It was their penultimate single to reach that chart. It dropped out completely on 1 June at a position of 42, after spending only six weeks on the chart. In the UK, it did not become the expected hit single, instead, the song entered Record Retailer on 27 April at a position of 47, before peaking at number 31 on 11 May. The song was recorded in 1966 and released through Pye Records in the UK on 8 April of that year. David Luhrssen identifies it as a " Folk rock with characteristics of contemporary folk rock songs from America during the same time. Because of the status of both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was thought that "Take It or Leave It" would become a hit. Following "Take Me For What I'm Worth", the group was offered "Take It or Leave It", written by Jagger–Richards, as a follow-up. This became their final top-twenty single in Record Retailer. One of these covers became "Take Me For What I'm Worth", written by P. Pye Records frantically wanted the group to release a successful single once more, and the group began to hire professional songwriters to write for them. This was primarily due to the group relying on recording cover versions, as opposed to writing original material. Their final top-ten single was "Goodbye My Love" which was released in February 1965. Throughout 1965, the Searchers mainstream success in the UK had been steadily declining. In the US, the song was first issued on the compilation album Flowers, released on 25 June 1967 by London Records. Decca Records included "Take It or Leave It" on the album, which was released on 15 April 1966. It was one of the band's earlier and few ventures into folk rock, something that was present on several Aftermath tracks. Written at demand from their manager Andrew Loog Oldham, the song features several key characteristics of their music from this time, including a memorable tune and (arguably) misogynistic lyrics. Jagger and Richards recorded the song with their own group, the Rolling Stones, in 1965, for their fourth studio album Aftermath (1966). It received mixed reviews in the British Press. Though it was more popular in mainland Europe, the single was their penultimate song to chart. Pye Records released the single on 8 April 1966 and it peaked at number 31 on the Record Retailer chart in May of that year. It was initially given away by them to the Searchers, a band with declining chart success, in hopes of making them popular again. " Take It or Leave It" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
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