"Never Turn Away" is a song by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on 29 October 1984 as the fourth and final single from their fifth studio album, Junk Culture (1984).
The short tour, intended to re-establish the band after the commercial flop of Dazzle Ships earlier in the year, also featured other new songs which would appear on the Junk Culture album in 1984, as well as the future "Never Turn Away" B-side "Wrappup".
Reading Eagle writer Carl Brown Jr. named "Never Turn Away" as the standout track from Junk Culture, calling it "a soft, subtle song that succeeds from both a melodic and lyrical viewpoint".
[2] Conversely, Smash Hits reviewer and Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant – otherwise a proponent of OMD – described the track as "sad, drifting music" and "boring".
"Wrappup" is available on the bonus disc of the 2015 deluxe re-issue of Junk Culture, although on initial pressings "All Wrapped Up" was included in its place by mistake.