Song · Al Green
“Here I Am (Come And Take Me)” by Al Green
From the album Call Me (1973)
“Here I Am (Come And Take Me)” by Al Green appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2020 and 2022. It was first released in 1973 on the album Call Me. Its best result is #530 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #8,097 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" was the second single Hi Records pulled from Al Green's Call Me, landing in June 1973 on the heels of the title track, and it climbed to number two on the soul chart and 10 on the Hot 100, going gold on sales of more than 500,000 copies. Green wrote it with Teenie Hodges, his partner on "Take Me to the River" and "Love and Happiness", and Willie Mitchell produced and engineered it during the 1972 sessions for the album.
The credits read like a roll call: Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, Leroy Hodges on bass, Charles Hodges on organ and piano with Archie Turner adding more piano, horns from Wayne Jackson, Jack Hale, Ed Logan, Andrew Love and James Mitchell, and Charles Chalmers with Donna and Sandra Rhodes singing behind Green.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1907 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 530 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
Also listed as: Here I Am (Come and Take Me).
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