The Love You Take: Difference between revisions

| Name name = The Love You Take

| Cover cover = Dan Hartman & Denise Lopez The Love You Take 1988 Single Cover.jpeg

| Genre alt = [[Pop music|Pop]]

| Covertype size = Pop= Hitssingle

| Caption album = Pop[[Scrooged]] music(soundtrack)

| B-side studio = "If You Feel It"

| Format genre = [[7"]], [[12"]], [[CDPop singlemusic|Pop]]

| Recorded length = 19874:21

| Lengthlabel = [[A&M = 4:21Records]]

| Label writer = [[A&MDan RecordsHartman]]

| Writer producer = [[Dan Hartman]]

| Misc next_year = YES

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| Artist artist = [[Dan Hartman]] singles

| Typetype = single

| Last single prev_title = "[[Waiting to See You]]"<br />(1986)

| Thistitle single = "'''The Love You Take'''"<br />(1988)

| Artist artist = [[Denise Lopez (American singer)|Denise Lopez]] singles

| Typetype = single

| Last single prev_title = "Too Much Too Late"<br />(1988)

| Nexttitle single = "Don'tThe Love You Wanna Be Mine"<br />(1990)Take

"'''''The Love You Take'''''" is a duet song by American musician-singer-songwriter [[Dan Hartman]] and freestyle\dance singer [[Denise Lopez (American singer)|Denise Lopez]]. As part of the official soundtrack for the 1988 comedy film ''[[Scrooged]]'', starring [[Bill Murray]], it would be released as a single. The song was written and produced by Hartman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/master/view/135982 |title=Denise Lopez & Dan Hartman - The Love You Take at Discogs |year=1988 |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date= |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref><ref>https{{Citation|title=Scrooged (1988) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096061/soundtrack|access-date=2020-10-29}}</ref>

By the late 1980s, Hartman focused on production and writing material for other artists,; however, he contributed the occasional solo performance for movie soundtracks, such as "The Love You Take". Although his usual songwriter partner was [[Charlie Midnight]] sincebeginning the early-to-midaround 1980s1983, this song was solely written by Hartman. At the time, Lopez was signed to [[A&M Records]], and would record two solo album for the label before disappearing from the music scene in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/13898-Denise-Lopez |title=Denise Lopez Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date= |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref> She would achieve success earlier in the year of 1988 with songs such as "Saying Sorry (Don't Make it Right)" (#1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music) and "If You Feel It".<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.allmusic.com/artist/denise-lopez-mn0000816523/awards |title=Denise Lopez &#124; Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date= |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref>

From the soundtrack, [[Annie Lennox]] and [[Al Green]] would find success with "[[Put A Little Love in Your Heart]]", which reached #9 in the US, and was a top 40 hit in several countries worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-Scrooged-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/master/226265 |title=Various - Scrooged - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at Discogs |year=1989 |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date= |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref> "The Love You Take" was commercially released for the public to purchase, and also featured in promotional only formats. The single made an appearance on the US [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] Top 100 Singles Chart - a weekly music magazine publication. It peaked at #75, lasting for seven weeks in the chart. The single reached its peak on December 17, 1988.<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCIKAQAAMAAJ&q=Denise+Lopez+dan+hartman&dq=Denise+Lopez+dan+hartman&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aH0UU8uGOMOS7QbOroHQBQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ |title=Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993 - Pat Downey, George Albert, Frank W. Hoffmann - Google Books |publisherisbn=Books.google.co.uk9781563083167 |access-date= |accessdate=2014-03-04|last1=Downey |first1=Pat |last2=Albert |first2=George |last3=Hoffmann |first3=Frank W. |year=1994 }}</ref>

In the MohaveMarch Daily7, Miner1989 edition of Marchthe 7,''Mohave 1989Daily Miner'', Hartman was interviewed by Mary Campbell, and. whenWhen it came to speaking about the various songs that he has contributed to soundtracksfilm of filmssoundtracks, heHartman admitted ''the following:<blockquote>"I wish they'd snap out of having rock songs in films to try and sell the film, and go back to writing good scripts and making good films. I think ultimately they don't care about songs anyway. I got tired of cranking out pop songs that end up over the credits at the end. It's territory I moved through and don't want to do anymore."'' </blockquote>"The Love You Take" was one of the last songs Hartman would perform and contribute to a film soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Mary|date=March 7, 1989|title=Dan Hartman Manages to Turn a Career Valley Into a Peak|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=943&dat=19890307&id=gGkLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OlMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6768,567004|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-29|website=Mohave Daily Miner}}</ref> The song features [[Pat Thrall]] on guitar. Having worked with Hartman at his Connecticut home studio on Tina Turner's 1989 album ''[[Foreign Affair (Tina Turner album)|Foreign Affair]]'', Thrall returned to Hartman's studio again to record the guitar for "The Love You Take". As Thrall recalled,<blockquote>"He told me after Tina's album he was going to take a break for a while and get his health together. I didn't realize at the time he had AIDS. He passed way too soon. He was a sweetheart of a guy and an amazing talent. Actually I came back one more time and played on a record he did for The Scrooge Movie with Bill Murray."''<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Pat Thrall reminisces about working on Tina Turner's song "The Best" for producer Dan Hartman in 1989|url=http://www.jungleroom.com/patthrall.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-29|website=Jungleroom.com®}}</ref>''</blockquote>

The single was released on 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl and CD single via A&M Records in America only. The 7" vinyl release was the only commercially available format to purchase, and it featured Lopez's hit dance chart song "If You Feel It" as the B-Side, taken from her ''Truth in Disguise'' debut album.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Love You Take=b/w= If You Feel It(pop 7")=7" 45 Record: Music [sic]|url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Love-Take-Feel-Record/dp/B00B60T3D8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1393856731&sr=8-3&keywords=denise+lopez+dan++hartman |titlearchive-url=The Love You Take=b/w= If You Feel It(pop 7")=7" 45 Record: Music |publisherarchive-date=Amazon.com |access-date= |accessdate=2014-03-04|website=Amazon}}</ref> On the 12" vinyl, "The Love You Take" featured on both sides of the vinyl,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Denise-Lopez-Dan-Hartman-The-Love-You-Take/release/1090194 |title=Denise Lopez & Dan Hartman - The Love You Take (Vinyl) at Discogs |year=1988 |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date= |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref> whilst the CD single featured just the sole one track.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Denise-Lopez--Dan-Hartman-The-Love-You-Take/release/1041320 |title=Denise Lopez & Dan Hartman - The Love You Take (CD) at Discogs |year=1988 |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date= |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref> Only the CD single featured artwork - a simple purple background with text highlighting the film's title, with the song's title and artists underneath.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1041320 |title=Images for Denise Lopez & Dan Hartman - The Love You Take |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date= |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref>

Heather Phares of Allmusic reviewed the ''Scrooged'' soundtrack album, and stated ''the following:<blockquote>"The soundtrack to "'Scrooged"' features updates on Christmas classics as well as original material by [[Dan Hartman]] and Denise Love [sic], Mark Lennon, [[Robbie Robertson]], and [[David Johansen|Buster Poindexter]]. The album's sound, as well as its roster of artists, give it the feel of a time capsule buried in the late '80s, for better or worse. Most of the album brings back bad memories of the cold, brassy sound that dominated the decade's pop. Though "Scrooged" may appeal to fans of the movie, they may be taken aback by how badly the soundtrack has aged."''<ref>{{cite web|author=Heather Phares |url=httphttps://www.allmusic.com/album/scrooged-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000202190 |title=Scrooged [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack&#93; - Danny Elfman &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date= |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref></blockquote>

==Chart performancePersonnel ==

|align="left"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100 Singles Chart<ref name="google1"/>