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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Take the Box
| cover = Amy Winehouse - Take The Box.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Amy Winehouse
| album = Frank
| B-side = Round Midnight
| released = 12 January 2004
| recorded = 2003
| studio = EMI Studios
| venue =
| genre =
* Soul
* jazz
| length = 3:20
| label = Island
| writer =
* Amy Winehouse
* Luke Smith
| producer =
* Amy Winehouse
* Jony Rockstar
| prev_title = Stronger Than Me
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = In My Bed
| next_title2 = You Sent Me Flying
| next_year = 2004
| misc =
}}
"'Take the Box'" is a song by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse from her debut studio album 'Frank' (2003). Released as the album's second single on 12 January 2004, it was the highest-charting single from 'Frank', peaking at number 57 on the UK Singles Chart.
The B-side of the single featured a cover of the jazz standard "'Round Midnight", written by Thelonious Monk.
The character in the song is in the process of discarding her former lover and leaving him, after discovering he is having an affair. The song details her acceptance of the fact that its over as she tells the lover to literally "take the box", including gifts of love he had previously given her. Within the narrative of the songs of her debut album...placed so as to indicate a storyline, "Take the Box" indicates the break-up of the relationship.
Personnel
* Jeremy Shaw Guitar
* Richard Wilkinson Drums
* Timothy Hutton Horns
* Luke Smith Bass, Piano, Organ
Music video
A music video was produced to promote the single. It shows Winehouse working at an empty disco hall as the last guests leave she walks into the hall that is lit by many little disco balls. The scenes intercut with her in a red dress singing with her guitar and her by the empty tables and chairs looking wistfully around at the empty stage.
Track listings
'UK CD'
# "Take the Box"
# "Round Midnight"
# "Stronger Than Me" (Live)
'UK CD promo'
# "Take the Box" 3:19
'UK 12" vinyl'
'Side A'
# "Take the Box" (Seiji's Buggin' Mix)
'Side B'
# "Take the Box" (The Headquarters Mix)
'UK 12" vinyl promo'
'Side A'
# "Take the Box" (Seiji's Buggin' mix)
'Side B'
# "Take the Box" (Seiji's Buggin' rub)
# "Take the Box" (The Headquarters mix)
Charts
References
Category:2003 songs
Category:2004 singles
Category:Amy Winehouse songs
Category:Songs written by Amy Winehouse
Category:Island Records singles
Category:Soul ballads
Category:Songs about infidelity
Category:2000s ballads
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