:* Bo Mya , Chief Commander of the Karen National Union* Mýa , American R&B singer-songwriter and actress** Mýa , a 1998 album by Mýa-A code:* Burmese language, ISO 639-3 code is mya* Moruya Airport's IATA code...
and features Bad Boy
Bad Boy Records
Bad Boy Records is a record label founded in 1993 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by Atlantic Records.-Beginnings:...
rappers Ma$e
Mase
Mason Durell Betha , better known by stage name Mase who was previously known as Murda Ma$e, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and inspirational speaker...
and Blinky Blink
Blinky Blink
Blinky Blink is a rapper and member of the New York based hip hop collective Harlem World .-Career:Blinky Blink has been a prominent part of the Harlem hip hop scene since 1998 and can most often be found doing cameo appearances on songs by Bad Boy Entertainment artists and his fellow Harlem World...
. The track was produced by Teddy Riley for the soundtrack for the motion picture film The Rugrats Movie
The Rugrats Movie
The Rugrats Movie is a 1998 American animated film, produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Movies. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and first released in theaters in the United States on November 20, 1998....
and featured on Blackstreet
Blackstreet
Blackstreet is an American R&B group founded in 1991 by Thomas Taliaferro and Teddy Riley, the inventor of New Jack Swing known for his work as a member of Guy. Chauncey Hannibal and Levi Little were signed under production and management contracts with Thomas Taliaferro and were merged into what...
's fourth studio album Finally
Finally (BLACKstreet album)
-Charts:...
. Take Me There was written by Mason Betha
Mase
Mason Durell Betha , better known by stage name Mase who was previously known as Murda Ma$e, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and inspirational speaker...
, Michael Foster, Madeline Nelson, Teddy Riley, and Tamara Savage
Tamara Savage
Tamara Savage is an American songwriter born in 1979 in California, who started writing songs in 1998 at the age of 19. She has written for Tamia, Monica, Faith Evans, Nicole Wray, Whitney Houston, and Mya. The first song she wrote was "The First Night" by Monica. She has also co-wrote "Take Me...
. The film also serves as the theme song for The Rugrats Movie.
"Take Me There" was released February 2, 1999 in the United States as the lead single from The Rugrats Movie
The Rugrats Movie
The Rugrats Movie is a 1998 American animated film, produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Movies. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and first released in theaters in the United States on November 20, 1998....
soundtrack. The single was a commercial success; it peaked at number fourteen on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s Hot 100 and number ten on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart. Take Me There was a commercial success internationally; it reached the top spot in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and certified platinum
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...
by Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...
. The song's popularity also played a vital role in the film's success.
Composition
"Take Me There" is a contemporary R&BContemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
/ rap
Rap
Rap may refer to:*Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat/ melody**Hip hop subculture**Hip hop music...
song with a soft melody and the full song length is five minutes and two seconds. It starts as a soft Rugrats melody and as it gets further into the song it remixes into a rap and comes back to soft again. It contains interpolations
Interpolation (music)
Interpolation in music refers to an abrupt change in musical elements from the main theme.-In classical music:In music and musical composition, especially 20th century and later, interpolation is an abrupt change of elements, with continuation of the first idea...
of the original Rugrats TV theme which was written by Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musician, composer, singer and painter. He is the co-founder of the new wave band Devo and has been its lead singer since 1972. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games....
, not credited as a songwriter though. It was meant to be for The Rugrats Movie soundtrack until it grew to be as popular as it is in 1999.
Music video
The music video premiered in October 1998. The video starts with Angelica PicklesAngelica Pickles
Angelica Charlotte Pickles is a character voiced by Cheryl Chase in the Nickelodeon shows Rugrats and All Grown Up! and is among the series' original characters. She is a spoiled brat and the cousin of Tommy and Dil Pickles, serves as the main antagonist or the tritagonist of the series...
turning on the television to a clip of the Rugrats
Rugrats
Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 11, 1991, and aired its last episode on June 8, 2004....
pulling the Reptar Wagon up a hill then to the music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
. The clip used appears to be the deleted scene "The Rugrats March". It takes place in a realistic, live action version of the Pickles' house, with Mýa
Mya
-A person:* Bo Mya , Chief Commander of the Karen National Union* Mýa , American R&B singer-songwriter and actress** Mýa , a 1998 album by Mýa-A code:* Burmese language, ISO 639-3 code is mya* Moruya Airport's IATA code...
and Blackstreet
Blackstreet
Blackstreet is an American R&B group founded in 1991 by Thomas Taliaferro and Teddy Riley, the inventor of New Jack Swing known for his work as a member of Guy. Chauncey Hannibal and Levi Little were signed under production and management contracts with Thomas Taliaferro and were merged into what...
dancing through the house. Mýa is seen in Tommy Pickles
Tommy Pickles
Thomas Malcolm "Tommy" Pickles is the main protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated television series' Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!. He is clad in only a T-shirt and a diaper and is bald with big, blank eyes. He translates everything adult into baby gibberish...
' bedroom and the members Blackstreet are seen in the kitchen. During the rap from Mase
Mase
Mason Durell Betha , better known by stage name Mase who was previously known as Murda Ma$e, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and inspirational speaker...
and Blinky Blink
Blinky Blink
Blinky Blink is a rapper and member of the New York based hip hop collective Harlem World .-Career:Blinky Blink has been a prominent part of the Harlem hip hop scene since 1998 and can most often be found doing cameo appearances on songs by Bad Boy Entertainment artists and his fellow Harlem World...
, they are driving the Reptar
Reptar
Reptar is a fictional character from the American animated television series Rugrats. Reptar is a green dinosaur with rounded, blue spike-like appendages on his back, which intentionally causes him to resemble and spoof Godzilla.-The Rugrats films:Reptar appeared in the first Rugrats film as a...
Wagon. During this part, they used the background from a scene in the film. It also contains clips from the movie. As the video ends Angelica turns the television off. The video premiered as a part of Blackstreet and Mýa's hosting of SNICK
SNICK
SNICK was a two-hour programming block on the American cable television network Nickelodeon, geared toward general audiences, that ran from August 15, 1992 until August 28, 2004. It was aired on Saturdays starting at 8 p.m and ending at 10 p.m. ET. In 2004, SNICK was revamped as the Saturday night...
. The video was directed
Music video director
A music video director is driven by a given music track. These are called music videos and are then used as promotional tools for popular music singles...
by Luke Nola and Steve Saussey.
Chart performance
The Rugrats Movie soundtrack has earned a Platinum Record, awarded when an album has sold over 1 million copies in the US. The main selling element of the soundtrack has not been the Rugrats, but the major label artists that have appeared on the soundtrack, especially the "Jackson 5" version of Take Me There is climbing the charts. While the original was still on radio airplay the remix was making both versions a hit on every radio stationRadio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
and play lists. On December 19, 1998, the song earned a peak of 27 in only three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 "Greatest Gainer/ Airplay". That same day it made its way onto the Top 40 Tracks in four weeks. In the week of December 7, 1998, "Take Me There" had been peaked #13 on the Hits of the World board in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The song landed on #19 of the Video Monitor, the most-played clips as monitored by the Broadcast Data Systems, by being played many times on BET
Bet
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, it did very well on the MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
playlists peaking at #21 in the same week. Well liked in The Clip List, it made a debut on the Box Tops, and was played about 15 hours weekly on the California Music Channel (CMC).
Seeing the popularity of "Take Me There",Sound Tracks had this to say, "Airplay of 'Take Me There' by Blackstreet & Mýa featuring Mase and Blinky Blink (Interscope) continues to grow on the Hot 100 and tHot 100 Airplay charts. 'Take Me There' moves 27-19 on Hot 100 Airplay and 35-27 on the Hot 100 to earn the Greatest Gainer/ Airplay title for its 17% increase in audience. A remix by Big Yam using the melody of the Jackson 5's 'I Want You Back' and a rapless edit are helping the track make inroads at radio. No doubt, the song's inclusion on the Burger King commercials promoting the Rugrats toys being offered by the fast-food giant is helping the song gain exposure. [...] Just look at the jump 'Take Me There' took after 'The Rugrats Movie' opened. 'Take Me There' was shipped to radio the first week in October but didn't really affect the charts until the film took off." It also helped the soundtrack stay at #20 on the Billboard 200 chart for five weeks.
Charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
35 |
| Dutch Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
22 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
1 |
| Tokio Hot 100 | 15 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
7 |
| UK R&B Chart UK R&B Chart The Official UK R&B Chart is a forty-position R&B/Hip-Hop chart compiled by The Official UK Charts Company. Although the chart does not receive any airplay, its compilation is viewed on BBC Radio 1's website and publications such as ChartsPlus and Music Week... |
2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
14 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles | 10 |
Year-end charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
91 |
Certifications
| Country (Provider) | Certification |
|---|---|
| New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... (RIANZ) |
Platinum |
| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (RIAA) |
Platinum |
Versions of the song
- Want U Back Mix (3:19)
- Radio Version (4:01)
- Album Version (5:02)
- Instrumental Version (5:01)
Demo version issued only to radio stations and featuring "The Rugrats Soundtrack" logo on the cover; this version was issued around the same time as the movie soundtrack's release in October 1998; same contents as above, but does not feature the "Want U Back" mix. Demo version was available in CD and 12-inch vinyl record.
"Now That's What I Call Music 2
Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (U.S. series)
-Chart performance:...
" (US version) -- co-released by Universal, EMI & Virgin, it's a greatest hits CD (based on a similar series of the same title sold in the UK since the mid-1980s); "Take Me There" is included on that CD.http://www.rugratonline.com/rrmovi2c.htm
Selections from The Rugrats Movie
This demo CD contains 4 favorites from The Rugrats Movie soundtrack.Tracklisting
1. "Take Me There" - Blackstreet and Mya featuring Mase and Blinky Blink2. "On Your Marks Get Set, Ready, Go!" - Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...
3. "Take The Train" - Rakim
Rakim
William Michael Griffin Jr. , known by his stage names Rakim , Rakim Allah, R.A.K.I.M., and The Master, is an American rapper. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and most skilled emcees of all time. Eric B...
and Danny Saber
Danny Saber
Danny Saber is a Los Angeles, California musician, audio engineer, record producer, and remixer. A former member of Black Grape and Agent Provocateur, Saber plays guitar, bass, organ, and keyboards, and is also a prominent Los Angeles DJ....
4. "Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Yum!" - E.G. Daily, Christine Cavanaugh
Christine Cavanaugh
Christine Cavanaugh is an American former voice actress who had a distinctive speaking style and had provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. She is best known as the voice of Babe in the hit film, Babe, Chuckie Finster on Rugrats, and Dexter for the original Dexter's Laboratory...
& Kath Soucie
Kath Soucie
Katherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress. She is sometimes credited as Kath Soucie, Katherine Soucie, Kath Souci, Kath E...
Remix
The remix appears on FinallyFinally (BLACKstreet album)
-Charts:...
(omitting Mase & Blinky Blink from the Finally version, possibly because their verses primarily revolve around the Rugrats characters) & "The Rugrats Movie Soundtrack", which sampled the Jackson 5's #1 hit, "I Want You Back
I Want You Back
"I Want You Back" was released in 1969 and in early 1970s became a number-one hit single recorded by The Jackson 5 for the Motown label. The song, along with a b-side cover of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Who's Lovin' You", was the only single from the first Jackson 5 album, Diana Ross Presents...
", but it is not used in the film. It is available on the Consumer CD version which was issued in the UK around the same time as the movie's release there in March 1999, and is available as an import item, and may be hard to find at United States record stores.
Track listing
- "Take Me There (Radio Version)" - 4:01
- "Take Me There (Want U Back Mix)" - 4:00
- "Take Me There (Album Version)" - 5:04
- "Take Me There (Instrumental)" - 5:01
External links
- http://www.rugratonline.com/rrmovi2c.htm
- http://www.tv.com/sister-sister/freaknik/episode/59858/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;summary