Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson song)

Single infobox
Name = Walk Away


Artist = Kelly Clarkson
from Album = Breakaway
Released = start date|2006|1|31
Format = CD single, digital download
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Pop rock, funk rock
Length = 3:08
Label = RCA
Writer = Kelly Clarkson, Kara DioGuardi, Raine Maida, Chantal Kreviazuk
Producer = Raine Maida, Kara DioGuardi
Certification = Gold (RIAA) 2× Platinum (CRIA)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Kelly Clarkson
Type = U.S. singles
Last single = "Because of You" (2005)
This single = "Walk Away" (2006)
Next single = "Never Again" (2007)Extra chronology
Artist = Kelly Clarkson
Type = UK singles
Last single = "Because of You" (2005)
This single = "Walk Away" (2006)
Next single = "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.

Description and background

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."Moss, Corey. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1524145/20060210/clarkson_kelly.jhtml "Kelly Clarkson Eyeing Black Eyed Peas For New Album"] . MTV News. February 14 2006.]

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".Fact|date=January 2008 "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".

"Walk Away" bears a resemblance to early 80's rock songs like Tom Petty's Don't Do Me Like That.

Music video

The music video for "Walk Away" was shot from February 4 to February 5 in Los Angeles,Fact|date=January 2008 and Clarkson wrote the treatment for it. 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".Fact|date=January 2008 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. [ [http://www.popfusion.net/records/recaparchive/2006_06.html TRL Archive, June 2006] , Popfusion.net.] The video was voted thirtieth in VH1's "Top 40 Videos of the Year" for 2006. [ [http://www.vh1.com/vspot/player.jhtml?id=1547446&launchedFrom=/vspot/index.jhtml http://www.vh1.com/vspot/player.jhtml?id=1547446&launchedFrom=/vspot/index.jhtml] "VH1.com" Retrieved on 04-30-07 ]

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.

Remixes

"Walk Away" has been remixed by music DJs such as Chris Cox, Ralphi Rosario, Craig J. Here is a list of the official remixes of "Walk Away":Fact|date=January 2008Official :

#Chris Cox Radio Mix 3:30
#Chris Cox Club Mix 10:12
#Chris Cox Mixshow 5:51
#Chris Cox Dub 6:30
#Ralphi Rosario Club Mix 7:30
#Ralphi Rosario I Want a Man Dub 10:14
#Ralphi Rosario Run Don't Walk Dub 8:28
#Ralphi Rosario Walk Away Beats 4:02
#Craig J's Radio Mix 3:29
#Craig J's Club Mix 6:32
#Craig J's Mixshow 5:23
#Craig J's Paddapella 3:45
#Craig J's Acappella 5:52Unnofficial:

#Ander Standing Radio Mix 3:11
#Ander Standing Club Mix 9:14
#Ander Standing Hard Dub Mix 8:00
#Edson Pride Powerfull Mix 8:50
#Edson Pride Powerfull Radio Mix 4:20
#Edson Pride Powerfull Dub 7:22
#Jared Jones Vibelicious Club Away Mix 8:29
#Jared Jones Vibelicious Club Away Edit 3:59
#DJ Laszlo Club Mix 6:06
#DJ Laszlo Radio Mix 3:36
#Arenna Unreleased Club Mix 7:20
#Pugh Radio Mix 3:33
#Rufato's Deep Superhero Edit 8:26

Release history

Chart performance

"Walk Away" debuted on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 at number ninety-seven [Clover Hope, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001842945 "Nelly Nabs Fourth Hot 100 No. 1"] , Billboard.com, January 12, 2006.] 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. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=498064&model.vnuAlbumId=800224 Billboard chart history for Kelly Clarkson] .] 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.

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