Song · Ian Dury & The Blockheads
“Hey Hey Take me away” by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
From the album Laughter (1980)
“Hey Hey Take me away” by Ian Dury & The Blockheads appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1980 on the album Laughter. Its best result is #1319 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,870 alternative song of all time.
Laughter, the third Ian Dury & The Blockheads album, landed in November 1980, and "Hey Hey Take Me Away" sits on it with Mick Gallagher's music under Dury's words. It came from a reshuffled band. Chaz Jankel, who had co-written most of the songs on Do It Yourself, had bailed after a punishing tour, and Wilko Johnson of Dr. Feelgood took over his guitar spot, talked out of thoughts of retirement by Dury and Davey Payne, his old mates from the pub-rock days.
The credits read like a roll call: Johnson and John Turnbull on guitars, Gallagher on keyboards, Norman Watt-Roy on bass, Charley Charles on drums and Payne blowing sax, flute and harmonica, with Dury singing lead and the band producing. Laughter proved to be Dury's final studio record on Stiff, and his last with the Blockheads until Mr. Love Pants in 1998.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1319 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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