You Take Me Up

Album: Into The Gap (1984)
Charted: 2 44
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  • I work on the front line
    I work to survive
    And I sleep in a fever
    So this is my life
    I cry in my sleep (cry boy, cry boy)
    It just makes me weep when I try, how I try
    I know what it means to work hard on machines
    It's a labour of love so please don't ask me why
    Looking for reasons (day in, day out)
    Trying too hard (he's trying too hard)
    Moving in circles (too hot, too hot)
    Don't get very far (don't get very far)
    Should I ask you to dance? (dance boy, dance boy)
    If I promise romance would you come for the ride?
    I know what it means to work hard on machines
    Do you believe in love, one that lasts for all time?
    (chorus)
    You take me up, oh hoh,
    You take me up to the higher ground
    You take me up so high
    Now I never want to come back down
    I'm glad in these hard times (day in, day out)
    There's hope in your eyes (hope in his eyes)
    I don't need a religion (too hot, too hot)
    Cause this love never dies (love never dies)
    I believe in today (believe boy, believe boy)
    It's better that way and you work through the night
    I know what it means to work hard on machines
    It's a labour of love, so please don't ask me why
    (REPEAT CHORUS)
    I cry in my sleep (cry boy, cry boy)
    It just makes me weep when I try, how I try
    I know what it means to work hard on machines
    It's a labour of love so please don't ask me why
    (REPEAT CHORUS x 2) Writer/s: ALANNAH JOY CURRIE, JOSEPH MARTIN LEEWAY, TOM BAILEY
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1984 {April 15th} "You Take Me Up" by the Thompson Twins peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on the United Kingdom's Official Top 100 Singles* chart, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Hello" by Lionel Richie...
    As noted above, "You Take Me Up" reached #44 on U.S. Billboard's Top 100 chart...
    Between 1982 and 1992 the Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England band had nineteen records on the UK Singles chart, five made the Top 10 with the above "You Take Me Up" being their biggest hit...
    Besides "You Take Me Up", their four other Top 10 records were "Love On Your Side" {#9 in 1983}, "We Are Detective" {#7 in 1983}, "Hold Me Now" {#4 in 1983}, and "Doctor! Doctor!" {#3 in 1984}...
    * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the UK Singles' Top 10 on April 15th, 1984:
    At #3. "A Love Worth Waiting For" by Shakin' Stevens
    #4. "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" by Phil Collins
    #5. "I Want To Break Free" by Queen
    #6. "People Are People" by Depeche Mode
    #7. "Glad It's All Over"/"Damned On 45" by Captain Sensible
    #8. "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus and Chaka Khan
    #9. "Nelson Mandela" by the Special AKA
    #10. "(When You Say You Love Somebody) In The Heart" by Kool and the Gang
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