Here I Am (Come and Take Me)

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"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"
Single by Al Green
from the album Call Me
B-side"I'm Glad You're Mine"
ReleasedJune 1973
Recorded1972
GenreSoul
Length4:14
LabelHi Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Willie Mitchell
Al Green singles chronology
"Call Me (Come Back Home)"
(1973)
"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"
(1973)
"Livin' for You"
(1973)

"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" is a 1973 song by Al Green and is the second single from his sixth studio album Call Me. It went to number 10 in the United States.

UB40 version[change | change source]

"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"
Single by UB40
from the album Labour of Love II
B-side"Crisis"
ReleasedJanuary 1990 (1990-01)
Length4:00
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)UB40
UB40 singles chronology
"The Way You Do the Things You Do"
(1990)
"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"
(1990)
"Impossible Love"
(1991)

In 1990 British band UB40 covered Here I Am (Come and Take Me) for their ninth studio album Labour of Love II. It went to number 46 in the United Kingdom and had much better success in the United States, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia where it made the top 10 in these countries.

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