Go Away (Weezer song)

"Go Away"
Promotional single by Weezer featuring Bethany Cosentino
from the album Everything Will Be Alright in the End
Released	July 24, 2015
Recorded	2014
Genre	Alternative rock, power pop
Length	3:13
Label	Republic
Songwriter(s)	Rivers Cuomo, Bethany Cosentino
Producer(s)	Ric Ocasek

"Go Away" is a song by the American rock band Weezer. It was released as a promotional single from their ninth studio album Everything Will Be Alright in the End on July 24, 2015, along with a music video. The song has mostly been positively received being compared to Weezer's older work.

"Go Away" features vocals from Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast fame. The song contains fuzzy chords, a 1960s-influenced pop melody, grunge-influenced guitars and a doo-wop chord progression. The song's genre has been described as alternative rock and power pop.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic and Mische Pearlman from NME considers "Go Away" to be the highlight track from Everything Will Be Alright in the End. Similar to the album's fellow single Back to the Shack, Colin Stutz of Spin praised the song as being "catchy and familiar [to Weezer's older material]." The song was also included at number 9 in the list of the 21 best post-Pinkerton Weezer songs by Spin, with author Andrew Unterberger opining "Their voices sound spectacular together, and the two do a credible job of maintaining a "Sometimes Always"-type push-pull dynamic over sunsoaked guitars and Patrick Wilson’s wave-crashing drums." At PopMatters, Evan Sawdy stated "it feels like [Rivers Cuomo] in his comfort zone: solid-but-not-extraordinary hooks, semi-predictable lyrics, but an overall sense of fun that doesn’t feel as forced as it did on Raditude or Hurley." in regards of the song. By contrast, Paste writer Tyler Kane compared it to Weezer's more recent material, describing it as having "over-glossy approach" and "over-thought" lyrics.

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