"Took My Love"
Single by Bizarre Inc featuring Angie Brown
from the album Energique
Released15 February 1993 (1993-02-15)[1]
Recorded1992
StudioComforts Place (London, England)
Genre
Length
  • 4:32 (album version)
  • 5:15 (Original Flavour Mix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Andy Meecham
  • Dean Meredith
  • Carl Turner
  • Angie Brown
  • Alan Scott
Producer(s)
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 techno group Bizarre Inc, featuring guest lead vocals by British singer Angie Brown. It was released in February 1993 as the third single from the group's second studio album, Energique (1992). It peaked at No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart and topped the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for two weeks.[2] It was also a No. 1 hit in Canada, topping the RPM Dance/Urban chart for six weeks.

Critical reception

Ned Raggett from AllMusic stated that 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 10."[4] Sam Wood from The 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

See also

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. ↑ "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. 20 March 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Took My Love". Irish Singles Chart.
  9. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – BIZARRE INC FEAT. ANGIE BROWN" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  10. ↑ "BIZARRE INC FEAT. ANGIE BROWN – Took My Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  12. ↑ "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 27 February 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 16 January 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "Dance Club Songs". Billboard. 24 April 1993. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  15. ↑ "Dance Singles Sales". Billboard. 29 May 1993. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  16. ↑ "Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1993". RPM. Retrieved 12 December 2019.


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