If You Go Away (New Kids on the Block song)

"If You Go Away"
Single by NKOTB
from the album H.I.T.S./Face the Music
Released	December 2, 1991 (1991-12-02)[1]
Genre	R&B, pop, soul
Length	5:28
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	John Bettis, Trey Lorenz, Walter Afanasieff
Producer(s)	Walter Afanasieff
NKOTB singles chronology
"Baby, I Believe in You" (1991) "If You Go Away" (1991) "Dirty Dawg" (1993)

"If You Go Away" is a song by American pop group New Kids on the Block (although the group was credited under the moniker of NKOTB on the jacket.) Released as a stand-alone single on 1992, the only new song on the compilation H.I.T.S., it was later included on their 1994 album Face the Music. Written by John Bettis, Trey Lorenz and Walter Afanasieff, the latter of whom also served as the songs producer. Lead vocals are shared by Jordan Knight and Joey McIntyre, with a spoken word by Danny Wood. It was, at that point, the first song the group put out after having split with longtime manager and producer Maurice Starr.