Take Five

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"Take Five"

Single by Dave Brubeck Quartet
From the album Time Out
Released	1959 25 March, 1997 (re-release)
Recorded	July 5, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	05:24
Record label	Columbia/Legacy
Producer	Teo Macero
Writer	Paul Desmond
Chart positions	#5 (Adult Contemporary) #25 (Pop Singles)

For the Hershey's candy bar, please see Take 5.

"Take Five" is a classic jazz piece recorded by The Dave Brubeck Quartet and released on its 1959 album Time Out. Composed by Paul Desmond, the group's saxophonist, it became famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody and use of quintuple time, from which the piece gets its name. While Take Five was not the first jazz composition to use this meter, it was the first of United States mainstream significance, becoming a hit on the radio at a time when rock music was in fashion. It is also known for the solo by jazz drummer Joe Morello.

The song has been covered by numerous artists, including a version with lyrics sung by Al Jarreau in 1977. Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund recorded a version of this song entitled I New York with lyrics by Bepper Wolgers in 1962.

[edit] Popular culture

Recordings of "Take Five" have often been used in movies, including Constantine and Pleasantville.

It is also frequently heard on television, including the credit music for the BBC comedy You Must Be the Husband, and a roots reggae version known as The Russians are Coming by Val Bennett used as the theme for the Channel 4 television series The Secret Life of Machines [1].

On the Radio, "Take Five" is sometimes used as bumper music on a nationally syndicated talk show hosted by Dennis Prager.

"Take Five" was also sampled in the song "Al'z A-B-Cee'z" by the hip-hop group 3rd Bass.

It was also the opening theme of the NES videogame Chessmaster. It is now being used in the United Kingdom by Proctor & Gamble in their Pringles Gourmet adverts