Take Me With U

"Take Me with U" was the final U.S. single released from Prince and The Revolution's smash album, Purple Rain, released on 25 January 1985. It is a pop song notable for the drum solo and finger cymbals that open the song and repeat again toward the end. The song is sung as a duet with Apollonia Kotero, and was originally intended for the Apollonia 6 album, but was pulled for the Purple Rain soundtrack. A result of this addition was making cuts to the suite-like original "Computer Blue", which circulates amongst collectors in an extended version (a portion of this second section of "Computer Blue" can be heard in the film Purple Rain as Prince walks in on the men of The Revolution rehearsing.) Regardless, "Take Me with U" was a welcome addition to the album, showing a softer side of Prince, and becoming his first "official" duet. The single was released with an edit of album track "Baby I'm a Star" as its B-side, and reached #25 on the top 40 chart in the U.S. In the UK, the song was issued as a double A-sided single, coupled with "Let's Go Crazy", reaching #7 in February 1985.