‘Take It Away’ by Paul McCartney peaks at #10 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 21 1982)

(Saturday, August 21, 1982) — “Take It Away” by Paul McCartney peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first of five weeks.

It was McCartney’s 18th of 23 top ten hits on the chart (1971-2015) since leaving The Beatles (a group that had 34 top ten hits on the chart from 1964 to 1995).