"Take It Away" | ||||
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Single by Paul McCartney | ||||
from the album Tug of War | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 26 April 1982Tug of War album) 21 June 1982 (7") 5 July 1982 (12") | (|||
Recorded | 16–18 February 1981[1] | |||
Studio | AIR Studios, Montserrat | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:13 (album version) 3:59 (single/video version) | |||
Label | Parlophone/EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
Paul McCartney singles chronology | ||||
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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.