Taken (song) explained

Taken
Cover:	Taken Stellar cover.png
Type:	single
Artist:	Stellar*
Album:	Magic Line
B-Side:	"All It Takes" (remix) "Taken" (acoustic)
Released:	^[1]
Studio:	The Lockup (Sydney, Australia) Helen Young (Auckland, New Zealand)
Length:	3:27
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Stellar* Tom Bailey
Prev Title:	All It Takes
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Star
Next Year:	2002

"Taken" is a song by New Zealand band Stellar*, release as the second single from their second album, Magic Line (2001), in January 2002. It became the band's last top-10 single in New Zealand, reaching number six. The single includes a dance remix of "All It Takes" by former Nine Inch Nails member Charlie Clouser as well as an acoustic version of the title track, recorded at the now defunct Helen Young Studios in December 2001.

Background

Vocalist Boh Runga said that she liked the song before Jack Joseph Puig mixed it, but after he did, she liked the song even more, calling it "sexy".^[1]

Track listing

New Zealand CD single^[2]

1. "Taken"
2. "All It Takes" (The Charlie Clouser remix)
3. "Taken" (acoustic)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the New Zealand CD single liner notes.^[2]

Studios

• Recorded at The Lockup (Sydney, Australia) and Helen Young Studios (Auckland, New Zealand)
• Mixed at Ocean Way Studios (Los Angeles)
• Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine, US)

Personnel

• Boh Runga – writing
• Andrew Maclaren – writing
• Stellar* – production
• Tom Bailey – production
• Malcolm Welsford – additional production
• Jack Joseph Puig – mixing
• Luke Tomes – engineering
• Bob Ludwig – mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taken. www.stellar.co.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20020620114701/http://www.stellar.co.nz/ml-taken.html. 20 June 2002. 23 January 2023.
2. Taken. Stellar*. 2002. New Zealand CD single liner notes. Epic Records. 672133.2.