Runaway (Sahlene song)
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"Runaway" is a song by
Music, lyrics and production
The song is an upbeat number with English lyrics which advise the narrator's "babe" to be more open minded in his life's vision: "just runaway to the stars / I'll be waiting above".[1] The resemblance of the melody of "Runaway" to that of "I Believe I Can Fly" was much noted: Alar Kotkas, co-writer of "Runaway", recognized the songs were similar but denied any plagiarism.[2]
The studio recording of "Runaway" was produced by
Placing the song with a performer
The song's composers
Performance at Eurolaul 2002
Eurolaul 2002 was held at the Linnahall on the evening of January 26, 2002 and broadcast live on ETV.[2][4]
Performed ninth in a field of ten Eurolaul entrants, "Runaway" was not the top vote getter from the television viewers who were invited to vote for their favorite number and who favored "Another Country Song" by Nightlight Duo & Cowboys which entrant received 40% of the popular vote.[2] However the official decision as to the winner of Eurolaul was made by an international panel of eight judges whose votes decided that "Runaway" by Sahlene would be the Estonian entrant at Eurovision 2002,[4] the judges' vote awarding "Runaway" eighty-five points, twenty more than the Eurolaul runner-up which was "Another Country Song".
Performance at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
On the night of May 25, 2002 at the Eurovision Song Contest mounted at
"Runaway" was succeeded as Estonian representative at the
The composers of "Runaway" would again compose an Estonian entry for Eurovision: the
Chart performance
On the June 6, 2006 chart of the Top 60 singles in Sweden, "Runaway" by Sahlene debuted at #20: this proved to be the track's peak although it remained on the chart for a total of seventeen weeks, thirteen of them in the Top 40 with seven of those weeks spent in the Top 25.
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[5] | 20 |
References
- ^ "Mr.Big - Runaway - Sahlene lyrics | LyricsFreak".
- ^ a b c "Baltic Times February 7, 2002".
- ^ Lyrics from Diggiloo Thrush
- ^ a b "Baltic Times May 16, 2002".
- ^ "Sahlene – Runaway". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 10 February 2022.