Gotta Get Away

Gotta Get Away

Infobox Single
Name = Gotta Get Away


Caption =
Artist = The Offspring
from Album = Smash
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1995
Format = CD
Recorded = 1994
Genre = Post-grunge, punk rock
Length = 03:53
Label = Epitaph
Writer = Dexter Holland
Producer = Thom Wilson
Certification =
Chart position = * #6 (US Modern Rock)
* #15 (US Mainstream Rock)
* #18 (Norway)
* #26 (Sweden)
* #36 (Austria)
* #41 (Australia)
* #43 (United Kingdom)
Last single = "Self Esteem" (1994)
This single = "Gotta Get Away" (1995)
Next single = "Kick Him When He's Down " (1995)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = Single


Cover size =
Lower caption = Vinyl Cover

"Gotta Get Away" is a song by The Offspring, released as the third single from their breakthrough album "Smash". It is centered around the paranoia of the main character of the song. The song was a modest hit in several countries, but peaked at #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. [The Offspring's Greatest Hits DVD Extra] The lyrics reference the pressure that lead singer Dexter Holland was suffering from to finish the album on time. [The Offspring's Greatest Hits "Gotta Get Away"]

The song had two single covers. The first, the cover for the CD single [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/778430 "Gotta Get Away" 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 [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/393052 "Gotta Get Away" Vinyl] ] , shows the actor from the video standing outside the coliseum, his eyes covered by the song title.

Track listing

CD Single Pressing

# "Gotta Get Away" - 3:56
# "We Are One" – 4:00
# "Forever and a Day" – 2:37

Vinyl Pressing

# "Gotta Get Away" - 3:56
# "Smash" (Live Version) - 3:01

Music Video

The video starts with a boy entering a coliseum where a mosh pit breaks out while the band plays. The video ends with the same boy laying on floor alone. The music video for the song was directed by Samuel Bayer and filmed at the Fairgrounds Coliseum in Salt Lake City, UT on December 17, 1994.

Chart positions

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