"Take Me Away" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, taken as a promotional single from her second studio album Under My Skin (2004). It was written by herself and Evan Taubenfeld, whilst production was handled by Don Gilmore. The song has a metal sound and started playing on Canadian rock radio in March 2004, at around the same time that the album's lead single, "Don't Tell Me", was being promoted. The song was also included as the B-side on the physical release of "Don't Tell Me" in many regions, and re-released digitally as a promotional single from the album on May 24, 2004. "Take Me Away" received mixed reviews from music critics. Some critics complimented the composition and musical styles, whilst the rest criticized her songwriting and negatively compared it to the work of fellow Canadian artist Alanis Morissette. Background and release "Take Me Away" was written by Avril Lavigne and Evan Taubenfeld, and was produced by Don Gilmore. It serves as the opening track to her second studio album Under My Skin (2004) and was first featured as a B-side of the album's lead single, "Don't Tell Me", CD single in many regions, including Australia, Japan and Europe. On May 24, 2004, the track was re-released as a digital download on the iTunes Store as the promotional single for Under My Skin, which was released on the next day. The tracks "I Always Get What I Want" and "He Wasn't", which also appeared on the parent album, were also released digitally on the same date. According to the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), Lavigne has recorded another song also titled "Take Me Away". It was written by Avril Lavigne and the music production team the Matrix (credited under all three members' name Graham Edwards, Scott Alspach and Lauren Christy). The Lavigne and Matrix track was originally meant to be on Lavigne's debut studio album, Let Go (2002), but didn't make the final track listing. Composition "Take Me Away" lasts for a duration of two minutes and fifty seven seconds. It is composed in the key of E minor and is set in time signature of common time, with a moderate tempo of 99 beats per minute. The song has a basic sequence of Fm-Cm-D–E as its chord progression, and features a vocal range spanning from B3 to D5. "Take Me Away"'s lyrics are an outcry for her