Walkin' Away (Clint Black song)

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"Walkin' Away"
Single by Clint Black
from the album Killin' Time
B-side"Straight from the Factory"
ReleasedFebruary 19, 1990
GenreCountry
Length2:47
LabelRCA Nashville 2520
Songwriter(s)Clint Black, Hayden Nicholas, Dick Gay
Producer(s)James Stroud, Mark Wright
Clint Black singles chronology
"Nobody's Home"
(1989)
"Walkin' Away"
(1990)
"Nothing's News"
(1990)

"Walkin' Away" is a song by American country music artist Clint Black. It was written Black, Hayden Nicholas, Black's electric guitarist and Dick Gay, his drummer. It was released in February 1990 as the fourth single from his album, Killin' Time. The song was his fourth consecutive number-one hit on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[1]

Music video[edit]

The music video, directed by Jim May and produced by Mary Matthews, features people on a merry go round with Clint singing in the shadows.

Chart performance[edit]

"Walkin' Away" spent two consecutive weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart beginning May 19, 1990. It spent the next two weeks at number 1 on the Canadian RPM charts.

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1990) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 3
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 5

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1249." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 2, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "Clint Black Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  5. ^ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2013.