"Walk Away" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson on her second album, Breakaway, and was the album's fifth and final single.
In March 2006, the single was certified gold by RIAA and has sold over 500,000 copies in all formats in the United States. As of February 2010, "Walk Away" has sold over 1.1 million digital copies in the U.S.[2]
[edit] Description
Clarkson called "Walk Away" "one of the brighter songs" on Breakaway, and said that "It's just one of those anthem songs where everybody is [bouncing their heads] in the car." She said of its subject matter, "the whole song is just about if it's not working out, then just leave, don't stay and make it worse."[3]
[edit] Chart performance
"Walk Away" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number 97[4] on the chart dated January 21, 2006. "Walk Away" became Breakaway's first release to fail to achieve top ten status on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 12.[5]
In the United Kingdom, where the single's video became available on television music channels seven days before the single release,[citation needed] the song debuted and peaked at number 21, and in Australia, it reached number 27.
[edit] Music video
The music video for "Walk Away" was developed from a treatment Clarkson had written. She relied on Joseph Kahn to direct it.[3] The video premiered on British music channels on March 6, and on TRL and MuchOnDemand on March 7. Of the fifty days it was eligible for the TRL top ten video countdown, it was at number one nineteen times, including on its last day, June 1.[6] The video was voted thirtieth in VH1's "Top 40 Videos of the Year" for 2006.[7]
In the video, alarm clocks wake up several different people. Clarkson is at a radio station singing "Walk Away" live, and various people—including a man showering, a woman at an office, twin brothers, a football player, and a man cleaning his house—are singing along. One man, played by Clarkson's brother Jason, is discovered singing the song in a public restroom. As soon as he is found, he runs out in embarrassment. In his place, the man who found him begins singing along. Another man sings along in a car, and he eventually gets out of the car to dance, holding up traffic. The video is intercut with shots of Clarkson performing the song with a band.
[edit] Charts
[edit] Weekly charts
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[edit] Certifications
| Country |
Certification |
Sales |
| United States |
Gold[12] |
1,094,000[13] |
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-away-r849804
- ^ Moss, Corey. "Bonus SoundScan numbers for Kelly Clarkson, David Cook, more!". USA TODAY. February 14, 2006.
- ^ a b Moss, Corey. "Kelly Clarkson Eyeing Black Eyed Peas For New Album". MTV News. February 14, 2006.
- ^ Clover Hope, "Nelly Nabs Fourth Hot 100 No. 1", Billboard.com, January 12, 2006.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/song/kelly-clarkson/walk-away/7517301
- ^ TRL Archive, June 2006, Popfusion.net.
- ^ http://www.vh1.com/vspot/player.jhtml?id=1547446&launchedFrom=/vspot/index.jhtml VH1.com Retrieved on 04-30-07
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – Kelly Clarkson – Walk Away". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
- ^ "Kelly Clarkson – Walk Away – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Kelly Clarkson – Walk Away". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
- ^ "Kelly Clarkson – Walk Away – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
- ^ "RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Walk%20Away%22. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ "Chart Watch Extra: American Idol's Million-Sellers - Chart Watch". New.music.yahoo.com. 2010-04-30. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/52621/chart-watch-extra-american-idols-million-sellers/. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
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