Walk Away (Franz Ferdinand song)
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| Single by Franz Ferdinand | ||
| from the album You Could Have It So Much Better |
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| B-side(s) | "Sexy Boy" | |
| Released | 5 December 2005 | |
| Format | 7", CD, DVD | |
| Recorded | 2005 | |
| Genre | Indie, Alternative | |
| Length | 3:36 | |
| Label | Domino | |
| Writer(s) | Alex Kapranos Nick McCarthy |
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| Producer(s) | Rich Costey | |
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| Franz Ferdinand singles chronology | ||
| "Do You Want To" (2005) |
"Walk Away" (2005) |
"The Fallen / L. Wells" (2006) |
"Walk Away" is a song by Scottish alternative rock band Franz Ferdinand and is featured on their second album, You Could Have It So Much Better. It was released 5 December 2005 as the second single from that album in the UK, entering the UK Singles Chart at #13 a week later (see 2005 in British music).
During the Exit festival in Novi Sad, Serbia on 6th of July 2006 Alexander Kapranos explained that the song was dedicated to Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian-Bosnian criminal who shot the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He said: "Serbians! There's one Serbian who's particularly dear to us. His name is Gavrilo Princip. This song is dedicated to him!".
It was written in autumn 2004 in Hamburg.
The opening guitar segment bears a passing resemblance to the songs: "The Model" by Kraftwerk, the Waiting Room by Fugazi and "Come as You Are" by Nirvana (itself a replication of the riff of the song "Eighties" by Killing Joke).
The video for the song premiered 4 November 2005 on Channel 4.
[edit] Track listings
All tracks written by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, except where noted.
- 7" RUG215
- "Walk Away" - 3:36
- "The Fallen" (acoustic version)
- CD RUG215CD
- "Walk Away" - 3:36
- "Sexy Boy" (Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Nicolas Godin) - 3:40
- DVD RUG215DVD
- "Walk Away" (video)
- "Walk Away" (making of video)
- "This Boy" (live in Edinburgh)
[edit] External links
| Franz Ferdinand |
| Alex Kapranos | Robert Hardy | Nicholas McCarthy | Paul Thomson |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: Darts of Pleasure | Franz Ferdinand | You Could Have It So Much Better |
| Singles: "Darts of Pleasure" | "Take Me Out" | "The Dark of the Matinée" | "Michael" | "This Fire" | "Do You Want To" | "Walk Away" | "The Fallen" / "L. Wells" | "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" |
| DVDs: Franz Ferdinand |
| Related articles |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | Domino Records | Tore Johansson | Rich Costey |
