# "Go Away, Get Away" from Arrested Development

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 16, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-get-away-from-arrested-development/816221 "2018-06-16T20:36:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-get-away-from-arrested-development/816221/1 "2018-06-16T20:36:10Z")

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I just rewatched Arrested Development season 4, and caught the Mark Cherry “song” “Go Away, Get Away” which is now stuck in my head. And it sounds familiar.

As far as I can tell, it’s just a fragment of a song that they wrote for the episode. But it sounds _exactly_ like something Tony Burrows\* would have written.

Is there a specific song they’re parodying? Or is it just an utterly brilliant pastiche of early '70s bubblegum/pop music?

\*Guy from the early ‘70s. He had a ton of gold records, but he kept changing his band’s name. He did (among others) “Beach Baby”, “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”, "My Baby Loves Lovin’", etc.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-get-away-from-arrested-development/816221/2 "2018-06-16T20:40:10Z")

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Great, now it’s stuck in my mind too.

It’s not a fragment though - they wrote a whole song; here are the lyrics [Getaway | Arrested Development Wiki | Fandom](http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Getaway)

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-away-get-away-from-arrested-development/816221/3 "2018-06-16T23:05:02Z")

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> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> Great, now it’s stuck in my mind too.
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> It’s not a fragment though - they wrote a whole song; here are the lyrics [Getaway | Arrested Development Wiki | Fandom](http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Getaway)

[And here is the song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abOxrx8gfUk)