Don't Take Away the Music

"Don't Take Away the Music"
Side A of the US single
Single by Tavares
from the album Sky High!
B-side	"Guiding Star"
Released	October 1976
Recorded	1976
Genre	Pop, R&B, dance, disco
Length	6:18 (album version) 3:36 (single version)
Label	Capitol
Songwriters	Keni St. Lewis Freddie Perren Christine Yarian
Producer	Freddie Perren
Tavares singles chronology
"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (1976) "Don't Take Away the Music" (1976) "Whodunit" (1977)

"Don't Take Away the Music" is a hit song by R&B/disco group Tavares, released in the fall of 1976. It peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart^[1] and at number four in the UK. Along with the track "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel", the song spent two weeks at number 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.^[2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976–77)	Peak position
Canadian RPM	48
Ireland [3]	7
Netherlands	5
UK	4
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	34
US Dance/Disco[5]	1
US R&B[6]	14
US Cash Box Top 100	40

References

1. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 254.
3. The Irish Charts, November 19, 1976
4. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 254.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 567.

External links

• Listen to "Don't Take Away The Music" on YouTube