Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson song)

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“Walk Away”
“Walk Away” cover
Single by Kelly Clarkson
from the album Breakaway
Released January 31, 2006 (2006-01-31)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2004
Genre Funk rock, pop rock, dance-pop
Length 3:08
Label RCA
Writer(s) Kelly Clarkson, Kara DioGuardi, Raine Maida, Chantal Kreviazuk
Producer Raine Maida, Kara DioGuardi
Certification Gold (RIAA)
2× Platinum (CRIA)
Kelly Clarkson U.S. singles chronology
"Because of You"
(2005)		 "Walk Away"
(2006)		 "Never Again"
(2007)


Kelly Clarkson UK singles chronology
"Because of You"
(2005)		 "Walk Away"
(2006)		 "Breakaway"
(2006)

"Walk Away" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson on her second album, Breakaway (2004), and was the album's fifth and final single.

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[edit] Description and background

 
  • "Walk Away"
    The song was the fifth and last single from the album, Breakaway, by Kelly Clarkson.
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Clarkson called "Walk Away" "one of the brighter songs" on Breakaway, and said that "It's just one of those anthem songs where everybody is [bouncing their heads] in the car." She said of its subject matter, "the whole song is just about if it's not working out, then just leave, don't stay and make it worse."[1]

Initially, "Addicted" had been planned for release as the fifth single, but its release was cancelled when RCA deemed its dark tone and message too similar to that of Clarkson's previous two singles, "Behind These Hazel Eyes" and "Because of You".[citation needed] "Gone" was picked as the replacement, but it was dropped because of similarities to another single from the album, "Since U Been Gone". After two months of airplay on U.S. pop radio stations, "Walk Away" was released as the fifth single from Breakaway in 2006. By that point, "Gone" had amassed considerable airplay on popular radio stations in major markets such as Atlanta, Boston, and New York City.

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

[edit] Music video

Clarkson performing in the music video
Clarkson performing in the music video

The music video for "Walk Away" was shot from February 4 to February 5 in Los Angeles,[citation needed] and Clarkson wrote the treatment for it.[1] It was to be released on February 25 at the TRL Awards, but was pulled because director Joseph Kahn said it needed some "touching up".[citation needed] The video premiered on British music channels on March 6, and on TRL and MuchOnDemand on March 7. Of the fifty days it was eligible for the TRL top ten video countdown, it was at number one nineteen times, including on its last day, June 1.[2] The video was voted thirtieth in VH1's "Top 40 Videos of the Year" for 2006.[3]

In the video, alarm clocks wake up several different people. Clarkson is at a radio station singing "Walk Away" live, and various people—including a man showering, a woman at an office, twin brothers, a football player, and a man cleaning his house—are singing along. One man, played by Clarkon'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. Another man sings along in a car, and he eventually gets out of the car to dance, holding up traffic. The video is intercut with shots of Clarkson performing the song with a band.

[edit] Remixes

"Walk Away" has been remixed by music DJs such as Chris Cox, Ralphi Rosario, Craig J.and Ander Standing. Here is a list of the official remixes of "Walk Away":[citation needed]

  1. Chris Cox Radio Mix 3:30
  2. Chris Cox Club Mix 10:12
  3. Chris Cox Mixshow 5:51
  4. Chris Cox Dub 6:30
  5. Ralphi Rosario Club Mix 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 Club Mix 6:32
  11. Craig J's Mixshow 5:23
  12. Craig J's Paddapella 3:45
  13. Craig J's Acappella 5:52
  14. Ander Standing Radio Mix 3:11
  15. Ander Standing Club Mix 9:14
  16. Ander Standing Hard Dub Mix 8:00
  17. Edison Pride Powerfull Club Mix 8:50

Here is a list of unofficial remixes by professional DJs:[citation needed]

  1. Jared Jones Vibelicious Club Away Mix
  2. Jared Jones Vibelicious Club Away Edit
  3. Edson Pride Powerfull Radio Mix
  4. Edson Pride Powerfull Dub
  5. DJ Laszlo Club Mix
  6. DJ Laszlo Radio Mix
  7. DJ Laz Club Mix
  8. DJ Laz Radio Mix

[edit] Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States January 31, 2006 RCA Records
Canada
United Kingdom March 13, 2006
Australia March 18, 2006
Europe May 18, 2006
Germany November 24, 2006

[edit] Chart performance

"Walk Away" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number ninety-seven[4] on the chart dated January 21, 2006. The single premiered on the Canadian BDS Airplay chart on January 28 at number 100.

"Walk Away" became Breakaway's first release to fail to achieve top ten status on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number twelve.[5] A popular radio recurrent, it spent the longest number of weeks after its peak to exit the Hot 100 of any Breakaway single. "Walk Away" left the Billboard top fifty on August 10, and on the Hot 100 2006 year-end chart, it was ranked forty-fifth. It became a top ten hit in Canada.

In the United Kingdom, where the single's video became available on television music channels seven days before the single release, the song debuted and peaked at number twenty-one, and in Australia, it reached number twenty-seven—the peak positions in those countries were lower than those for the album's previous singles.

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Austria Singles Chart 29
Australian Singles Chart 27
Germany Singles Chart 30
Indonesian Singles Chart 2
Irish Singles Chart 10
Mexican Top 100 Singles Chart[6] 15
Mexican Digital Sales Chart 4
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 19
Polish Singles Chart 67
South Africa Singles Chart 2
Swiss Singles Chart 58
UK Singles Chart 21
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 12
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents 1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 6
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 3
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 19
U.S. Billboard Dance Radio Airplay 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play1 5
United World Chart 16
World Chart Show 8

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Moss, Corey. "Kelly Clarkson Eyeing Black Eyed Peas For New Album". MTV News. February 14, 2006.
  2. ^ TRL Archive, June 2006, Popfusion.net.
  3. ^ http://www.vh1.com/vspot/player.jhtml?id=1547446&launchedFrom=/vspot/index.jhtml VH1.com Retrieved on 04-30-07
  4. ^ Clover Hope, "Nelly Nabs Fourth Hot 100 No. 1", Billboard.com, January 12, 2006.
  5. ^ Billboard chart history for Kelly Clarkson.
  6. ^ Mexican Singles Chart. March 27, 2006.
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