Gotta Get Away
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| "Gotta Get Away" | ||
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| Single by The Offspring | ||
| Released | 1995 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Genre | Punk Rock | |
| Label | Epitaph | |
| Producer(s) | Thom Wilson | |
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| The Offspring singles chronology | ||
| Self-Esteem (1994) |
Gotta Get Away (1995) |
Bad Habit (1995) |
Gotta Get Away was the third single from The Offspring's breakthrough album "Smash." It is centered around the paranoia of the main character of the song. The song was a decent hit and still receives considerable airplay today. Gotta Get Away was inspired by a previous track, called Cogs, when The Offspring were called Manic Subsidal. This is mentioned on the Greatest Hits bonus DVD, in an interview between Noodles and Dexter, along with the fact that it was the last song Dexter wrote for the album, and at the time was suffering from a lot of pressure due to the upcoming deadline.
[edit] Video
The video starts with a boy entering a "coliseum" where him and a group of other teenagers start to fight while the band plays and a girl and a boy make-out, the video ends with the same boy laying on floor alone. The music video for the song was directed by Samuel Bayer and filmed at the Fairgrounds Coliseum in Salt Lake City, UT on December 17, 1994.
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1994 | Modern Rock Tracks (US) | No. 6 |
| 1994 | Mainstream Rock Tracks (US) | No. 15 |
| 1994 | Official Norway Singles Charts | No. 18 |
| 1994 | Official Swedish Singles Charts | No. 26 |
| 1994 | Official Austrian Singles Charts | No. 36 |
| 1994 | Official UK Singles Charts | No. 43 |
[edit] See also
List of songs about mental illness
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