“Take Me Away” by Avril Lavigne

"Take Me Away" found Avril Lavigne pushing into heavier territory on Under My Skin, her second album, in 2004. The Canadian singer wrote the words and Evan Taubenfeld the music, Don Gilmore produced and Randy Staub mixed, and it's one of the clearest examples of the record's harder sound, with a streak of heavy metal running through it.

It slipped out sideways. Canadian rock radio started playing it in March 2004, while the lead single "Don't Tell Me" was still being pushed, and in many places it rode along as that single's B-side before getting its own digital release as a promotional single in May. Critics split: some praised the composition and its mix of styles, while others knocked her songwriting and held it up unfavorably against fellow Canadian Alanis Morissette.

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