"Gotta Get Away (Offspring Song)"
Single by The Offspring
from the album Smash
Released	1995
Format	CD
Recorded	1994
Genre	Grunge Punk rock
Length	3:53
Label	Epitaph
Writer(s)	Dexter Holland
Producer	Thom Wilson
The Offspring singles chronology
"Self Esteem" (1994) "Gotta Get Away" (1995) "Smash It Up" (1995)
Alternate Cover Vinyl Cover

"Gotta Get Away" is a song by The Offspring, released as the third single from their breakthrough album Smash (1994). 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.^[1] The lyrics refer to the pressure that lead singer Dexter Holland was under to finish the album on time.^[2]

The song had two single covers. The first, the cover for the CD single^[3], 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^[4], shows the actor from the video standing outside the coliseum, his eyes covered by the song title.

The song also appears as the fourth track on their Greatest Hits (2005).

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 CD single 1.2 Vinyl 2 Music video 2.1 DVD appearances 3 Chart positions 4 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD single

[edit] Vinyl

[edit] Music video

The video starts with a boy entering a coliseum where a mosh pit breaks out while the band plays. It is almost entirely in black and white. 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.

[edit] DVD appearances

The music video also appears on the Complete Music Video Collection DVD. It was released in 2005.

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	6
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	15
Australian Singles Chart	41
Austrian Singles Chart	36
Norweigan Singles Chart	18
Swedish Singles Chart	26
UK Singles Chart	43

[edit] References

v • d • e The Offspring Dexter Holland • Noodles • Greg K. • Pete Parada Ron Welty • Atom Willard • James Lilja • Jim Benton • Doug Thompson Studio albums The Offspring • Ignition • Smash • Ixnay on the Hombre • Americana • Conspiracy of One • Splinter • Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace EPs Baghdad • They Were Born to Kill • Club Me • A Piece of Americana Compilations The Offspring Collection • Greatest Hits Videos and DVDs Americana • Huck It • Complete Music Video Collection Singles "I'll Be Waiting/Blackball" • "Come Out and Play" • "Self Esteem" • "Gotta Get Away" • "Smash It Up" • "All I Want" • "Gone Away" • "Cool to Hate" • "The Meaning of Life" • "I Choose" • "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" • "Why Don't You Get a Job?" • "The Kids Aren't Alright" • "She's Got Issues" • "Original Prankster" • "Want You Bad" • "Million Miles Away" • "Defy You" • "Hit That" • "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" • "Spare Me the Details" • "Can't Repeat" • "Hammerhead" • "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" • "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" • "Half-Truism" Related articles Discography • Awards • Epitaph Records • Nitro Records • Columbia Records • Punk rock in California Related bands Angels & Airwaves • Face to Face • Saves the Day • Steady Ground