| Slide Away | |
| Cover: | Slideawayverve.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Verve |
| Album: | A Storm in Heaven |
| Released: | 20 September 1993 |
| Studio: | Sawmills |
| Length: | 4:03 |
| Label: | Hut |
| Producer: | John Leckie |
| Prev Title: | Blue |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | This Is Music |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
"Slide Away" is a song by the English rock band the Verve. It scraped the top 100 in the UK singles chart, peaking at #98. The song was taken from the band's first album A Storm in Heaven. Although the single was not a success on the conventional charts, the song shot straight to the top of US Indie Rock charts throughout 1993, and due to the popularity of the song The Verve were invited onto the successful 1990s alternative rock festival, Lollapalooza, in the following year, 1994.
In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Slide Away" at number 82 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
"Slide Away" was used in the 1994 film The New Age.[1] It was also used in the episode "Ugly" of the American television series House M.D.[2]
The music video features the band walking and hitchhiking through a rural area. Later on, the band plays inside a brothel. The video ends with the band socializing with the prostitutes.
In 1994, "Slide Away" was released for the American market - with a different track listing. The single was distributed by American label Vernon Yard Recordings.