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Time for some 4th grade memories!
When I entered 4th grade, "Take It Away" was one of the songs everyone in my class absolutely loved. The others were "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor and "Don't Fight It" by Kenny Loggins with Steve Perry. Someone even brang a record of Kenny and Steve's hit to class one day. I don't know why, because it's not like the school would let us wear down the motor in their precious record player by listening to it.
"Take It Away" inspired some obvious commentary during serious school projects. One day, there was an assignment we had to read in front of the class. One student stood up to read his assignment, and the teacher said, "Take it away." I knew exactly what would happen next. Another student immediately lapsed into a rousing chorus of the Paul McCartney tune.
The teacher was MAD!!!!!
I got kicked out of her class for good in the middle of the school year. Teachers there had a higher turnover rate than students did though. That was the year the school replaced 75% of its instructors.
People remembered "Take It Away" years after it misappeared from radio. When I was a high school freshman, science class was taught by an aging nun. One day, a student was playing with some toy in class, like a yo-yo or something. The nun angrily warned, "Put it away or I'll take it away."
Guess what happened? Yep! That rousing chorus was again heard!
This is like when my 1st grade teacher sent kids to the "time-out room" and said, "Let's go." That was when the Cars had a hit with that title, so somebody would inevitably erupt in song.
Take it away!
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