Take It Away (Paul McCartney song)

"Take It Away" is a single by Paul McCartney from his 1982 album Tug of War. The single spent sixteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #10^[1]^[2] It reached #15 in the UK.^[3] The music video, directed by John Makenzie, 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.^[4]

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.

Track listings

7" single

"Take It Away" - 3:59
"I'll Give You a Ring" - 3:05

12" single (black vinyl everywhere else; clear yellow vinyl in Japan)^[5]

"Take It Away" - 3:59
"I'll Give You a Ring" - 3:05
"Dress Me Up as a Robber" - 2:40

Personnel

Paul McCartney - lead and backing vocals, piano, bass, acoustic guitar
Linda McCartney - backing vocals
Eric Stewart - backing vocals, guitar
Ringo Starr - drums
Steve Gadd - drums
George Martin - electric piano

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Position
Australian Kent Music Report^[6]	18
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) ^[7]	28
Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles^[8]	17
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary^[9]	2
Dutch Singles Chart^[10]	43
Irish Singles Chart ^[11]	26
New Zealand Singles Chart^[12]	30
Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart^[13]	7
UK Singles Chart^[3]	15
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	10
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[2]	6
US Billboard Mainstream Rock^[2]	39
West German Media Control Singles Chart^[14]	46

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
Australia KMR^[15]	168
US Billboard Top Pop Singles^[16]	70
US Billboard Top AC Singles^[16]	47

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
1 2 3 4 "Allmusic: Paul McCartney: Charts & Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
1 2 "Paul McCartney > Artists > Official Charts". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
↑ Fly TIA: Behind The Scenes on 'Take It Away'. 2015.
↑ Paul McCartney - Take It Away at Discogs
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ "ultratop.be Paul McCartney – "Take It Away"" (ASP). Hung Medien (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
↑ "Top Singles - Volume 37, No. 5". RPM. 18 September 1982. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
↑ "Adult Contemporary - Volume 37, No. 8". RPM. 9 October 1982. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
↑ "dutchcharts.nl Paul McCartney – "Take It Away"" (ASP). Hung Medien. MegaCharts. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
↑ "Search the Charts" (enter "Paul Mc Cartney" into the "Search by Artist" box, then select "Search"). Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
↑ "charts.org.nz Paul McCartney – "Take It Away"" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
↑ "norwegiancharts.com Paul McCartney – "Take It Away"" (ASP). VG-lista. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
↑ "Single Search: Paul McCartney – "Take It Away"" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275
1 2 Nielsen Business Media, Inc (25 December 1982). Billboard – Talent in Action 1982. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Paul McCartney

Studio albums

McCartney Ram (with Linda McCartney) McCartney II Tug of War Pipes of Peace Give My Regards to Broad Street Press to Play Ϲнова В ϹϹϹР Flowers in the Dirt Off the Ground Flaming Pie Run Devil Run Driving Rain Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Memory Almost Full Kisses on the Bottom New

with Wings	Wild Life Red Rose Speedway Band on the Run Venus and Mars Wings at the Speed of Sound London Town Back to the Egg

Classical	The Family Way Thrillington Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Standing Stone Working Classical Ecce Cor Meum Ocean's Kingdom

Electronica	Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest (The Fireman) Rushes (The Fireman) Liverpool Sound Collage Twin Freaks Electric Arguments (The Fireman)

Live albums

Compilations

Tours

Filmography

A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Help! (1965)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Let It Be (1970)
James Paul McCartney (1973)
Wings Over the World (1979)
Rockestra (unreleased) (1979)
Concert for Kampuchea (1980)
Rockshow (1980)
Back to the Egg (1981)
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Put It There (1990)
Get Back (1991)
Paul Is Live (1993)
In the World Tonight (1997)
Live at the Cavern Club (1999)
Wingspan (2001)
Back in the U.S. (2002)
Paul McCartney in Red Square (2005)
Between Chaos and Creation (2005)
Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road (2005)
The Space Within US (2006)
The McCartney Years (2007)
Good Evening New York City (2009)
The Love We Make (2011)

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People/Artists	The Quarrymen The Beatles Heather Mills

Albums	Wide Prairie A Garland for Linda Paul McCartney's Glastonbury Groove Let Us in Americana: The Music of Paul McCartney The Art of McCartney

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Paul McCartney singles discography

1970s

1971	"Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (with Linda McCartney) "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" / "Too Many People" (with Linda McCartney) "The Back Seat of My Car" / "Heart of the Country" (with Linda McCartney) "Eat at Home" / "Smile Away" (with Linda McCartney)

1979	"Wonderful Christmastime"

1980s

1980	"Coming Up" "Waterfalls" "Temporary Secretary"

1982	"Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) "Take It Away" "Tug of War" "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson)

1983	"Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson) "Pipes of Peace"

1984	"No More Lonely Nights" "We All Stand Together"

1985	"Spies Like Us"

1986	"Press" "Pretty Little Head" "Stranglehold" "Only Love Remains"

1987	"Once Upon a Long Ago"

1989	"Ferry Cross the Mersey" "My Brave Face" / "Flying to My Home" "This One" "Où est le Soleil?" "Figure of Eight" "Distractions" (promo)

1990s

1990	"Put It There" / "Mama's Little Girl" "Birthday" (live) / "Good Day Sunshine" (live) "All My Trials" (live) / "C Moon" (live) "We Got Married" (promo)

1991	"The World You're Coming Into" / "Tres Conejos" "Save the Child" / "The Drinking Song"

1993	"Hope of Deliverance" "C'Mon People" "Off the Ground" "Biker Like an Icon" / "Things We Said Today" "Transpiritual Stomp" (The Fireman)

1995	"A Leaf" (with Anya Alexeyev) "Come Together" (The Smokin' Mojo Filters)

1997	"Young Boy" "The World Tonight" "Beautiful Night"

1998	Rushes (The Fireman)

1999	Fluid (Nitin Sawhney Remixes) (The Fireman) "No Other Baby" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Vo!ce" (with Heather Mills) "Run Devil Run" (promo)

2000s

2000	"Free Now" (promo)

2001	"From a Lover to a Friend" "Freedom" / "From a Lover to a Friend" "I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra" (promo)

2002	"Your Loving Flame" (promo) "Lonely Road" (promo) "Hello Goodbye" (promo)

2004	"Tropic Island Hum" / "We All Stand Together"

2005	"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with U2) "Fine Line" "Jenny Wren" "Really Love You" (Twin Freaks)

2006	"This Never Happened Before" (promo)

2007	"Dance Tonight" / "Nod Your Head" "Ever Present Past"

2008	"Heal the Pain" (with George Michael) "Sing the Changes" (The Fireman)

2009	"Walk with You" (with Ringo Starr) "Meat Free Monday" "Dance Til We're High" (The Fireman)

2010s

2010	"(I Want to) Come Home"

2011	"My Valentine"

2012	"Only Our Hearts" Christmas Kisses: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" / "Wonderful Christmastime" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Justice Collective) "Get Yourself Another Fool" (promo)

2013	"Out of Sight" (The Bloody Beetroots feat. McCartney & Youth) "New" "Queenie Eye"

2014	"Save Us" "Appreciate" "Early Days" "Hope for the Future" "Only One" (with Kanye West)

2015	"FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna & Kanye West) "All Day" (with Kanye West)

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Paul McCartney family

Parents	Jim McCartney (1902–76) Mary McCartney (1909–56)

Siblings	Mike McCartney (born 1944) Ruth McCartney (born 1960)

Children	Heather McCartney (born 1962) Mary McCartney (born 1969) Stella McCartney (born 1971) James McCartney (born 1977) Beatrice McCartney (born 2003)

Wives	Linda McCartney (1941–98; married 1969–98) Heather Mills (born 1968; married 2002–08) Nancy Shevell (born 1961; married 2011–present)

Relationships	Jane Asher (born 1946; 1963–68) Francie Schwartz (born 1944; in 1968)

Films directed by John Mackenzie

One Brief Summer (1970)
Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
Made (1972)
Apaches (1977)
A Sense of Freedom (1979)
The Long Good Friday (1980)
The Honorary Consul (1983)
The Innocent (1985)
Act of Vengeance (1986)
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
The Last of the Finest (1990)
Ruby (1992)
Voyage (1993)
The Infiltrator (1995)
Deadly Voyage (1996)
Looking After Jo Jo (1998)
When the Sky Falls (2000)
Quicksand (2003)

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