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Look Away (Big Country song)

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"Look Away"
Single by Big Country
from the album The Seer
Released4 April 1986 (1986-04-04)[1]
Length4:23
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Stuart Adamson
Producer(s)Robin Millar
Big Country singles chronology
"Just a Shadow"
(1985)
"Look Away"
(1986)
"The Teacher"
(1986)

"Look Away" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country.[2] It was released in April 1986 as the lead single from their third studio album, The Seer. It gave the group their highest-charting single on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 7. "Look Away" was an even bigger success in Ireland, topping the Irish Singles Chart for one week.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 24
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[4] 27
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 7
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 27
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[1] 14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 11
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 18
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 7
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[11] 5
West Germany (GfK)[12] 19

Year-end charts

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Chart (1986) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 95

References

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  1. ^ a b "Big Country – Look Away" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  2. ^ "The Seer – Big Country | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "European Top 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 3, no. 22. 7 June 1986. p. 13.
  5. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Look Away". Irish Singles Chart.
  7. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 23, 1986" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Big Country – Look Away". Top 40 Singles.
  9. ^ "Big Country – Look Away". Swiss Singles Chart.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. ^ "Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. 19 July 1986. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Big Country – Look Away" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  13. ^ "Top 100 Singles". Music Week. 24 January 1987. p. 24.