Take My Hand (Dido song)

"Take My Hand"
"Take My Hand"
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Single by Jurgen Vries featuring Andrea Britton
Released	7 June 2004
Length	3:04
Label	Direction
Songwriter(s)	Dido Armstrong, Richard Dekkard
Producer(s)	Darren Tate
Jurgen Vries singles chronology

"Take My Hand"
"Take My Hand"
Song by Dido
from the album No Angel
Released	1 June 1999
Length	6:48
Label	Arista, Cheeky
Songwriter(s)	Dido Armstrong, Richard Dekkard
Producer(s)	Dido, Rollo, Sister Bliss

"Take My Hand" is a song written by Dido Armstrong and Richard Dekkard that appears as the closing track on Dido's 1999 debut album, No Angel. Despite not being released as a single from the album, "Take My Hand" reached number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart in 2002. According to Dido, it was one of the first songs she wrote after starting her sex life.^[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
US Dance Club Play (Billboard)^[3]	24

Jurgen Vries version

In June 2004, "Take My Hand" was covered by DJ Darren Tate under his Jurgen Vries guise, and it reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart. The vocals on this track were performed by Andrea Britton.

Track listing

Catalogue Number – 674993 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Take My Hand" (radio edit)	3:19
2.	"Deliverance" (12-inch edit)	5:13
3.	"Take My Hand" (12-inch vocal CD edit)	6:00
4.	"Take My Hand" (Piece Process remix 12-inch edit)	5:22

References

^ Dido (August 2004). Take My Hand (Live at Brixton Academy) (DVD). Brixton Academy, London: Arista, Cheeky, Sony BMG.
^ "Dido Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "The Year in Music 2002: Hot Dance Club-Play Singles". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 52. 28 December 2002. p. YE-53.

[1] Dido (August 2004). Take My Hand (Live at Brixton Academy) (DVD). Brixton Academy, London: Arista, Cheeky, Sony BMG.

[sc_Billboarddanceclubplay_Dido-2] "Dido Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[3] "The Year in Music 2002: Hot Dance Club-Play Singles". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 52. 28 December 2002. p. YE-53.

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