"Look Away" | ||||
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Single by Big Country | ||||
from the album The Seer | ||||
Released | 4 April 1986 [1] | |||
Length | 4:23 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Stuart Adamson | |||
Producer(s) | Robin Millar | |||
Big Country singles chronology | ||||
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"Look Away" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country. [2] It was released in April 1986 as the lead single from their third studio album, The Seer . It gave the group their highest-charting single on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 7. "Look Away" was an even bigger success in Ireland, topping the Irish Singles Chart for one week.
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] | 24 |
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles) [4] | 27 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] | 7 |
Ireland (IRMA) [6] | 1 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [7] | 27 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [1] | 14 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [8] | 11 |
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [9] | 11 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] | 18 |
UK Singles (OCC) [11] | 7 |
US Album Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [12] | 5 |
West Germany (GfK) [13] | 19 |
Chart (1986) | Position |
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UK Singles (OCC) [14] | 95 |