Walking Away (Information Society song)

"Walking Away" is a 1988 song by American synthpop group Information Society. Released as a single in late 1988, the song peaked at No. 9 in the United States in February 1989 and No. 5 in the Hot Dance Club Play chart. "Walking Away" is the second single from the band's eponymous album. "Walking Away" reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 15 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The music video was directed by Mark Pellington.

The song contains samples of William Shatner as James T. Kirk saying "It is useless to resist us" from the Star Trek episode, "Mirror, Mirror", and James Doohan as Scotty saying "Let's Go See!" from the Star Trek episode, "Wolf in the Fold".

Track listings

EP

"Walking Away" (S.M.D. Mix) - 7:09
"Walking Away" (House Dub) - 6:09
"Walking Away" (Radio Version) - 3:59

12" single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Walking Away" (Space Age Mix)	6:36
2.	"Space Age Dub"	7:57
3.	"Make It funkier" (Boot It Up Vocal)	2:56
4.	"Walking Away" (S.M.D. mix)	7:09
5.	"Walking Away" (House Dub)	6:09
6.	"Walking Away" (Radio Version)	3:59

CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Walking Away" (Radio Version)	3:58
2.	"Walking Away" (LP Version)	5:01
3.	"Walking Away" (Space Age Mix)	6:36
4.	"Walking Away" (S.M.D. mix)	7:08

Charts

Chart (1988/1989)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[1]	9
US Hot Dance Music/Club Play^[1]	5
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales^[1]	1
US Hot Black Singles^[1]	64
US Modern Rock Tracks^[1]	15

References

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http://www.billboard.com/artist/303810/information+society/chart

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Information Society

Paul Robb James Cassidy Kurt Harland Amanda Kramer Mariuccia Nocera Christopher Anton

Studio albums	Information Society (1988) Hack (1990) Peace and Love, Inc. (1992) Don't Be Afraid (1997) Synthesizer (2007) Hello World (2014) Orders of Magnitude (2016)

Compilations	InSoc Recombinant (1999) strange haircuts // cardboard guitars // and computer samples (2001) Pure Energy (2004) Apocryphon: Electro Roots 1982–1985 (2008) Energize! Classic Remixes, Vol. 1 (2011) Engage! Classic Remixes, Vol. 2 (2014) Encode! Classic Remixes, Vol. 3 (2015)

Extended plays	The InSoc EP (1983) Creatures of Influence (1984) Oscillator (2007) Modulator (2009) Land of the Blind (2014)

Singles	"Running" "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" "Walking Away" "Repetition" "Lay All Your Love on Me" "Think" "Are 'Friends' Electric?"

Related	Discography

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