"Slide Away" was a single by the British 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 proper, 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 90s alternative rock festival, Lollapalooza, in the following year, 1994. The tour was disastrous for the group as lead singer Richard Ashcroft was hospitalized for dehydration, due to an overdose of ecstasy.
However, following this setback, The Verve's next hits charted between #20 and #40 up until 1997, when the world-acclaimed hit "Bittersweet Symphony" charted at #2.
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 thriller "The New Age". It was also used in an episode of the American television show House M.D.
