| Take Me Away | |
| Cover: | Take Me Away (Culture Beat song).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Culture Beat |
| Album: | Inside Out |
| B-Side: | Hamana |
| Released: | 14 June 1996 |
| Recorded: | 1995 |
| Genre: | Eurodance |
| Length: |
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| Label: | Dance Pool |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Crying in the Rain |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Walk the Same Line |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
"Take Me Away" is a song recorded by German Eurodance band Culture Beat, released in June 1996 by Dance Pool as the third single from their third studio album, Inside Out (1995). The song was co-written by band member Jay Supreme and became a hit in many countries, particularly in Finland where it reached number six. It was also a top-20 hit in Belgium, and a top-30 hit in Germany, Iceland and Sweden. Outside Europe, the song peaked at number four on the Canadian Dance/Urban chart and number 39 on the US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. The accompanying music video for "Take Me Away" was directed by Nikolas Mann[1] and first aired in September 1996. A CD maxi with new remixes was also available, but it was marketed at the same time as the other media.
Shawnee Smith, of Billboard magazine gave the song a mixed review, saying that while the song "hasn't moved far beyond that formula [of "[[Mr. Vain]]"]", lead singer Tania Evans is "quite the charmer, and producer/writer Cyborg has a way with hooks that is hard to resist."[2] Simon Price from Melody Maker wrote, "When Culture Beat's Tania Evans, in her saddest Rose Royce (Euro rhyming slang), sings, I...I hope I am your type, it says more to me about party fears and disco paranoia than The Smiths "How Soon Is Now" ever did."[3]
| Peak position | ||
| Canada Dance/Urban (RPM) | 4 | |
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| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] | 59 | |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) | 6 | |
| Germany (Media Control Charts) | 26 | |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[6] | 29 | |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[7] | 3 | |
| Scotland (OCC)[8] | 59 | |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 52 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 111 | |
| US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[10] | 39 |