Move Away


"Move Away" is a 1986 song by the British band Culture Club. Taken as the lead single from their fourth album, From Luxury to Heartache, the song became the group's eighth top-ten hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number seven. It reached number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100, the song was popular on US radio and the music video received healthy airplay on MTV during the spring of 1986 and was also their last single to reach the Top 40 in the US. It also reached the top ten in various other countries including Canada, Italy and Australia.
The song was produced by Lew Hahn and Arif Mardin. "Move Away" was the only single from the album to reach the top-ten in the UK and would be the band's last UK top 10 hit until 1998's "I Just Wanna Be Loved".
The video-clip for the song, which cast Boy George and Jon Moss as silent film-stars racing cars across a black/white movie screen, was filmed at the Brixton Academy, London. George's friend Alice Temple can also be seen in the video.

In popular culture

The song was featured in the background of a 1986 episode of the US daytime soap opera General Hospital. In 1986, Boy George sang the song in a guest-starring role in an episode of the television series The A-Team entitled "Cowboy George". The song also featured in the first episode of Casualty.

Track listing

7"

A. Move Away

B. Sexuality

12"

;Released at least in UK, Argentina, Australia, Spain, USA
A. Move Away

B. Sexuality

5"

;Released as a 5" picture disc vinyl with gatefold cardboard picture sleeve
A. Move Away
B. Sexuality

Chart performance