Walk Away (Franz Ferdinand song)

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"Walk Away"
Franz Ferdinand - Walk Away.jpg
Single by Franz Ferdinand
from the album You Could Have It So Much Better
B-side "Sexy Boy"
Released5 December 2005 (2005-12-05) [1]
Genre Indie rock [2]
Length3:36
Label Domino
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Rich Costey
Franz Ferdinand singles chronology
"Do You Want To"
(2005)
"Walk Away"
(2005)
"The Fallen"
(2006)
Music video
"Walk Away" on YouTube

"Walk Away" is a song by Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand and is featured on their second album, You Could Have It So Much Better . It was released 5 December 2005 as the second single from that album in the United Kingdom, entering the UK Singles Chart at number 13 a week later.

Contents

Track listings

All tracks were written by Franz Ferdinand, except where noted.

7-inch(RUG215)

  1. "Walk Away" – 3:36
  2. "The Fallen" (acoustic version) – 2:44

CD(RUG215CD)

  1. "Walk Away" – 3:36
  2. "Sexy Boy" (Air cover) (Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Nicolas Godin) – 3:40

DVD(RUG215DVD)

  1. "Walk Away" (video)
  2. "Walk Away" (making of video)
  3. "This Boy" (live in Edinburgh)

2011 digital reissue(DOMDIG009)

  1. "Walk Away" – 3:36
  2. "The Fallen" (acoustic version) – 2:44
  3. "Sexy Boy" (Air cover) (Dunckel, Godin) – 3:40
  4. "Walk Away" (acoustic version) – 3:38

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [3] 8
Germany (Official German Charts) [4] 96
Ireland (IRMA) [5] 46
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] 84
Poland (ZPAV) [7] 7
Scotland (OCC) [8] 9
Switzerland Airplay (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 69
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 13
UK Indie (OCC) [11] 3
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [12] 139

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