"Walkin' Away" is a song by American country music artist Clint Black. It was written Black,

Hayden Nicholas James Hayden Nicholas is a country guitarist and songwriter. Nicholas grew up in the Houston, Texas area. In the early 1980s, he was a member of the band Revolver, headlined by Tim McCrary, which played extensively in Texas. After a stint livi ...

, Black's electric guitarist and Dick Gay, his drummer. It was released in February 1990 as the fourth single from his album, '' Killin' Time''. The song was his fourth consecutive number-one hit on both the ''

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

chart and the Canadian ''

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'' Country Tracks chart.

Music video

The music video, directed by Jim May and produced by Mary Matthews, features people on a

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with Clint singing in the shadows.

Chart performance

"Walkin' Away" spent two consecutive weeks at number 1 on the Billboard

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chart beginning May 19, 1990. It spent the next two weeks at number 1 on the Canadian ''RPM'' charts.

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walkin' Away (Clint Black song) 1990 singles Clint Black songs Songs written by Clint Black Songs written by Hayden Nicholas Song recordings produced by James Stroud Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer) RCA Records singles 1989 songs