"Take On the World" | ||||||||||
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Single by Judas Priest | ||||||||||
from the album Killing Machine | ||||||||||
B-side | "Starbreaker (Live)" | |||||||||
Released | 20 January 1979 | |||||||||
Format | 45 RPM | |||||||||
Recorded | 1978 at Utopia, Basing Street and CBS Studios in London | |||||||||
Genre | Rock, heavy metal | |||||||||
Length | 3:02 | |||||||||
Label | Columbia | |||||||||
Writer(s) |
Rob Halford Glenn Tipton |
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Producer(s) |
James Guthrie Judas Priest |
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"Take On the World" is a song by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, originally released on their 1978 album Killing Machine, and released as a single in January 1979. It was the first Judas Priest single to chart in the UK Top 40 reaching number 14. The song was an attempt at producing a stadium shoutalong tune in the mould of Queen's "We Will Rock You". It was also covered by new wave band The Human League on their 1980 tour.