| "Walking Away" | ||||
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| Single by Information Society | ||||
| from the album Information Society | ||||
| B-side | "Make It Funky" | |||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
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| Label | Tommy Boy | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Robb | |||
| Producer(s) | Fred Maher | |||
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| "Walking Away" on YouTube | ||||
"Walking Away" is a 1988 song by American synth-pop group, Information Society. Released as a single in late 1988, the song peaked at No. 9 in the United States in February 1989, No. 5 in the Hot Dance Club Play chart and No. 15 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Walking Away" is the second single from the band's eponymous album. The music video was directed by Mark Pellington.
The song contains samples of William Shatner as James T. Kirk saying "It is useless to resist us" from the Star Trek episode, "Mirror, Mirror", and James Doohan as Scotty saying "Let's Go See!" from the Star Trek episode, "Wolf in the Fold".