However, the song is best remembered for being the first single release by Jones and his third wife Tammy Wynette in 1971 on Epic Records.
In his autobiography I Lived to Tell It All, Jones recalled, "When I was at Musicor, I might record an entire album in three hours, a practice that violated the musician's union's rules.
Although Jones and Wynette had been married since 1969 and had toured together for years, they had not been able to record together due to record contract constraints, although Tammy had sung backup on a handful of George's songs while he was on the Musicor label and had even appeared on the cover of his 1969 LP I'll Share My World with You.
In the liner notes to the 2005 Sony reissue of My Very Special Guests, Jones is quoted, "When we first started doing duets, she had a hard time following me because I don't open my mouth much when I sing.
While appearing on Charlie Rose with Alison Krauss and T-Bone Burnett to promote the album Raising Sand, former Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant spoke of being overwhelmed when he had recently heard the duet version of "Take Me" for the first time, with Burnett adding, "George Jones and Tammy Wynette doing 'Take Me' is sublime.