jmjiloveyou

<p><strong>"I'll Take Care of You"</strong> is a song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Benton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brook Benton</a> and originally recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bland" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bobby Bland</a> in 1959. It reached number 89 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot 100</a> in January 1960.</p><h2>Covers and samples</h2><p>Elements of the original Bland recording were used for the track "Guardian Angel" by hip-hop artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordsworth_(rapper)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wordsworth</a> and "Lyrics Files" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaton_(rapper)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Akhenaton</a> from the soundtrack of French <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-comedy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">action-comedy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_(1998_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Taxi</em></a>.</p><p>The song has been covered many times since by artists such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Morrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Van Morrison</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Costello" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elvis Costello</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roy Hamilton</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Payne" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackie Payne</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Etta James</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Hucknall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mick Hucknall</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Thomas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Irma Thomas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._V._Wright" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">O. V. Wright</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lanegan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Lanegan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bonamassa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Bonamassa</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gil Scott-Heron</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Take_Care_of_You_(song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a></p><p>In 1989, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_B._B._Coleman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gary B. B. Coleman</a> included the song on his album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Night_Stand_(Gary_B.B._Coleman_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>One Night Stand</em></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Take_Care_of_You_(song)#cite_note-AM-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p><p>In 2011, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_xx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jamie xx</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27re_New_Here" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">remixed</a> Scott-Heron's cover, which was subsequently reworked by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Drake</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihanna" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rihanna</a> and released as the single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Care_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Take Care</a>" for the album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Care_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Take Care</em></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Take_Care_of_You_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></p><p>Also in 2011, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bonamassa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Bonamassa</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Hart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beth Hart</a> covered the song in their collaborative album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Explain_(Joe_Bonamassa_and_Beth_Hart_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Don't Explain</em></a>.</p><p>In 2012, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Ferguson_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rebecca Ferguson</a> covered the song on her Heaven Tour, and then the live version of the song was included in the re-release of her debut album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_(Rebecca_Ferguson_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Heaven</em></a>.</p>