| "Keep Away" | ||||
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| Single by Godsmack | ||||
| from the album Godsmack | ||||
| Released | June 10, 1999 | |||
| Length | 4:50 | |||
| Label | Republic/Universal | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sully Erna | |||
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"Keep Away" is a song by American rock band Godsmack. It was released as the second single from the band's album. Godsmack. [1] An acoustic version was included on The Other Side . A live version is included on the album from Woodstock 1999 . It also appears in the final moments of "The Fly", the sixth episode of the FX television series Alien: Earth .
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The song brought early attention to the band: [1] "With driving guitars, a sinister sounding vocal and aggressive chorus, the song connected with listeners and the Godsmack ascension was starting to take place. The song would impact radio in June 1999 and followed a more direct trajectory up the charts". [1] The song's writer, band member Sully Erna, described the song as being "about hope -- hope to get the bitch out of my life". [1]
