Running the Endless Mile is the second album by John Parr, released in 1986. The lead single "Blame It on the Radio" reached U.S. #88, the only song to reach the U.S. singles charts. The first track on the album, "Two Hearts", was taken from the soundtrack to the film American Anthem. However, an earlier soundtrack hit, Parr's #1 hit of the previous summer "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" from the film of the same title (and also on the Atlantic label) was not included on this album, which may have limited its sales (the album failed to crack the Top 200 in the U.S.). Instead, a song that was on his first album, "Don't Leave Your Mark on Me" was repeated in a different version.
Background
Running the Endless Mile was recorded in various studios over a period of five months in 1986. Parr told Billboard in 1986, "I needed to have an album out this year because it's been two years since my last one. The only way to do it was in between promotion and gigs in Europe. So wherever I wrote, I recorded at the same time."[4]
^Dome, Malcolm (30 October 1986). "John Parr 'Running the Endless Mile'". Kerrang!. Vol. 132. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. pp. 20–21.
^Moleski, Linda (27 December 1986). "John Parr , a man in motion, has new LP". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 52. Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 34. ISSN0006-2510.
