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Get Away (Georgie Fame song)

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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. Some original pressings and reissues, as well as BMI, give its title as a single word, "'Getaway'".

Background



The song was originally written as a jingle for a television advertisement for National petrol. The piece was reworked after producer Denny Cordell recognised its potential. 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". 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".

Chart performance



"Get Away" was the second number 1 for Fame, following his 1965 chart-topper "Yeh, Yeh". Fame would have a third number 1 single, in January 1968, with "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde".

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. 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. "Get Away" was later used as the theme-tune for a long-running travel and lifestyle show on Australian television called 'Getaway'.

References



Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles

Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles

Category:1966 singles

Category:Georgie Fame songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Denny Cordell

Category:1966 songs

Category:Columbia Graphophone Company singles

Category:Imperial Records singles


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