"Take the Box" is a song by

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singer and songwriter

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from her debut

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'' (2003). Released as the album's second

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on 12 January 2004, it was the highest-charting single from ''Frank'', peaking at number 57 on the

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. The B-side of the single featured a cover of the jazz standard " 'Round Midnight", written by

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. The character in the song is in the process of discarding her former lover and leaving him, after discovering he is having

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. The song details her acceptance of the fact that its over as she tells the lover to literally "take the box", including gifts of love he had previously given her. Within the narrative of the songs of her debut album...placed so as to indicate a storyline, "Take the Box" indicates the break-up of the relationship.

Personnel

* Jeremy Shaw — Guitar * Richard Wilkinson — Drums * Timothy Hutton — Horns * Luke Smith — Bass, Piano, Organ

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. It shows Winehouse working at an empty disco hall as the last guests leave she walks into the hall that is lit by many little disco balls. The scenes intercut with her in a red dress singing with her guitar and her by the empty tables and chairs looking wistfully around at the empty stage.

Track listings

UK CD
# "Take the Box" # "Round Midnight" # "Stronger Than Me" (Live) UK CD promo
# "Take the Box" – 3:19 UK 12" vinyl
''Side A'' # "Take the Box" (Seiji's Buggin' Mix) ''Side B'' # "Take the Box" (The Headquarters Mix) UK 12" vinyl promo
''Side A'' # "Take the Box" (Seiji's Buggin' mix) ''Side B'' # "Take the Box" (Seiji's Buggin' rub) # "Take the Box" (The Headquarters mix)

Charts

References

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