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| B-side = "Sexy Boy" | | B-side = "Sexy Boy" | | ||
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| Chart position = * #13 <small> (])</small> | | |||
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| Last single = "]"<br/>(2005) | | Last single = "]"<br/>(2005) | | ||
| This single = "Walk Away"<br/>(2005) | | This single = "'''Walk Away'''"<br/>(2005) | | ||
| Next single = "]"<br/>(2006) | | Next single = "]"<br/>(2006) | | ||
| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | ||
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"Walk Away" is a song by Scottish alternative rock band Franz Ferdinand and is featured on their second album, You Could Have It So Much Better. It was released 5 December 2005 as the second single from that album in the UK, entering the UK Singles Chart at #13 a week later (see 2005 in British music).
The riff of the song it's similar to the Kraftwerk song "Das Model".
It was written in autumn 2004 in Hamburg. The video for the song premiered 4 November 2005 on Channel 4.
During the Exit festival in Novi Sad, Serbia on 6th of July 2006 Alexander Kapranos explained that the song was dedicated to Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian-Bosnian assassin who shot the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He said: "Serbians! There's one Serbian who's particularly dear to us. His name is Gavrilo Princip. This song is dedicated to him!" .
Track listings
All tracks written by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, except where noted.
- 7" RUG215
- "Walk Away" - 3:36
- "The Fallen" (acoustic version) - 2:44
- CD RUG215CD
- "Walk Away" - 3:36
- "Sexy Boy" (Air Cover) (Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Nicolas Godin) - 3:40
- DVD RUG215DVD
- "Walk Away" (video)
- "Walk Away" (making of video)
- "This Boy" (live in Edinburgh)
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