| Don't Take Away the Music | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tavares |
| Album: | Sky High! |
| B-Side: | Guiding Star |
| Released: | October 1976 |
| Recorded: | 1976 |
| Genre: | Pop, R&B, dance, disco |
| Length: | (album version) (single version) |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Freddie Perren |
| Prev Title: | Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Whodunit |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
"Don't Take Away the Music" is a hit song by R&B/disco group Tavares, released in the fall of 1976. It peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart[1] and at number four in the UK. Along with the track "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel", the song spent two weeks at number 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[2]
| Chart (1976–77) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM | 48 |
| Ireland [3] | 7 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| UK | 4 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 34 |
| US Dance/Disco[5] | 1 |
| US R&B[6] | 14 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 40 |