Take It Away (Paul McCartney song)

"Take It Away"
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Tug of War
B-side
  • "I'll Give You a Ring" (7")
  • "I'll Give You a Ring" / "Dress Me Up as a Robber" (12")
Released26 April 1982 (1982-04-26) (Tug of War album)
21 June 1982 (1982-06-21) (7")
5 July 1982 (1982-07-05) (12")
Recorded16–18 February 1981[1]
StudioAIR Studios, Montserrat
GenrePop
Length4:13 (album version)
3:59 (single/video version)
LabelParlophone/EMI
Songwriter(s)Paul McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin
Paul McCartney singles chronology
"Ebony and Ivory"
(1982) 		"Take It Away"
(1982) 		"Tug of War"
(1982)
Music video
"Take It Away" on YouTube

"Take It Away" is a single by the English musician Paul McCartney from his third solo studio album Tug of War (1982). The single spent sixteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #10 and spending five consecutive weeks at that position.[2][3] It reached #15 in the UK.[4] The music video, directed by John Mackenzie, features former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and long-time producer George Martin, both of whom played on the track, as well as actor John Hurt, Linda McCartney and Barbara Bach.[5]

Although there is a segue from "Tug of War" into this song on the album, the single version instead starts cleanly but fades out earlier at the end.

  1. ^ "Take It Away (song)". The Paul McCartney Project.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. ^ "Allmusic: Paul McCartney: Charts & Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Paul McCartney > Artists > Official Charts". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. ^ Fly TIA: Behind The Scenes on 'Take It Away'. 2015.