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"Gone Away" is a song by American punk rock band the Offspring. Written by the band's singer, Dexter Holland, it is the seventh track on the band's fourth studio album, Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), and was released as its second single. It also appears as the sixth track on Greatest Hits (2005). A piano version of the song features as the eleventh track on the group's tenth studio album Let The Bad Times Roll (2021).

"Gone Away"
Single by the Offspring
from the album Ixnay on the Hombre
B-side	"D.U.I"
Released	March 24, 1997
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alternative rock[1]
Length	4:28
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Dexter Holland
Producer(s)	Dave Jerden[2]
The Offspring singles chronology
"All I Want" (1997) "Gone Away" (1997) "The Meaning of Life" (1997)

The song became the Offspring's first No. 1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, while reaching No. 4 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. Through 2009, the band played "Gone Away" with Holland performing on piano throughout Europe and the United States. Two of the tracks from this single ("D.U.I." and "Hey Joe") appear on the band's 2010 compilation album, Happy Hour!.

Track listing

CD single

7" black vinyl

Promo CD

Sales

The single reached Gold in Australia, selling 35,000 copies.

Music video

The music video, shot in grainy quality, was directed by Nigel Dick[4] and was filmed on February 11, 1997 at the Morrell Meat Building in Los Angeles. [5] It shows the band playing in a dark, and apparently abandoned slaughterhouse. Dexter Holland, for most of the video, sings to a shining hanging light bulb. He is the only band member to interact with this bulb, though other lightbulbs are shown in each band member's respective rooms. Dexter also sings into a suspended microphone which is also used in the video; it swings back and forth as the video fades to black.

DVD appearances

The music video appears on the Complete Music Video Collection DVD, released in 2005. The DVD also contains a storyboard version of the video (with the storyboard playing over top the music video).

Rock Band

The song was made available as downloadable content in the Rock Band series on October 7, 2008. It appeared in the first Offspring pack along with "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" and "Self Esteem".

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[17]	Gold	35,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notable cover versions

• Five Finger Death Punch covered the song on their 2017 compilation album, A Decade of Destruction, and on their 2018 studio album, And Justice for None. Their version peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in April 2018.[18]
• Midwife covered a version of the song named 2020 on her 2021 studio album, Luminol, which borrows the same chords and mainly consists of the chorus of the song.[19]

References

External links

• "Gone Away" Official music video on YouTube

На других языках

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[de] Gone Away

Gone Away (englisch etwa für „von uns gegangen“) ist ein Lied der US-amerikanischen Punk-Rock-Band The Offspring. Der Song ist die zweite Singleauskopplung ihres vierten Studioalbums Ixnay on the Hombre und wurde am 24. März 1997 veröffentlicht.

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- [en] Gone Away (song)

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[es] Gone Away

«Gone Away» es una canción de la banda estadounidense de punk rock The Offspring. Es la canción número siete en su cuarto disco de estudio Ixnay on the Hombre, publicado en 1997, y fue lanzada como el segundo sencillo del álbum. "Gone Away" también aparece como la sexta canción en su álbum recopilatorio Greatest Hits, que fue lanzado en 2005. La canción fue escrita por el vocalista Dexter Holland, después de haber vivido una experiencia cercana a la muerte en un tiroteo en el que se vio inmerso junto con su mujer. No obstante, la leyenda urbana tras ella es que la escribió después de perder a su novia en un accidente automovilístico.[1] Una versión para piano de la canción aparecerá como la undécima pista de su décimo álbum de estudio del grupo, Let the Bad Times Roll (2021).

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[ru] Gone Away

Gone Away — песня американской рок-группы The Offspring. Песня является седьмым треком с четвёртого студийного альбома Ixnay on the Hombre, а также вторым синглом с него. Песня также вошла в сборник лучших песен группы Greatest Hits.

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