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Runaway

Words & Music by Del Shannon

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Runaway

Words & Music by Del Shannon

Lyrics:

As I walk along I wonder
What went wrong with our love
Love that was so strong

And as I still walk by
I think off the times we had together
While our hearts were young

I'm a-walking in the rain
Hear it falling,
And I feel the pain
Wishing you were here by me
To end this misery

And I wonder
Why
You went away
Yes, I wonder, where you will stay
My little runaway,
Run, run, run, run, runaway
More info:

One night in early 1961 at the Hi-Lo Club in Battle Creek, Michigan, Max T. Crook, musitron player for Del Shannon's band, hit an unusual chord change (A-minor to G). Shannon (real name: Charles Westover) stopped the band and asked Crook to play the chord change again and again. It wasn't too long before Crook and Shannon had written Runaway. Runaway (Big Top 3067) reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in April 1961, and eventually sold over a million copies. The haunting chord changes by Crook on the musitron (a device put under a piano in which an amplifier is installed) have made Runaway one of the rock era's classics. Other recordings include those by Lawrence Welk (Dot 16336) in 1962, Bonnie Raitt (Watner Bros. 8382) in 1977, and Narvel Felts (ABC 12338) in 1978. The 1987-88 NBC-TV series, Crime Story, used an updated version of Runaway, recorded by Del Shannon.

RCA recorded Elvis's performance of Runaway at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on August 22, 1969. It was one of the songs - the other was Yesterday - on the LP On Stage - February, 1970 not actually recorded in February 1970.
Lyrics: As I walk along I wonder
What went wrong with our love
Love that was so strong

And as I still walk by
I think off the times we had together
While our hearts were young

I'm a-walking in the rain
Hear it falling,
And I feel the pain
Wishing you were here by me
To end this misery

And I wonder
Why
You went away
Yes, I wonder, where you will stay
My little runaway,
Run, run, run, run, runaway
More info: One night in early 1961 at the Hi-Lo Club in Battle Creek, Michigan, Max T. Crook, musitron player for Del Shannon's band, hit an unusual chord change (A-minor to G). Shannon (real name: Charles Westover) stopped the band and asked Crook to play the chord change again and again. It wasn't too long before Crook and Shannon had written Runaway. Runaway (Big Top 3067) reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in April 1961, and eventually sold over a million copies. The haunting chord changes by Crook on the musitron (a device put under a piano in which an amplifier is installed) have made Runaway one of the rock era's classics. Other recordings include those by Lawrence Welk (Dot 16336) in 1962, Bonnie Raitt (Watner Bros. 8382) in 1977, and Narvel Felts (ABC 12338) in 1978. The 1987-88 NBC-TV series, Crime Story, used an updated version of Runaway, recorded by Del Shannon.

RCA recorded Elvis's performance of Runaway at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on August 22, 1969. It was one of the songs - the other was Yesterday - on the LP On Stage - February, 1970 not actually recorded in February 1970.