Took the Children Away
| "Took the Children Away" | ||||
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LP cover | ||||
| Single by Archie Roach | ||||
| from the album Charcoal Lane | ||||
| B-side | "No No No" | |||
| Released | September 1990 | |||
| Recorded | April 1990 | |||
| Studio | Curtain Street Studios, Melbourne | |||
| Length | 5:24 | |||
| Label | Aurora, Mushroom Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Archie Roach | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul Kelly, Steve Connolly | |||
| Archie Roach singles chronology | ||||
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"Took the Children Away" is a song written and recorded by Australian singer Archie Roach. The song was released in September 1990 as his debut single. The song was included on Roach's debut studio album Charcoal Lane.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1991, the song was nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Single.
In 1991, "Took the Children Away" won Roach the Human Rights Achievement Award, the first time that the award had been bestowed on a songwriter.
In 2013, the song was added to the Sounds of Australia registry in the National Film and Sound Archive.