"Take Your Time" is the first single by the SOS Band. In the USA, it reached the number one spot in the Hot R&B Songs charts and number three on the pop charts during the summer of 1980. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of two million copies. It is featured on their self-titled debut album S.O.S.

S.O.S. (S.O.S. Band album)

S.O.S. is the debut album by the R&B group The SOS Band, released on Tabu Records in 1980.The albums spawned three singles, including their debut single "Take Your Time ". The song was a crossover success, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Hot Black Singles chart and the Hot Dance...

, which was released in 1980, the same year as the single. It was covered in 1995 by the group Max-A-Million

Max-A-Million

Early LifeDurand Maxamillian Estev`ez [es te be] was born on April 1 in the Black Woods of Clarendon in May Pen Jamaica, West Indies. As a youth, Max lived not only in the Yard but also in the Brixton community of Birmingham, London, England. As a teen, he lived between New York’s Bedfordsty...

, sampled in 2002 by Birdman on his self-titled album

Birdman (album)

Birdman is the debut album by American rapper Birdman, released on November 26, 2002, at the time known as Baby. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in January 2003, and has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States.- Track listing :# "Fly In Any...

 in the song "Baby You Can Do It" (featuring Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton

Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...

) and again in 2004 by September

September (singer)

Petra Linnea Paula Marklund who is better known as September is a Swedish singer and songwriter.-Early life and career:...

 on her debut self-titled album in the single "We Can Do It

We Can Do It (song)

"We Can Do It" is the second single released from September's debut album Septemberand peaked at number 10 on the Swedish singles chart. The song was included on September's 2009 debut UK Album, Cry for You....

". Father MC

Father MC

Father MC African American rapper Timothy Brown achieved success in the early 1990s on the Uptown Records label. Discovered and signed by then-Uptown executive Sean "Puffy" Combs, he is best known for introducing the public to Uptown's successful R&B act Jodeci in the track, "Treat Them Like They...

 sampled the song from the Close to You album from 1992. Alcazar

Alcazar (band)

Alcazar is a Swedish eurodance group which has established themselves as one of Sweden's most successful music groups with a string of hits since their debut single in 1999. Worldwide, Alcazar sold over 12 million records between 2001 and 2004...

 sampled "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" in their song, "Paradise" from the album "Casino

Casino (Alcazar album)

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External links

• [ Song review] from Allmusic