- Walk Away (Alanis Morissette song)
Infobox Single
Name = Walk Away
Cover size = 152
Artist = Alanis
from Album = Alanis
B-side =
Released = 1991
Format =Promotional single
Recorded = Distortion Studios,Ottawa
Genre = Pop/Dance
Length = 4:51
Label = MCA
MCAD91109
Writer = Alanis,Leslie Howe , Louise Reny, Frank Levin
Producer = Leslie Howe
Chart position =- #35 (
Canada )
Last single = "Too Hot "
(1991)
This single = "Walk Away"
(1991)
Next single = "Feel Your Love "
(1991)"Walk Away" is a pop-dance song co-written by
Alanis Morissette ,Leslie Howe , Louise Reny and Frank Levin, and produced by Howe for Morissette's debut album "Alanis" (1991). Its protagonist sends a warning to her boyfriend who "never think [s] twice before [he] break all the rules", telling him "I'll walk away and say good bye if you don't want me anymore ... if I don't get the love we had before". It was released to radio and television as the album's second single in 1991 (see1991 in music ), but it was not given a commercial release. The single's video featuresMatt LeBlanc as Morissette's boyfriend who arrives late for a date with her, and it includes scenes in which Morissette dances. Thepromotional single for the song includes aradio edit only."Walk Away" was one of the
demo recording s Leslie Howe and Morissette created with keyboardist Serge Côté in the studio, after Howe and her entertainment manager Stephan Klovan had decided to try to secure a record contract for her.Kawashima, Dale. [http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/alanis.html "Great Publishing Story: John Alexander & Alanis Morissette"] . "Songwriter Universe Magazine". RetrievedAugust 20 2006 .] Howe and Klovan funded an expensive promotional video for the song that was filmed inParis, France ; it featured Morissette playing in a fountain near theEiffel Tower . [ [http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/M/Morissette_Alanis.html "Alanis Morissette - Biography"] . "The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia". RetrievedAugust 20 2006 .] [Johnson, Brian D. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0011916 "Morissette, Alanis"] . "Maclean's ".March 8 1999 . RetrievedAugust 20 2006 .] In 1988 Howe sent the video to Alexander, who was impressed by it and subsequently helped secure publishing and record deals for Morissette.Credits
* Produced, engineered and mixed by
Leslie Howe for Ghetto Records
* Keyboards by Serge Côté
* Drum programming,guitar and additional keyboards by Leslie "Bud" Howe
* All vocals by Alanis Morissette
* Recorded at Distortion Studios inOttawa ,Canada Notes
References
* [http://www.geocities.com/alanisdisco/singlesth.html "Alanis Morissette Discography - Walk Away"] .
GeoCities : alanisdisco. RetrievedAugust 20 2006 .
* [http://web.vip.hr/alanis.vip/early.htm "Early Releases"] . Vip portal. RetrievedAugust 20 2006 .
*Unknown (1991). In "Alanis" [CD liner notes] . Canada:MCA Records .- #35 (
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