Look Away (Big Country song)

"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

Weekly charts

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

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

References

  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.
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