Took My Love

"Took My Love"
Single by Bizarre Inc featuring Angie Brown
from the album Energique
Released	15 February 1993 (1993-02-15)[1]
Studio	Comforts Place (London, England)
Length	4:32 (album version) 5:15 (Original Flavour mix)
Label	Vinyl Solution Sony
Songwriter(s)	Andy Meecham Dean Meredith Carl Turner Angie Brown Alan Scott
Producer(s)	Alan Scott Bizarre Inc
Bizarre Inc singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Get You" (1992) "Took My Love" (1993) "Love in Motion" (1993)
Angie Brown singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Get You" (1992) "Took My Love" (1993) "Rockin' for Myself" (1993)
Music video
"Took My Love" on YouTube

"Took My Love" is a song by English electronic music group Bizarre Inc, featuring guest lead vocals by English singer Angie Brown. It was released in February 1993 by Vinyl Solution and Sony as the third single from the group's second studio album, Energique (1992). The single went to number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and number-one for two weeks on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[2] It was also number-one in Canada, peaking at the top of the RPM Dance/Urban chart for six weeks.

Critical reception

Ned Raggett from AllMusic stated that singer Angie Brown "does another good vocal turn on the ["I'm Gonna Get You"] similarly-arranged" song.[3] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "The decision of the techno duo to get themselves a guest vocalist with a real voice reaped obvious dividends when "I'm Gonna Get You" hit No.3 back in October. The new single is basically more of the same, following a proper song structure but still a track to storm the clubs and the airwaves. Watch this go Top Ten."[4] Sam Wood from Philadelphia Inquirer viewed it as an "attempt at more conventional dance pop", and concluded, "They're intended for pop radio airplay, not the rave dance floors where lyrics tend to snap dancers out of their hard-won trances."[5]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1993) Peak position Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[6] 1 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] 71 Europe (European Dance Radio)[8] 3 Ireland (IRMA)[9] 17 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 22 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 22 UK Singles (OCC)[12] 19 UK Airplay (Music Week)[13] 14 UK Dance (Music Week)[14] 2 UK Club Chart (Music Week)[15] 26 US Dance Club Play (Billboard)[16] 1 US Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[17] 15

Year-end charts Chart (1993) Position Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[18] 3

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 1993 (U.S.)
• List of number-one dance singles of 1993 (Canada)

References

1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 13 February 1993. p. 17.
2. Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003, 2004
3. Raggett, Ned. "Bizarre Inc. – Energique". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
4. Masterton, James (21 February 1993). "Week Ending February 27th 1993". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
5. Wood, Sam (19 January 1993). "Bizarre Inc Offers Lessons in the Latest". Philadelphia Inquirer.
6. "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 1779." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
7. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 12. 20 March 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
8. "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 12. 20 March 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
9. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Took My Love". Irish Singles Chart.
10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – BIZARRE INC FEAT. ANGIE BROWN" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
11. "BIZARRE INC FEAT. ANGIE BROWN – Took My Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
12. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
13. "Top 50 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week. 13 March 1993. p. 12. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
14. "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 27 February 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
15. "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 16 January 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
16. "Dance Club Songs". Billboard. 24 April 1993. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
17. "Dance Singles Sales". Billboard. 29 May 1993. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
18. "Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1993". RPM. Retrieved 12 December 2019.