Take It Like You Give It
# Take It Like You Give It

Take It Like You Give It is the ninth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released in 1967 by Columbia Records.

## Track listing

Side One

* "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:52
* "I May Never Get to Heaven" (Buddy Killen, Bill Anderson) – 3:27
* "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It Easy for the Door)" (Billy Dawn Smith) – 1:58
* "Her Little Heart Went to Loveland" (Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer) – 2:34
* "Lee Cross" (Ted White) – 2:53
* "Take It Like You Give It" (Aretha Franklin) – 1:50

Side Two

* "Only the One You Love" (Eddie Snyder, Charles Singleton) – 2:23
* "Deeper" (Rudy Clark) – 2:03
* "Remember Me" (Van McCoy, Clyde Otis) – 2:12
* "Land of Dreams" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:12
* "A Little Bit of Soul" (Milton Bland, McKinley Mitchell, David Wilkinson) – 2:18

## Personnel

* Robert Mersey - conductor on "Why Was I Born?", "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It for the Door)" and "Lee Cross", producer on "Lee Cross"
* Belford Hendricks - conductor on "Land of Dreams" and "A Little Bit of Soul"
* Bob Johnston - producer on "Why Was I Born?" and "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It for the Door)"
* Bobby Scott - producer on "I May Never Get to Heaven"
* Clyde Otis - producer on tracks A4, A6, B1 to B5
* Vernon Smith - cover photography
