Take Me Away (Culture Beat song)

"Take Me Away"
Single by Culture Beat
from the album Inside Out
B-side	Hamana
Released	June 14, 1996
Format	CD single CD maxi
Recorded	1995
Genre	Eurodance
Length	Radio Edit: 3:55 Extended Version: 6:59
Writer(s)	Cyborg Jay Supreme Jörg Wagner DJ Vernon
Producer	Cyborg (Tracks: 1,2,3,4,5,6) Nino Tielman, Peter Gräber (Track: 7)
Culture Beat singles chronology
"Crying in the Rain" (1996) "Take Me Away" (1996) "Walk the Same Line" (1996)
Alternative cover CD-Maxi - Remixes

"Take Me Away" is the title of a song recorded by the German eurodance band Culture Beat. It was released in June 1996 as the third single from their third studio album Inside Out. A CD maxi with new remixes was also available, but it was marketed at the same time as the other media

The song was a hit in many countries, particularly in Finland where it reached number 6.

Critical reception

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."

Track listings

CD Maxi-single (Europe, 1996)

1. "Take Me Away" (Radio Edit) - 3:55
2. "Take Me Away" (Extended Mix) - 6:59
3. "Take Me Away" (Doom Mix) - 6:02
4. "Take Me Away" (Sweetbox Hotpants Mix) - 6:02
   • Remixed By: Geo
5. "Take Me Away" (Aboria Euro Mix) - 6:11
   • Remixed By: Nino Tielman*, Peter Gräber
6. "Take Me Away" (Special A Capella Version (Not Normal Mix)) - 3:23
   • Remixed By: Frank Bülow, Nino Tielman, Peter Gräber, Peter Ries
7. "Hamana" - 5:21

CD Maxi-single - Remix (Germany, 1996)

1. "Take Me Away" (M'N'S Gazelled Up Mix) - 7:37
   • Remixed By: Movers'n'Shakers
2. "Take Me Away" (M'N'S Full On Vocal Mix) - 6:59
   • Remixed By: Movers'n'Shakers
3. "Take Me Away" (GEDO Mix) - 6:16
   • Mixed By: Cyborg
4. "Take Me Away" (Doug Laurent Mix) - 6:10
   • Remixed By: Doug Laurent
5. "Take Me Away" (Tokapi's House Of Summer Mix) - 5:37
   • Remixed By: Tokapi
6. "Take Me Away" (Hard To Be Hip Mix) - 5:57
   • Remixed By: Erik Trinkaus

CD Maxi-single (USA, 1997)

1. "Take Me Away" (Radio Edit) - 3:37
2. "Take Me Away" (Aboria Euro Radio) - 3:41
3. "Take Me Away" (Sweetbox Hotpants Radio Edit) - 3:33
4. "Take Me Away" (Extended Mix) - 6:55
5. "Take Me Away" (Aboria Euro Mix) - 6:07
6. "Take Me Away" (Sweetbox Hotpants Mix) - 5:58
7. "Take Me Away" (M'N's Gazelled Up Mix) - 7:21
8. "Take Me Away" (Doug Laurent Mix) - 6:07

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	39
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	15
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	28
Canadian RPM Dance Chart	4
Dutch Singles Chart	48
Finnish Singles Chart	6
Swedish Singles Chart	24
Swiss Singles Chart	33
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	7