Runaway Daydreamer

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"Runaway Daydreamer"
Ellis-Bextor looks in the distance, wearing a white, black-striped coat; she is standing against a display case of a store, where her reflection is seen. The top of the image shows the text "Runaway Daydreamer" in a Cyrillic script-inspired typeface, while its bottom has the text "Sophie Ellis-Bextor" in the same font.
Single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
from the album Wanderlust
Released31 March 2014 (2014-03-31)
Recorded
  • State of the Ark
  • (Richmond, London)
GenrePop, folk
Length4:00
LabelEBGB's
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ed Harcourt
Sophie Ellis-Bextor singles chronology
"Young Blood"
(2013) 		"Runaway Daydreamer"
(2014) 		"Love Is a Camera"
(2014)
Music video
"Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Runaway Daydreamer (Official video)" on
YouTube

"Runaway Daydreamer" is a song by the English recording artist

nursery rhymes, expound on escapism
and "self discovery".

"Runaway Daydreamer" received mostly positive reviews from

UK Indie
chart. The song was featured on the regular and OW Version of the Theme Park Playlist.

Composition and reception

Ellis-Bextor performing

"Runaway Daydreamer", as with the rest of Wanderlust, was co-written by its producer

beats per minute in crotchet. Its introduction follows a chord progression of C—F/C—C—F/C—C—F/C—C—F, and transitions into the verse section in which the notes C–F–C are followed. The track is composed in the traditional verse–chorus form. Ellis-Bextor's vocals during the song incorporate the melisma technique and span from G3 to E5.[7]

The song's lyrics, which discuss

chorus, Ellis-Bextor sings "It's just my imagination / Running away / Girl's gotta have a little daydream / It's a secret escape / It's just my imagination / Running away / Don't worry baby, I'm here to stay".[7] Considine highlighted "I could tie up the bed sheets and slide down the house / Be gone before the morning comes" as lyrics exemplificative of Ellis-Bextor's "artistic freedom" in Wanderlust.[4] Reviewing the song for Loud and Quiet, Stuart Stubbs wrote that it "sees our protagonist pull herself out of squalor and onto a road of self discovery."[9] The song concludes with a short outro where Ellis-Bextor repeats the line "Don't worry baby, I'm here to stay" twice.[7]

On behalf of

The 405 echoed his view, praising Ellis-Bextor's vocal performance, as well as highlighting its sonority, despite observing it was not "musically adventurous".[10] Writing for Digital Spy, Robert Copsey billed the song as beautiful and "shimmering".[11] Thomas Erlewine highlighted the song as a standout, commenting that the album was "at its best when it's slightly dexterous", citing the song as an example.[5] The Irish Times' Louise Bruton wrote that the song explores "twee danger zones" and called it a "blunder".[12]

Release and promotion

A promotional

UK Indie Singles at number 29.[19]

Track listing

Promotional CD single

Details adapted from the credits of the CD single of "Runaway Daydeamer".[13]

  1. "Runaway Daydreamer" (Radio edit) – 3:27

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Wanderlust.[1]

  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor – lead vocals, songwriting
  • Ed Harcourt – songwriting, production, background vocals, samples, synth, keyboards, piano
  • Gita Langley – violin
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineering, mixing
  • Miles Showell – mastering

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK Indie (OCC)[19] 29

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref.
United Kingdom 2014 Promotional CD single EBGB's [1]
31 March 2014 — [14]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wanderlust (Vinyl). Sophie Ellis-Bextor. EBGB's. 2014.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b Horton, Matthew. "Wanderlust – Sophie Ellis-Bextor". Virgin Media. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  3. ^ Bennett, Kate (14 January 2014). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Wanderlust". musicOMH. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ^ a b Considine, Clare (20 January 2014). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor – 'Wanderlust' album review". Time Out. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  5. ^
    All Media Network
    . Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  6. Spin Media
    . Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  7. ^
    Music Sales Group
    . 118309.
  8. ^ Hawkins, Si (27 January 2014). "Album review: Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Wanderlust". The National. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  9. ^ Stubbs, Stuart (January 2014). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Wanderlust". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  10. ^ Fyfe, James (17 January 2014). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Wanderlust". The 405. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  11. ^ Copsey, Robert (15 January 2014). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Wanderlust review: 'A brave musical excursion'". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  12. ^ Bruton, Louise (17 January 2014). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Wanderlust". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Runaway Daydreamer" (CD single). Sophie Ellis-Bextor. EBGB's; Mallott Media; DR-PW. 2014.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ a b "Sophie Ellis Bextor Announces New Single 'Runaway Daydreamer' Released On 31st March 2014". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  15. ^ Muller, Sophie (director) (2014). "Runaway Daydreamer" (Music video).
  16. ^ Rigby, Sam (8 March 2014). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor unveils 'Runaway Daydreamer' music video - watch". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  17. ^ ZDF Morgenmagazin. 23 January 2014. ZDF.
  18. ITV
    .
  19. ^ a b "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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