"Gotta Get Away" was the third single from The Offspring's breakthrough album "Smash". It is centered around the paranoia of the main character of the song. The song was a decent hit and still receives airplay today. Gotta Get Away was inspired by a previous track, called Cogs, when The Offspring were called Manic Subsidal. This is mentioned on the Greatest Hits bonus DVD, in an interview between Noodles and Dexter, along with the fact that it was the last song Dexter wrote for the album, and at the time was suffering from a lot of pressure due to the upcoming deadline.