Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)

E1008003

single song

"Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" is a 1965 Motown soul song, first popularized by Kim Weston and later covered by several artists across rock and pop genres.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) canonical	5
Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (Blood, Sweat & Tears version)	1
Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (Charity Brown version)	1
Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (Jermaine Jackson version)	1
Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (The Doobie Brothers version)	1
Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (The Isley Brothers version)	1
“Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)”	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12896981 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
Context triple: [Kim Weston, notableWork, Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)]

A. Rock Me Baby
"Rock Me Baby" is a 1972 pop album by American singer and teen idol David Cassidy that helped solidify his solo career beyond his television fame.
B. Rock Me Baby
"Rock Me Baby" is a classic electric blues song popularized by B.B. King that has become one of his signature tunes and a standard in the blues repertoire.
C. Rock and Roll All Nite
"Rock and Roll All Nite" is one of Kiss's signature hard rock anthems, celebrated for its party-themed lyrics and enduring status as a classic rock staple.
D. Gimme All Your Love
"Gimme All Your Love" is a soulful, blues-infused rock song by Alabama Shakes known for Brittany Howard’s powerful vocals and dynamic shifts from quiet intensity to explosive climaxes.
E. If You Can’t Rock Me
"If You Can’t Rock Me" is a rock and roll song recorded by Ricky Nelson and featured on his 1958 self-titled album.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
Target entity description: "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" is a 1965 Motown soul song, first popularized by Kim Weston and later covered by several artists across rock and pop genres.

A. Rock Me Baby
"Rock Me Baby" is a 1972 pop album by American singer and teen idol David Cassidy that helped solidify his solo career beyond his television fame.
B. Rock Me Baby
"Rock Me Baby" is a classic electric blues song popularized by B.B. King that has become one of his signature tunes and a standard in the blues repertoire.
C. Rock and Roll All Nite
"Rock and Roll All Nite" is one of Kiss's signature hard rock anthems, celebrated for its party-themed lyrics and enduring status as a classic rock staple.
D. Gimme All Your Love
"Gimme All Your Love" is a soulful, blues-infused rock song by Alabama Shakes known for Brittany Howard’s powerful vocals and dynamic shifts from quiet intensity to explosive climaxes.
E. If You Can’t Rock Me
"If You Can’t Rock Me" is a rock and roll song recorded by Ricky Nelson and featured on his 1958 self-titled album.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedAct	The Funk Brothers ⓘ
associatedWithMovement	1960s Motown sound ⓘ
composer	Brian Holland ⓘ Eddie Holland ⓘ Lamont Dozier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
firstReleaseYear	1965 ⓘ
genre	Motown ⓘ R&B ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasBSide	Kim Weston single B-side (varies by release) ⓘ
hasChorusLyric	Take me in your arms, rock me a little while ⓘ
hasCoverVersion	Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (Blood, Sweat & Tears version) ⓘ linked to: Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (Charity Brown version) ⓘ linked to: Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (Jermaine Jackson version) ⓘ linked to: Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (The Doobie Brothers version) ⓘ linked to: Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (The Isley Brothers version) ⓘ linked to: Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
hasInstrumentation	backing vocals ⓘ horn section ⓘ rhythm section ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Brian Holland ⓘ Eddie Holland ⓘ Lamont Dozier ⓘ
musicalStyle	uptempo soul ⓘ
notableCoverArtist	Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ Charity Brown ⓘ Jermaine Jackson ⓘ The Doobie Brothers ⓘ The Isley Brothers ⓘ
originalArtist	Kim Weston ⓘ
originallyPerformedBy	Kim Weston ⓘ
partOf	Motown catalog ⓘ linked to: Motown
producer	Brian Holland ⓘ Lamont Dozier ⓘ
publisher	Jobete Music ⓘ
recordedAt	Hitsville U.S.A. studio ⓘ linked to: Hitsville U.S.A. building
recordedIn	1965 ⓘ
recordLabel	Motown ⓘ
theme	emotional reassurance ⓘ romantic longing ⓘ
vocalStyle	female lead vocal in original version ⓘ
writer	Holland–Dozier–Holland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kim Weston → notableWork → Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) ⓘ

Kim Weston → notableSingle → Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) ⓘ

Jermaine (1972 album) → hasPart → “Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)” ⓘ

subject linked to: “Jermaine” (1972 album)