Runaway (Jefferson Starship song)

"Runaway"
US variant of standard artwork
Single by Jefferson Starship
from the album Earth
B-side"Hot Water"
ReleasedMay 1978
GenreRock, soft rock
Length
  • 5:18
  • 3:40 (single edit)
LabelGrunt
Songwriter(s)N.Q. Dewey
Producer(s)Larry Cox
Jefferson Starship singles chronology
"Count On Me"
(1978) 		"Runaway"
(1978) 		"Crazy Feelin'"
(1978)

"Runaway" is a 1978 song and single by Jefferson Starship, written by Nicholas Q. Dewey for the album Earth. It was the second U.S. Top 40 hit from that album, and was the follow-up to the Top 10 hit "Count On Me". The song peaked at #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on the Cash Box Top 100.

Cash Box said that "the guitar work is shiny and moody" and "Balin's vocals are alternately smooth and gritty."[1] Record World said that it "finds Marty Balin in fine voice, even sounding a bit like Al Green at times."[2]

In Canada, both "Runaway" and its predecessor peaked at number nine. "Runaway" was the 79th biggest Canadian hit of the year, ranking just six positions behind "Count On Me".[3]

Chart performance

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 27, 1978. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  2. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. June 3, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  3. ^ a b "Top Singles - Top 200 Singles of '78". RPM. 30 December 1978. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  4. ^ "Top Singles - 100 Singles". RPM. 12 August 1978. Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  5. ^ "Miracles - Starship". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  6. ^ "Marty Balin, Marty Balin Greatest Hits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
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