Everytime You Go Away

"Everytime You Go Away"
Single by Paul Young
from the album The Secret of Association
B-side "This Means Anything"
Released 25 February 1985
Format 7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded 1984
Genre Blue eyed soul
Length 4:15 (7")
7:32 (12")
5:24 (album)
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Daryl Hall
Producer Laurie Latham
Paul Young singles chronology
"Love of the Common People"
(1984)		 "Every Time You Go Away"
(1985)		 "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down"
(1985)

"Everytime You Go Away" is a song written by Daryl Hall and covered by Paul Young in 1985.[1]

The original appeared on Hall & Oates's 1980 album, Voices, although it was not released as a single. Hall & Oates also recorded it for their 1985 concert album Live at the Apollo. Young's version hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 27, 1985. It remains his only number-one hit and one of only two top 10 hits he had on the U.S. pop singles chart. It also topped the U.S. adult contemporary chart for two weeks. The song peaked at No. 4 in the UK, Young's home country. The song won Best British Video at the 1986 Brit Awards.

Young's version features a haunting combination of echoed piano, the distinctive fretless bass of Pino Palladino and an electric sitar, the latter a long-neglected instrument by the mid-1980s.

At the end of the 1987 film, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the song is performed by Blue Room.[2] In 2006, Clay Aiken covered the song on his CD A Thousand Different Ways. In 2009, the original Hall & Oates song appeared in the film The Rebound.

The song's title is also notable for being grammatically incorrect; based on the lyrics, the grammatically correct title would be "Every Time You Go Away".

Contents

Track listings

7" single
  1. "Everytime You Go Away" — 4:15
  2. "This Means Anything" — 3:13
12" maxi
  1. "Everytime You Go Away" (extended version) — 7:32
  2. "This Means Anything" — 3:13

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Canada[3] Gold August 13, 1985 50,000
UK[4] Silver April 1, 1985 200,000
U.S.[5] Gold January 17, 1990 500,000

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Dutch Mega Top 100[6] 16
French SNEP Singles Chart[6] 16
German Singles Chart[6] 40
Irish IRMA Singles Chart[7] 2
Norwegian Singles Chart[6] 2
UK Singles Chart[8] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 1
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[9] 1
US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[9] 14

See also

References

  1. ^ John Leland (August 1985). Paul Young: "Every Time You Go Away" b/w "This Means Anything" (Columbia). Spin magazine. http://books.google.com/books?id=TZaFMCee5HQC&pg=PA36&dq=spin+magazine+1985+every+time+you+go+away&hl=en&ei=UGfoTKKSM4XGsAOrq_2wCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2010-11-20. 
  2. ^ Yahoo Movies - "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" credits
  3. ^ Canada certifications cria.ca (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  4. ^ UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  5. ^ U.S. certifications riaa.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  6. ^ a b c d "Every Time You Go Away", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  7. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  8. ^ "Every Time You Go Away", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  9. ^ a b c Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
Preceded by
"A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
July 27, 1985		 Succeeded by
"Shout" by Tears for Fears
Preceded by
"Who's Holding Donna Now" by DeBarge		 Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single
August 10, 1985 - August 17, 1985		 Succeeded by
"Cherish" by Kool & the Gang
Preceded by
"Never Surrender" by Corey Hart		 Canadian RPM Singles Chart number-one single
August 3, 1985		 Succeeded by
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive