Gotta Get Away (The Offspring song)

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"Gotta Get Away"
Theoffspringgottagetawaycover2.jpg
Single by the Offspring
from the album Smash
B-side "Smash" (live)
ReleasedFebruary 2, 1995 (1995-02-02)
Genre
Length3:53
Label Epitaph
Songwriter(s) Dexter Holland
Producer(s) Thom Wilson
The Offspring singles chronology
"Self Esteem"
(1994)
"'Gotta Get Away'"
(1995)
"Smash It Up"
(1995)
Alternative Cover
Theoffspringgottagetawaycover.jpg
Vinyl Cover

"Gotta Get Away" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. It is the fourth track and third single from their breakthrough album, Smash (1994). The song was a modest hit in several countries and peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Gotta Get Away" was inspired by an early track, "Cogs", written while the band was still named Manic Subsidal. [3] Although the song was a big hit, it did not reach the heights nor achieve the popularity, success, airplay, or sales of the album's previous singles "Come Out and Play" and "Self Esteem".

Contents

The song has two single covers. The first, the cover for the CD single, depicts a skeleton in the same style as the previous singles from Smash : "Come Out and Play" and "Self Esteem". The second, the cover for the 7-inch vinyl, shows the actor from the video standing outside the coliseum, his eyes covered by the song title. The song also appears as the same numbered track on the Offpsring's Greatest Hits (2005).

Content

The lyrics refer to the pressure that lead singer Dexter Holland was under to finish the album on time. [4]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Samuel Bayer and filmed at the Fairgrounds Coliseum in Salt Lake City, UT on December 17, 1994. [5] The video starts with a boy entering a coliseum where a mosh pit breaks out while the band plays. It is predominantly in black and white. The video ends with the same boy lying on the floor alone. The music video appears on the Complete Music Video Collection DVD, released in 2005.

Track listings

CD single

No.TitleLength
1."Gotta Get Away"3:56
2."We Are One"4:00
3."Forever and a Day"2:37

Swedish CD maxi and U.K. 7-inch black vinyl

No.TitleLength
1."Gotta Get Away"3:56
2."Smash" (Live version)3:01

Personnel

The Offspring

Charts

Chart (1994–1995)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 53
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [7] 36
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [8] 28
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [9] 21
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [10] 32
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [11] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 37
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] 33
Norway (VG-lista) [14] 18
Scotland (OCC) [15] 46
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [16] 26
UK Singles (OCC) [17] 43
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [18] 1
US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) [19] 58
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [20] 6
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [21] 15

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
EuropeFebruary 2, 1995CD Epitaph [13]
United KingdomAugust 7, 1995
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Out of Step [22]

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