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unusual facts about Takin' Over the Asylum


Arabella Weir

When Tennant first moved to London in the early 1990s, he lodged with Weir at her house in Crouch End for five years; they had met on the set of the BBC TV series Takin' Over the Asylum.


All Glocks Down

"All Glocks Down" was the first single released from Heather B.'s debut album, Takin' Mine.

Ashton Shepherd

Her debut single, "Takin' Off This Pain," was released in September 2007, the same month in which she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry.

Bill Payne

He was a guest performer on Bonnie Raitt's album Sweet Forgiveness in 1977, and wrote its track, "Takin' My Time."

Bitag

Consequently, Takin' Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive is used as the theme song on one of their remixed ads.

Feels So Right Tour

She performed 4 new songs at that time: "Takin' A Chance", "All the Man That I Need", "Who Do You Love", plus Whitney's version of "Higher Love" (Steve Winwood's hit) and a few notes of "A House Is Not A Home" (by Dionne Warwick) included in a love song medley blending 3 whitney songs.

If Headz Only Knew

"If Headz Only Knew" was the second single released from Heather B.'s debut album, Takin' Mine.

Jake D'Arcy

He has appeared in TV dramas and films such as Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Adam Smith, Gregory's Girl, Minder, Tutti Frutti, Rab C. Nesbitt, Heavenly Pursuits, Takin' Over the Asylum, Hamish Macbeth, Taggart and Still Game.

Jeannie Seely

She played "Miss Mona" in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas play as well as playing Jean Shepard's daughter and Lorrie Morgan's mother in the Country music musical Takin' It Home.

KLOU

In the late 2000s, KLOU dropped its "103.3 KLOU" branding and oldies format for a more classic hits approach as "My 103.3", launching with Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Takin' Care of Business In 2010, the station rebranded to 70s and 80s hits as "Rewind 103.3." On May 31, 2011, KLOU shifted their format to back to 1960s-early 1980s classic hits, and rebranded as "Oldies 103.3".

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Mos Def, in his 1999 recording of "Got" uses the line "you takin' a ride on the Downstate Medical," indicating that the victim of a violent robbery might be transported by ambulance to SUNY Downstate to receive medical care.

Takin' Back My Love

Iglesias and Ciara both performed the single for the first time at the 2009 Pro Bowl Half-time Show in Hawaii.

So far they have performed the song on Dutch TV show "Life & Cooking", the Paul O'Grady Show, Loose Women and The Alan Titchmarsh Show in the UK as well as the Meteor Music Awards in Ireland.

Takin' Back What's Mine

The song has been featured a few times in the Australian soap drama Neighbours just like her debut single "We Think It's Love" and is also one of the tracks featured on the CD portion of Neighbours: The Music.

Tiran Porter

His vocals were mostly restricted to the background in the studio, although he contributed "For Someone Special" (a tribute to ill bandleader Tom Johnston) to Takin' It To The Streets (1976) and the creatively syncopated "Need A Lady" to Livin' On The Fault Line (1977).

Troorkh

The title of this composition comes from "trombone" and "orchestra", takin into consideration that the sound of "kh" comes from Ancient Greek.

Tyssem

She can also be heard on the French language remix of "The Way I Are" by Timbaland and on the French language remix of "Takin' Back My Love" by Enrique Iglesias.


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