Walk Away Renée

E295704
single song

"Walk Away Renée" is a classic 1960s pop ballad, originally by The Left Banke and later famously covered by The Four Tops, known for its lush baroque pop arrangement and melancholic lyrics about lost love.

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Label Occurrences
Walk Away Renée canonical 3
Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina 1
“Walk Away Renée” 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops

The Left Banke ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 15 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 5 ⓘ
composer Michael Brown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredBy Billy Bragg ⓘ
Cyndi Lauper ⓘ
The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops

Linda Ronstadt ⓘ
Marshall Crenshaw ⓘ
Rick Price ⓘ
Terry Reid ⓘ
Vonda Shepard ⓘ
decade 1960s ⓘ
genre baroque pop ⓘ
pop ballad ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasBside I Haven’t Got the Nerve ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
flute ⓘ
harpsichord ⓘ
string arrangement ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Renée ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 2:45 ⓘ
notableFor lush baroque pop arrangement ⓘ
melancholic lyrics ⓘ
originalArtist The Left Banke ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1966 ⓘ
partOfAlbum Walk Away Renée self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina
performer The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops

The Left Banke ⓘ
producer Harry Lookofsky ⓘ
recordLabel Smash Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1966 ⓘ
songwriter Bob Calilli ⓘ
Michael Brown ⓘ
Tony Sansone ⓘ
styleCharacteristic classical-influenced arrangement ⓘ
romantic melancholy mood ⓘ
theme heartbreak ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
writtenIn New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Four Tops → notableWork → Walk Away Renée ⓘ
Walk Away Renée → partOfAlbum → Walk Away Renée self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina
Reach Out → includesSong → Walk Away Renée ⓘ
Levi Stubbs → notableSongPerformance → Walk Away Renée ⓘ
Smash Records → notableRelease → Walk Away Renée ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Walk Away Renée”