"Don't Walk Away" | ||||
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Single by Pat Benatar | ||||
from the album Wide Awake in Dreamland | ||||
B-side | "Lift 'em on Up" | |||
Released | 1988 | |||
Studio | Spyder's Soul Kitchen (Los Angeles, CA) [1] | |||
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Label | Chrysalis | |||
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Pat Benatar singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Walk Away" is a song by American singer Pat Benatar, which was released in 1988 as the second single from her eighth studio album Wide Awake in Dreamland . The song was written by Nick Gilder and Duane Hitchings, and produced by Peter Coleman and Neil Giraldo.
It was Chrysalis' decision to release "Don't Walk Away" as a single from Wide Awake in Dreamland. Benatar told Todd Everett of the King Features Syndicate, "'Don't Walk Away' is so typical of what they'd choose to release." [2]
The song's music video was directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery. [3] It achieved medium rotation on MTV. [4]
On its release as a single, Billboard described "Don't Walk Away" as "less aggressive" than the preceding single "All Fired Up", and added that "perhaps the nice mesh of Benatar's vocal and the power of this pretty pop track will produce a hit". [5] Barry Young of The Press and Journal gave the single a two out of five star rating and wrote, "Benatar continues to produce ultra-American, drive-in teen rock with little relevance to this side of the Atlantic. Some nice touches here, but mainly typical Benatar." [6]
Don't Walk Away [13]
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Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [14] | 61 |
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [15] | 63 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [16] | 48 |
UK Singles (OCC) [17] | 42 |
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [18] | 44 |
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