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"Run Runaway" is a hard rock song performed by the English band Slade. The song was written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and was on their 1983 album ''The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome''. It reached No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart,〔(UK Singles Chart info from chartstats.com ) Retrieved 22 April 2009.〕 and proved to be the band's last U.K. Top 10 hit single. The ''Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome'' album was released in 1984 in the United States with a different track listing under the title ''Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply''. That same year, the single "Run Runaway" became the band's biggest American hit, benefiting from heavy play on MTV, peaking at No. 20 and spending a total of eight weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100's Top 40. It was also number one for two weeks on the ''Billboard'' Top Tracks chart.〔Whitburn, Joel (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 579.〕 The single was included on Canada's official 'Top 100 Singles of 1984' chart, where Run Runaway peaked at No. 84. The melody is inspired by the hymn "There Is a Happy Land." Holder himself summed the song up as "a rocky Scottish jig." Dave Thompson, from allmusic described the song as "building on the anthemic power of the earlier "My Oh My" - itself their biggest U.K. single in nine years - "Run Runaway" is raucous chanting, swirling guitars, wild violin, and even a taste of heavy metal bagpipes, helped along by a drum sound that is pure early '80s." After being asked for his favourite Slade song, vocalist Noddy Holder replied that although "Far Far Away" was his favourite, hearing "Run Runaway" on the radio a few days before the interview really knocked him out.〔http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/4406431_orig.jpg〕〔Slade International Fan Club newsletter July - August - September 1987〕 For the September–December 1986 Slade fan club magazine, Lea was interviewed and was asked to share where he was when he wrote various Slade tracks. For "Run Runaway," Lea stated it was written whilst he was holding a conversation with someone. In a mid-1989 Slade fan club magazine interview, Don Powell was asked if there was a Slade track that he felt was one of the band's best efforts on record. Powell replied stated that "Standin' On The Corner" from the 1975 album ''Slade in Flame'' was a favourite. Powell also stated ''"The 12" version of Run Runaway, I liked doing that one as well."''〔http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/7313430_orig.jpg〕〔2nd Slade International Fan Club newsletter April - May - June 1989〕 In the September–December 1986 Slade fan club magazine, the poll results were announced for the 1986 opinion poll based on Slade’s material. For the best single of the 80s, "Run Runaway" placed at No. 2. The song is played frequently at UMass-Amherst basketball games. ==Promotion== A music video was created for the single, filmed at Eastnor Castle in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England. The track was also performed on many UK TV shows including Top of the Pops, Hall of Fame and a filmed performance at the Rhyl Sun Centre. The song was also performed on an unknown German TV show, an unknown Swedish TV show along with My Oh My and on an unknown European TV show. The track was performed at Montreux Festival in 1984 along with "Slam the Hammer Down." In America, the song was also performed with the 1984 hit single "My Oh My" on American Bandstand. In 1985, the band performed the song on the UK show Saturday Live along with the newer single "7 Year Bitch." This performance featured live vocals and a different backing track for both songs. In 1987, the band mimed the song on the UK show The Tom O'Connor Show, along with the band's current single of the time, "Still the Same." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Run Runaway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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