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"Get Away" is a song by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, written by Georgie Fame (credited under his birth name Clive Powell). Released on the Columbia label, it topped the UK Singles Chart for one week in July 1966.[2][3][1] Some original pressings and reissues, as well as BMI, give its title as a single word, "Getaway".[4][5]

Not to be confused with Getaway (Earth, Wind & Fire song).
"Get Away"
Single by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
B-side"El Bandido" (Powell)
Released1966
Genre
  • R&B
  • pop
Length2:24
LabelColumbia DB7946[1]
Imperial (USA)
Songwriter(s)Clive Powell[1]
Producer(s)Denny Cordell[1]
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames singles chronology
"Something"
(1965)		 "Get Away"
(1966)		 "Sunny"
(1966)

Background


The song was originally written as a jingle for a television advertisement for National petrol.[6][7] The piece was reworked after producer Denny Cordell recognised its potential.[7] Upon release, Norman Jopling and Peter Jones of Record Mirror praised the song's arrangement as "hustle-rhythm, fast-lyricked and with curious and compelling little brass-sax phrase".[8] Fame was pleased with the song's musical balance, telling Disc and Music Echo "I'm still young enough to enjoy rock 'n' roll. I don't want to go out on a limb and play introvert jazz - the jazz I play is very danceable. "Get Away" grooves just as much as some pure rhythm and blues".[9]


Chart performance


"Get Away" was the second number 1 for Fame, following his 1965 chart-topper "Yeh, Yeh".[10] Fame would have a third number 1 single, in January 1968, with "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde".[11] The single was released in the United States on the Imperial label, a subsidiary of Liberty, and reached number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100.[12] Fame's two subsequent singles, "Sunny" and "Sitting in the Park", reached chart positions of number 13 and number 12 respectively. After the album Sweet Things (1966) was released, Fame signed to CBS and became a solo artist.[13] "Get Away" was later used as the theme-tune for a long-running travel and lifestyle show on Australian television called Getaway.

Chart (1966) Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 1
US Billboard Hot 100 70

References


  1. Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. "Georgie Fame - Get Away (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  3. "Georgie Fame". Official Charts. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. "Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames - Getaway / El Bandido - Columbia - UK - DB 7946". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  5. "Getaway (Legal Title)". Repertoire.bmi.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  6. "UKMIX - Articles - Chart Of All Time - 1966". ukmix.org. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  7. Heining, Duncan (20 July 2009). "Fame at last". Record Collector. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (18 June 1966). "Rapid Reviews" (PDF). Record Mirror: 9. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  9. "Finger on Fame" (PDF). 8. 23 July 1966. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  10. George-Warren, Holly et al. (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. p. 324. ISBN 9780743201209. Retrieved 16 June 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  11. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 215. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  12. Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 237. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
  13. "Georgie Fame | Music Biography, Credits and Discography". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-30.


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