Walking_Away_(Information_Society_song)

Walking Away (Information Society song)

Walking Away (Information Society song)

1988 single by Information Society


"Walking Away" is a 1988 song by American synth-pop group, Information Society. Released as a single in late 1988, the song peaked at No. 9 in the United States in February 1989, No. 5 in the Hot Dance Club Play chart and No. 15 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Walking Away" is the second single from the band's eponymous album. The music video was directed by Mark Pellington.

Quick Facts Single by Information Society, from the album Information Society ...

The song contains samples of William Shatner as James T. Kirk saying "It is useless to resist us" from the Star Trek episode, "Mirror, Mirror", and James Doohan as Scotty saying "Let's Go See!" from the Star Trek episode, "Wolf in the Fold".

Background

Singer Paul Robb said,

"Walking Away" was a song where I sat down and said, "I want to write a song that's kind of like "What's on Your Mind," but it's going to be directed to some former members of our band who had sort of quit the band at an importune moment. As a matter of fact, they both quit right before we made it big with "Running." So if you listen to the lyrics of "Walking Away," it's basically just someone complaining about people who left. That's because that's exactly what it is. It's a very transparent song - there's no deep meanings in that one.[1]

Track listings

EP

  1. "Walking Away" (S.M.D. Mix) – 7:09
  2. "Walking Away" (House Dub) – 6:09
  3. "Walking Away" (Radio Version) – 3:59

12" single

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CD single

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Charts

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References

  1. Prato, Greg (March 16, 2016). "Paul Robb of Information Society : Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts.com. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  2. "Cash Box Top 100 2/25/89". Cashboxmagazine.com.
  3. "Barry's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n roll Music Chart Hits". Hitsofalldecades.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  4. "RPM Weekly" (PDF). March 18, 1989. p. 6. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  5. "RPM Weekly" (PDF). February 18, 1989. p. 14. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  6. "RPM Weekly" (PDF). March 11, 1989. p. 6. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

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