Gone Away (song)

"Gone Away"
Single by the Offspring
from the album Ixnay on the Hombre
B-side	"D.U.I"
Released	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)

"Gone Away" is a song by American 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).

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!.