Move Away
| "Move Away" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Sexuality" |
"Move Away" is a 1986 song by the British band Culture Club. Taken as the lead single from their fourth album, From Luxury to Heartache, the song became the group's eighth top-ten hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number seven.[1] It reached number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] and was also their last chart success in USA. It also reached the top ten in various other countries including Canada (#4), Italy (#10) and Australia (#10).
The song was produced by Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin (the latter a producer for Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin in the 80s). "Move Away" was the only single from the album to reach the top-ten in the UK and would be the band's last UK top 10 hit until 1998's "I Just Wanna Be Loved".
The video-clip for the song, which cast Boy George and Jon Moss as silent film-stars racing cars across a black/white movie screen, was filmed at the Brixton Academy, London. George's friend Alice Temple can also be seen in the video.
Track listing
7"
A. Move Away
B. Sexuality (7" version (alternate mix))
12"
- Released at least in UK, Argentina, Australia, Spain, USA
A. Move Away (Extended Mix)
B. Sexuality (Tango Dub Remix Version)
5"
- Released as a 5" picture disc vinyl with gatefold cardboard picture sleeve
A. Move Away
B. Sexuality
Chart performance
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
Total weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Belgian Singles Chart | 7 | 7 |
| Canadian Adult Contemporary Singles Chart[3] | 8 | 7 |
| Canadian Singles Chart[4] | 15 | 16 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[5] | 16 | 7 |
| French Singles Chart[6] | 47 | 4 |
| German Singles Chart[7] | 21 | 13 |
| Irish Singles Chart[8] | 6 | 6 |
| Italian Singles Chart[9] | 10 | ? |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[10] | 16 | 11 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[11] | 8 | 5 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[12] | 7 | 4 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[13] | 18 | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart[14] | 7 | 7 |
| US Adult Contemporary Chart[15] | 11 | ? |
| US Billboard Hot 100[16] | 12 | 14 |
| US Dance/Club Play Singles[17] | 4 | 11 |
| US Hot Dance Music Sales[18] | 8 | ? |
| US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart[19] | 87 | 2 |
References
- ^ Chartstats.com
- ^ "The War Song - Culture Club". Billboard Hot 100. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
- ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
- ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/
- ^ http://www.lescharts.com/
- ^ http://www.musicline.de/
- ^ http://www.irishcharts.ie/
- ^ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1986.htm
- ^ http://www.charts.org.nz/
- ^ http://www.norwegiancharts.com/
- ^ http://www.swedishcharts.com/
- ^ http://www.swisscharts.com/
- ^ http://www.chartstats.com/
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/
External links
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| Singles | |
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