"Take Me Over"
Single by Peking Duk featuring SAFIA
from the EP Songs to Sweat To
Released10 October 2014
Genre
Length3:28
LabelVicious Recordings
Songwriter(s)
  • Kaelyn Behr
  • Adam Hyde
  • Reuben Styles
  • Ben Woolner-Kirkham
Producer(s)
  • Adam Hyde
  • Reuben Styles
Peking Duk singles chronology
"High"
(2014) 		"Take Me Over"
(2014) 		"Say My Name"
(2015)
SAFIA singles chronology
"You Are the One"
(2014) 		"Take Me Over"
(2014) 		"Counting Sheep"
(2015)
Music video
"Take Me Over" on YouTube

"Take Me Over" is a song by Australian electronic music duo Peking Duk. The song features vocals from SAFIA. It was produced by Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles of Peking Duk.[1] The song was released on 10 October 2014 by Vicious Recordings as the second single from the duo’s debut EP, Songs to Sweat To.[2][3]

"Take Me Over" reached a peak of number 32 on the New Zealand charts and number 6 on the Australian ARIA Charts, where the song also received a certification of 2× Platinum. The song placed at number 5 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2014.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Take Me Over" was first released on YouTube on 19 November 2014 at a total length of four minutes and one second.[4] The video was directed by Frank Meets Wolf (Jeff Johnson and Max Miller). The video follows a young imaginative boy (William Franklyn-Miller) whose parents are in the middle of a fight. During the fight, the boy imagines he is an astronaut on a beach who meets a girl (Meika Woollard), before they play/explore together and escape from an attack by a masked villain. The boy's mother, a smoker, then takes the boy away from his home. The boy then imagines he is a knight who leads an army of grown-up knights to fight against another group of knights who have the girl captive. The boy rescues the girl and the two are confronted by a knight, the father, who is defeated by the two children. The video ends with the mother and the boy at the park, where the boy sees the girl arrive at the park, indicating that the two become friends. The video received universal acclaim from viewers.

Reviews

Paul McBride from theaureview said; "Peking Duk have dropped another killer electro jam. Expect 'Take Me Over' to get many thousands of arms up in the air over the summer festival season."[5]

Remixes

A remix single was released on 19 December 2014.[6]

  1. "Take Me Over" (Just A Gent remix) – 4:59
  2. "Take Me Over" (NEUS remix) – 3:55
  3. "Take Me Over" (Sonny Fodera remix) – 6:09

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 32

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 91
Chart (2015) Position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 90

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11] 3× Platinum 210,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Peking Duk – Take Me Over". allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Peking Duk songs – Take Me Over". iTunesCharts.net. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Take Me Over (feat. SAFIA)". dancetop40. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. ^ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrL9TsGVyxs Peking Duck - "Take Me Over" - YouTube
  5. ^ "Peking Duk feat Safia Take Me Over". Paul McBride. theaureview. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Take Me Over - Remixes". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Peking Duk feat. SAFIA – Take Me Over". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Peking Duk feat. SAFIA – Take Me Over". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  9. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles 2014". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  10. ^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2015". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  11. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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