Move Away
{{Short description|1986 single by Culture Club}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Move Away
| cover = Move Away cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Culture Club
| album = From Luxury to Heartache
| B-side = Sexuality
| released = {{start date|1986|3|3|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=10|date=1 March 1986}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 4:22
| label = Virgin
| writer =
| producer =
- Lew Hahn
- Arif Mardin
| prev_title = Love Is Love
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = God Thank You Woman
| next_year = 1986
}}
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"Move Away" is a song by British band Culture Club, issued as the lead single from their fourth album, From Luxury to Heartache (1986). The song was produced by Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin. Released in March 1986, it became the group's eighth top-10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number seven. In the United States, it reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their last top-40 hit in the US. It also reached the top 10 in various other countries, including Denmark, where it peaked at number three.
Critical reception
On its release, Eleanor Levy of Record Mirror described "Move Away" as a "very clever, radio-orientated pop tune" with a "sparkling production" and "creditable performance".{{cite magazine |last=Levy |first=Eleanor |date=8 March 1986 |title=Singles |magazine=Record Mirror |page=8 |issn=0144-5804}} Jerry Smith of Music Week praised it as a "classic pop tune" on which George "delivers a strong vocal over [the] polished production". He added the song "certainly surpasses anything that appeared on the awful Waking Up with the House on Fire".{{cite magazine |date=15 March 1986 |title=A&R: Singles Reviews |magazine=Music Week |last=Smith
|first=Jerry |page=29 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1986/Music-Week-1986-03-15.pdf |via=World Radio History |access-date=1 September 2022}}
In the US, Cash Box praised the "effervescent production and Boy George’s rich, silky voice."{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1986/CB-1986-04-05.pdf|date=5 April 1986|access-date=4 August 2022|page=11}} Billboard said it consists of "guileless, breezy hooks."{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=5 April 1986|access-date=3 August 2022|page=71|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CQEAAAAMBAJ|title=Reviews}}
Music video
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 listings
7-inch vinyl
:A. "Move Away"
:B. "Sexuality" (7-inch version (alternate mix))
12-inch vinyl
:A. "Move Away" (extended mix)
:B. "Sexuality" (Tango dub remix version)
5-inch vinyl
:A. "Move Away"
:B. "Sexuality"
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (1986) !Peak |
| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
|10 |
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| {{single chart|Flanders|8|artist=Culture Club|song=Move Away|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|15|chartid=0667|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|8|chartid=8181|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI){{cite magazine|title=Top 3 in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=3|issue=16|page=16|date=26 April 1986}}
|3 |
| scope="row"|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine|title=European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Eurotipsheet|volume=3|issue=14|page=12|date=12 April 1986}}
|3 |
| {{single chart|France|47|artist=Culture Club|song=Move Away|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Ireland2|6|song=Move Away|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|17|year=1986|week=16|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|16|artist=Culture Club|song=Move Away|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|16|artist=Culture Club|song=Move Away|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Norway|8|artist=Culture Club|song=Move Away|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Sweden|7|artist=Culture Club|song=Move Away|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|18|artist=Culture Club|song=Move Away|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|UK|7|date=19860322|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|12|artist=Culture Club|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|11|artist=Culture Club|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|4|artist=Culture Club|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023|note=remix with "Sexuality"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboarddancesales|8|artist=Culture Club|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023|note=remix with "Sexuality"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|87|artist=Culture Club|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
| {{single chart|West Germany|21|artist=Culture Club|song=Move Away|songid=1413|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2023}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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