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"Run Runaway" is a song by British rock band Slade, released in 1984 as the third single from the band's 11th studio album, The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome, and as the lead single from the album's US counterpart, Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply. The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea and produced by John Punter.
"Run Runaway" was released first in America in March 1984. [3] The song's music video received heavy rotation on MTV, and "Run Runaway" went on to reach No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Rock Tracks chart. The album, Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply, was released in April, reaching No. 33 on the Billboard 200.
The remaining eight tracks were previously recorded songs from the band's catalogue, including the new single "Do You Believe in Miracles". The album was a success in the UK, where it reached No. 34 and was certified Gold. The later 1999 release Slade's Crazee Christmas would chart several times on the UK Budget Albums Chart between 2001-05. [2]
In 2019, Taylor Swift released the upbeat pop song “London Boy.” Five years later, she’s saying “so long” to the city with her new song “So Long London.”
Beginnings (as Ambrose Slade) John Kay, Gabriel Mekler: Everyday: 1974 Old New Borrowed and Blue Holder, Lea Evil Witchman 1966 B-Side of "You Better Run" single (as The 'N Betweens) Kim Fowley, Powell, Hill, Holder, Lea Far Far Away: 1974 Slade in Flame: Holder, Lea Find Yourself a Rainbow 1974 Old New Borrowed and Blue Holder, Lea Fly Me High ...
"Far Far Away" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1974 as the lead single from the band's first soundtrack album and fifth studio album Slade in Flame, in promotion of the upcoming film of the same name. [2] The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler.
Holder, who finished the lyrics, originally changed "Gudbuy T'Jane" to "Hello T'Jane". However, Lea felt his original idea sounded better. The titular character was based on a real-life woman who demonstrated a sex machine on an American TV show on which the band appeared. When recording the song, the band settled on their second take.
The song is known for being quoted or adapted in various contexts: The parody "There Is a Boarding-House" by Mark Twain appears in his novel The American Claimant (1892); It is a favorite song of Krazy Kat, the main character from George Herriman's eponymous newspaper comic strip (1913-1944), where the song's opening verse is often willingly misspelled as "There is a heppy lend fur fur away...