Take Me Back (Noiseworks song)

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"Take Me Back"
Take Me Back by Noiseworks.jpg
Australian 7" single
Single by Noiseworks
from the album Noiseworks
B-side "Don't Wait"
Released13 April 1987 [1]
RecordedFebruary 1987
Studio Rhinoceros Studios
Genre AOR
Length3:29
Label CBS
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mark Opitz
Noiseworks singles chronology
"No Lies"
(1986)
"Take Me Back"
(1987)
"Love Somebody"
(1987)

"Take Me Back" is a song by Australian rock-pop band Noiseworks, which was written by their lead vocalist Jon Stevens and sometime collaborator Brent Thomas. It was released in 1987 as the second single from their first studio album Noiseworks (1987), which was produced by Mark Opitz. The single peaked at number seven on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart. [3]

Contents

Track listing

7" (650775 7)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take Me Back"Brent Thomas, Jon Stevens 3:29
2."Don't Wait"Stevens, Justin Stanley, Stuart Fraser3:37

12" (650775 6)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take Me Back"Thomas, Stevens3:29
2."Take Me Back" (live)Thomas, Stevens2:05
3."Don't Wait"Stevens, Stanley, Fraser3:37

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References

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  2. "Take Me Back". ASCAP . Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  3. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 219. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
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