Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson song)

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"Walk Away"
Single by Kelly Clarkson
from the album Breakaway
Released	January 17, 2006 (US) November 24, 2006 (Germany)
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	3:08
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Kelly Clarkson Kara DioGuardi Raine Maida Chantal Kreviazuk
Producer(s)	Raine Maida Kara DioGuardi
Certification	Gold (RIAA) 2x Platnium (CRIA)
Chart positions
#4 (Canada) #12 (United States) #21 (United Kingdom) #27 (Australia) #67 (Poland)
Kelly Clarkson singles chronology
"Because of You" (2005)	"Walk Away" (2006)	"Never Again" (2007)

"Walk Away" is the fifth and last official single release from American singer Kelly Clarkson's second album Breakaway.

Contents 1 Song information 2 Music video 3 Remixes 4 Chart performance 5 References

[edit] Song information

Following in the vein of her previous down-with-love singles "Since U Been Gone" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes," "Walk Away" finds Kelly reprimanding her boyfriend for letting her down in various ways and not devoting himself to the relationship. She demands that if he can't give her what she needs, that he should "just walk away".

Initially, "Addicted" had been planned for release as a fifth single, but was cancelled when RCA deemed its dark tone and message too similar to that of her previous two singles, "Behind These Hazel Eyes" and "Because of You". "Gone" was then picked as the replacement, only to be dropped due to similarities to "Since U Been Gone." Finally, after two months of U.S. pop airplay, "Walk Away" was released as the fifth single from Breakaway in 2006. By that point, however, "Gone" had already amassed considerable airplay on popular radio stations in major markets such as Atlanta, Boston, and New York City. Some speculate that this may have negatively affected "Walk Away"'s performance in the US. "Walk Away" fell out of the Billboard Top 50 on August 10, 2006.

"Walk Away" also has made a tremendous impact in Thailand. Thai pop band Endorphine adopted it into their song, "Sak-Ka-Waa Bpaak Waan".

[edit] Music video

The music video for "Walk Away" was shot February 4-5th in Los Angeles with the treatment written by Clarkson herself. It was intended to be released on February 25th, at the TRL Awards, but was taken out because director Joseph Kahn said it needed some "touching up". The video premiered on TRL and MuchOnDemand on March 7, 2006, and on British music channels on March 6. The music video is simple. An alarm clock wakes up several different people. Kelly is on the radio station singing Walk Away live. Various people, including a man in the shower, a woman working at an office, twin brothers, a football player, and a man vacuuming his house, are all singing along. One man, played by Kelly's brother Jason, is discovered singing the song in a public restroom. As soon as he is found, he runs out in embarrassment. In his place, the man who found him begins singing along. Yet another man sings along in his car, becoming so involved in his performance that he eventually gets out of his car to dance, holding up traffic. Scenes of Kelly performing the song with a band are interspersed among these various scenes.

A song can only be on TRL 50 days. The song's last day on TRL was June 1, 2006, when it was #1 for the day. Out of the fifty days it was on TRL it was at #1 19 times.^[1]

The video was voted as # 30 video of 2006 in Vh1's Top 40 Videos of The Year. [1].

[edit] Remixes

Walk Away has been remixed by DJ's in the music industry such as Chris Cox, Ralphi Rosario and Craig J. Here are all the official remixes of "Walk Away".

1. Chris Cox Radio Remix 3:30
2. Chris Cox Full On Club Mix 10:12
3. Chris Cox Mixshow 5:51
4. Chris Cox Tweaked Dub 6:30
5. Ralphi Rosario Main Club 7:30
6. Ralphi Rosario I Want a Man Dub 10:14
7. Ralphi Rosario Run Don't Walk Dub 8:28
8. Ralphi Rosario Walk Away Beats 4:02
9. Craig J's Radio Mix 3:29
10. Craig J's Big Love Club 6:32
11. Craig J's Big Love Mixshow 5:23
12. Craig J's Paddapella 3:45
13. Craig J's Big Love A cappella 5:52

And the unofficial professional ones:

1. Vibelicious Club Away Mix
2. Vibelicious Club Away Edit
3. Ander Standing Radio Remix
4. Ander Standing Club Remix
5. Ander Standing Dub
6. Edson Pride Remix
7. Edson Pride Club Remix
8. DJ Laz Radio Remix
9. DJ Laz Club Remix
10. DJ Laszlo Radio Edit
11. Tyler Nelson Back the F**k Off Club Mix

[edit] Chart performance

"Walk Away" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number ninety-seven^[2] on the chart dated January 21, 2006. The single premiered on the Canadian BDS Airplay charts on January 28, 2006, at number one-hundred.

"Walk Away" performed fairly well in the North American market. While it became Breakaway's first release to fail to achieve Top 10 status on the Billboard Hot 100, the song still managed to peak at a respectable #12.^[3] Also, it took the longest to drop of any "Breakaway" single, making it a popular radio recurrent. It also became a top 10 hit in Canada. The song performed much less successfully in the international market. In the UK, the song topped out at its debut position of #21, while in Australia the song could only manage to hit #27. These low positions compared to earlier singles can be attributed to the album's success and length of availability; with such high sales amassed, single releases understandably garner less interest.

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	27
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart	4
Indonesia Singles Chart	2
Irish Singles Chart	10
Mexican Top 100 Airplay	15
Mexican Digital Sales Chart	4
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Charts	19
Polish Singles Chart	67
Swiss Singles Chart	60
South African Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart	21
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents	1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	6
U.S. Top 40 Mainstream	5
U.S. Adult Top 40	3
U.S. Adult Contemporary	19
U.S. Dance Radio Airplay	2
U.S. Dance Club Play1	5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2006 Year-End	45
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	3
United World Chart	16
World Chart Show	8

[edit] References

1. ^ TRL Archive, June 2006, Popfusion.net.
2. ^ Clover Hope, "Nelly Nabs Fourth Hot 100 No. 1", Billboard.com, January 12, 2006.
3. ^ Billboard chart history for Kelly Clarkson.