Gotta Get Away (The Black Keys song)

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"Gotta Get Away"
Black Keys Gotta Get Away.jpg
Single by the Black Keys
from the album Turn Blue
ReleasedAugust 17, 2014 (2014-08-17)
RecordedJanuary 2013 at Key Club (Benton Harbor, Michigan) [1]
Genre
Length3:02
Label Nonesuch
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Black Keys
The Black Keys singles chronology
"Bullet in the Brain"
(2014)
"Gotta Get Away"
(2014)
"Weight of Love"
(2015)

"Gotta Get Away" is a song by American rock band the Black Keys. It was released as the fourth single from their eighth studio album, Turn Blue , on August 19, 2014. [2] Rolling Stone ranked the song number 24 on its list of the "50 Best Songs of 2014". [3]

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Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [4] 5
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [5] 93
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [6] 1
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 22
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [8] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) [9] 94
US Rock Airplay (Billboard) [10] 34

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesAugust 17, 2014 Modern rock radio Nonesuch Records [2]
August 18, 2014 Adult album alternative radio [11]
ItalyAugust 22, 2014 Contemporary hit radio [12]
United KingdomOctober 13, 2014 [13]

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