| Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 1) | |
| Caption: | Take Me to the Next Phase Pts 1&2 Sleeve Cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Isley Brothers |
| Album: | Showdown |
| B-Side: | "Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 2)""Tell Me When You Need it Again" (12" single) |
| Released: | March 1978 |
| Genre: | R&B, Funk |
| Length: | 6:05 (extended 12" version) 5:10 (album version) 4:12 (radio edit) |
| Label: | T-Neck 2272 |
| Producer: | The Isley Brothers |
| Prev Title: | Voyage to Atlantis |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Groove with You |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
"Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 1)" was a hit song for R&B/funk band The Isley Brothers. The song has the sound of a live stadium recording, but it was created entirely in a recording studio. Ernie and Marvin Isley plus Chris Jasper laid the foot stomps and some of the crowd noises across 24 recording tracks.[1] Released from their platinum selling 1978 album, Showdown (Isley Brothers album), the single spent 2 weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart. However, it never managed to cross over to the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2]