Don't Take Away the Music

1976 single by Tavares

"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

Songwriter(s)

Keni St. Lewis
Freddie Perren
Christine Yarian

Producer(s)

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

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