"Look Away" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country. It was released in April 1986 as the lead single from their third studio album, The Seer. It gave the group their highest-charting single on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 7. "Look Away" was an even bigger success in Ireland, topping the Irish Singles Chart for one week.
The single version of the song was mixed by Robin Millar, but the album version was mixed by Walter Turbitt, as were all the other songs on the released version of The Seer.
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Inspiration
The lyrics to the song were inspired by the 1982 film Harry Tracy, Desperado, about the outlaw Harry Tracy.