Take Me to the River

“Take Me to the River” is a 1974 song written by singer Al Green and guitarist Mabon “Teenie” Hodges. Al Green and Mabon Hodges wrote the song while staying in a rented house at Lake Hamilton, Arkansas, for three days in 1973 in order to come up with new material. According to Mitchell, Green wrote the words and they wrote the tune together. In 2004, Al Green’s original version was ranked number 117 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.