"Gotta Get Away" is a song by American rock band

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. It is the fourth track and third single from their breakthrough album, '' Smash'' (1994). The song was a modest hit in several countries, but peaked at No. 6 on Billboard's Modern Rock charts. "Gotta Get Away" was inspired by an early track, "Cogs", written while the band was still named Manic Subsidal. 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 "

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". The song had 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" 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 their ''

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'' (2005).

Content

The lyrics refer to the pressure that lead singer

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was under to finish the album on time.

Track listing

CD single

Sweden CD maxi and U.K. 7" black vinyl

Music video

The video starts with a boy entering a coliseum where a

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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 for the song was directed by

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and filmed at the Fairgrounds Coliseum in

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on December 17, 1994.The Offspring's official Twitter account
posted and fetched on 17 December 2014.

DVD appearances

The music video also appears on the ''

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'' DVD, released in 2005.

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control The Offspring songs 1995 singles Music videos directed by Samuel Bayer Songs written by Dexter Holland 1994 songs