| Take On the World | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Judas Priest |
| Album: | Killing Machine |
| B-Side: | Starbreaker (live) |
| Released: | 5 January 1979 (UK) [1] |
| Recorded: | 1978 |
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| Genre: | Heavy metal |
| Length: | 3:02 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | |
| Prev Title: | Before the Dawn |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Evening Star |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"Take On the World" is a song by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, originally released on their 1978 album Killing Machine, and released as a single in January 1979. It was the first Judas Priest single to chart in the UK top 40, reaching number 14. The song was Judas Priest's attempt at producing a stadium anthem in the style of Queen's 1977 single "We Will Rock You". As a single it sold around 400,000 copies.
According to former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing, the song was used by Wolverhampton Wanderers football club as their club song.[2]
"Take On the World" was covered by new wave band The Human League on their 1980 tour.[3] In 2021, the band Spoon released the single "Wild", which samples its drum patterns from "Take On the World" The record was released as a 7-inch single and was backed with a remix by Dennis Bovell which features the same drum pattern.[4]