"Take Me Away" | ||||
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Promotional single by Avril Lavigne from the album Under My Skin | ||||
Released | May 24, 2004 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
A-side | "Don't Tell Me" | |||
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Genre | Alternative metal | |||
Length | 2:57 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
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Producer(s) | Don Gilmore | |||
Under My Skin track listing | ||||
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"Take Me Away" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, taken as a promotional single from her second studio album Under My Skin (2004). It was written by herself and Evan Taubenfeld, whilst production was handled by Don Gilmore. The song has an alternative metal sound and started playing on Canadian rock radio in March 2004, at around the same time that the album's lead single, "Don't Tell Me", was being promoted. The song was also included as the B-side on the physical release of "Don't Tell Me" in many regions, and re-released digitally as a promotional single from the album on May 24, 2004. "Take Me Away" received mixed reviews from music critics. Some critics complimented the composition and called it "the second-heaviest song on the album, next to "Forgotten"", whilst the rest criticized her songwriting and negatively compared it to the work of fellow Canadian artist Alanis Morissette.
"Take Me Away" was written by Avril Lavigne and Evan Taubenfeld, and was produced by Don Gilmore. It serves as the opening track to her second studio album Under My Skin (2004) and was first featured as a B-side of the album's lead single, "Don't Tell Me", CD Single in many regions, including Australia, Japan and Europe.
On May 24, 2004, the track was re-released as a digital download on the iTunes Store as the promotional single for Under My Skin, which was released on the next day. The tracks "I Always Get What I Want" and 'He Wasn't", which also appeared on the parent album, were also released digitally on the same date.