Move Away

"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] the song was popular on US radio and the music video received healthy airplay on MTV during the spring of 1986 and was also their last single to reach the Top 40 in the US. It also reached the top ten in various other countries including Italy (#10) and Australia (#10).

"Move Away"
Single by Culture Club
from the album From Luxury to Heartache
B-side"Sexuality"
Released3 March 1986 (UK)
5 April 1986 (US)
Genre
Length4:22
LabelVirgin Records
Epic Records (US)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Lew Hahn, Arif Mardin
Culture Club singles chronology
"Love Is Love"
(1985)		 "Move Away"
(1986)		 "God Thank You Woman"
(1986)

The song was produced by Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin (the latter a producer for Chaka Khan and 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".

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".[3] 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".[4]

In the US, Cash Box praised the "effervescent production and Boy George’s rich, silky voice."[5] Billboard said it consists of "guileless, breezy hooks."[6]

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 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

Weekly Charts
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 10
Belgian Singles Chart 7
Canadian Adult Contemporary Singles Chart[8] 8
Canadian Singles Chart[8] 15
Dutch Singles Chart[9] 16
French Singles Chart[10] 47
German Singles Chart[11] 21
Irish Singles Chart[12] 6
Italian Singles Chart[13] 10
New Zealand Singles Chart[14] 16
Norwegian Singles Chart[15] 8
Swedish Singles Chart[16] 7
Swiss Singles Chart[17] 18
UK Singles Chart[18] 7
US Adult Contemporary Chart[19] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 12
US Dance/Club Play Singles[19] 4
US Hot Dance Music Sales[20] 8
US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart[19] 87

Year-end charts
Year-end chart performance for "Move Away"
Chart (1986) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[21] 81

The song was featured in the background of a 1986 episode of the US daytime soap opera General Hospital. In 1986, Boy George sang the song in a guest-starring role in an episode of the television series The A-Team entitled "Cowboy George". The song also featured in the first episode of Casualty.

References
  1. Official Charts Company
  2. "The War Song - Culture Club". Billboard Hot 100. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  3. Levy, Eleanor (8 March 1986). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 8. ISSN 0144-5804.
  4. Smith, Jerry (15 March 1986). "A&R: Singles Reviews" (PDF). Music Week. p. 29. Retrieved 1 September 2022 – via World Radio History.
  5. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. 5 April 1986. p. 11. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  6. "Reviews". Billboard. 5 April 1986. p. 71. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. "Bienvenue au site Web Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Welcome to the Library and Archives Canada website". collectionscanada.gc.ca. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  9. Steffen Hung. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  10. Steffen Hung. "lescharts.com - Les charts français". lescharts.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  11. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  12. The Irish Charts http://www.irishcharts.ie/. Retrieved 18 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. "Hit Parade Italia - Top Annuali Single: 1986". hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  14. Steffen Hung. "charts.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  15. Steffen Hung. "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  16. Steffen Hung. "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  17. Steffen Hung. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  18. "OfficialCharts.com". Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  19. "Billboard - Music Charts, News, Photos & Video | Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  20. "AllMusic | Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  21. "National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report. No. 650. December 1986. Retrieved 24 January 2023 – via Imgur.


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