"Take Me Away" is a song by Australian alternative/punk rock band Lash. It was released on 19 March 2001 as the group's debut single and lead single from their album, '' The Beautiful and the Damned'' (2002). The song peaked at number 33 on the

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. At the

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, "Take Me Away" was nominated for

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. The song was covered by actress

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for the 2003 Disney film ''

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'' and its

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. Lash also contributed their following single "

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" for the film's soundtrack.

Track listing

# "Take Me Away" – 3:37 # "Aloha Mr Hand" – 2:25

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* 2001 debut singles 2001 songs Australian pop songs Songs written by Andrew Klippel {{2000s-rock-song-stub