| Take Me Away | |
| Cover: | Cappella-Take_Me_Away.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cappella |
| Released: | 1992 |
| Genre: | Eurodance |
| Length: | 3:44 |
| Label: | Various labels |
| Producer: | Gianfranco Bortolotti |
| Prev Title: | Everybody |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | U Got 2 Know |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
"Take Me Away" is a song by Italian Eurodance group Cappella. It samples American singer Loleatta Holloway's 1980 track, "Love Sensation", and was released in 1992 via various European labels, as a single only. A big hit in clubs, it reached the top 30 in both the UK and Ireland, where it peaked at number 25 and number 17, respectively.
Larry Flick from Billboard described the song as "a technotinged hi-NRG rave", writing, "The Italo-producer/DJ interweaves her vocals into a spiraling arrangement of synths that are alternately rough and disco-smooth. Break out the platform boots for this one, kids!"[1] James Hamilton from Music Weeks RM Dance Update noted that Holloway's acappella of 'Love Sensation' "once again provides the vocal samples for an italo house pounder, this consequently old fashioned but powerful urgent galloper".[2]
David Quantick from New Musical Express commented, "Cappella — who did that fine "Helyob Halim" record about a hundred years ago — return with a more techno sort of job which nicks all the RUNK RUNK RUNK bits off other records and adds little else. Very fast though".[3] Siân Pattenden from Smash Hits wrote, "This record is more stormin' than a hurricane and has whirlwinds of plinkety plonky syntherisms to boot. It bounces along delightfully. Hurrah! Runner-up Single of the Fortnight."[4]
| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] | 58 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 12 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 25 |
| UK Dance (Music Week)[6] | 6 |