being unable to handle the confusion and hoping someone will take her out of the chaos. Annabel Leathes of BBC Music compared the song to another ballad from Under My Skin, "My Happy Ending", since they both "pivot on the pain and despair of relationships going off the boil and, despite the stadium-rousing choruses." Reception "Take Me Away" received generally mixed reviews by some critics. Annabel Leathes from BBC Music wrote that the song "pivot[s] on the pain and despair of relationships going off the boil and, despite the stadium-rousing choruses[, ...] Lavigne's whiney vocals and trite lyrics imply that madam is merely having a strop rather than wearing the hair shirt of Alanis Morissette-style suffering." Lance Fiasco from idobi Radio shared that "Take Me Away" and Lavigne's previous single, "Losing Grip", are the harder-edged hair-messers that really showed her grrl badge, demonstrating the once-poisonous sting of Alanis. Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine labelled "Take Me Away" a "head-banging" opening track from the album which conjured '80s metal with heaps of guitars and vocal overdubs. Along with the release of Under My Skin, the musical style of "Take Me Away" was strongly compared with American rock band Evanescence. James R. Minchin III of Entertainment Weekly spoke out that Lavigne has transformed into a dour teen who seems to have spent way too much time listening to Evanescence. Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine noted that Lavigne's sound was now much heavier and darker and compared her to Amy Lee, the co-founder and lead vocalist of Evanescence. Live performances Lavigne performed the acoustic version of "Take Me Away" at 2004 Sessions@AOL on February 29, 2004. The audio performance of the song was later included on Lavigne's fourth extended play, Avril Live Acoustic, which features other five audio performances at the concert and was released on July 1, 2004 by Arista Records. The song also appeared on Lavigne's setlist for her worldwide tour, Bonez Tour (2004–05). The performance of "Take Me Away" during the tour at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan is included on Lavigne's second full-length DVD Bonez Tour 2005: Live at Budokan (2004). The DVD was released exclusively in Japan and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). Credits and personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Don't Tell Me" CD single. Recording and management Recorded at NRG Studios (North Hollywood, California) Mixed at South Beach