Move Away

"Move Away"
Single by Culture Club
from the album From Luxury to Heartache
B-side "Sexuality"
Released US April 5, 1986
Format 7"
12"
Recorded 1985–1986
Genre New wave, pop
Length 4:22
Label Virgin Records
Epic Records (US)
Writer(s) O'Dowd/Hay/Moss/Craig/Pickett
Producer(s) Arif Mardin
Culture Club singles chronology
"Love Is Love"
(1985)		 "Move Away"
(1986)		 "God Thank You Woman"
(1986)

"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 Arif Mardin (producer for Chaka Khan, 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

  1. ↑ Chartstats.com
  2. ↑ "The War Song - Culture Club". Billboard Hot 100. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
  4. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
  5. ↑ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/
  6. ↑ http://www.lescharts.com/
  7. ↑ http://www.musicline.de/
  8. ↑ http://www.irishcharts.ie/
  9. ↑ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1986.htm
  10. ↑ http://www.charts.org.nz/
  11. ↑ http://www.norwegiancharts.com/
  12. ↑ http://www.swedishcharts.com/
  13. ↑ http://www.swisscharts.com/
  14. ↑ http://www.chartstats.com/
  15. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/
  16. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/
  17. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/
  18. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/
  19. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/

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