You Run Away

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"You Run Away"
Single by Barenaked Ladies
from the album All in Good Time
ReleasedJanuary 11, 2010
RecordedApril 2009
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:22 (Album Version)
3:54 (Radio Edit)
LabelRaisin' Records
Songwriter(s)Ed Robertson
Producer(s)Michael Phillip Wojewoda
Barenaked Ladies singles chronology
"
Drawing
"
(2008)
"You Run Away"
(2010)
"Every Subway Car (Feat. Erin McCarley)"
(2010)

"You Run Away" is a song by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies. It is the first single from their album All in Good Time. It was released January 8 for online streaming.[1] The commercial download single was released February 2, 2010.

History

"You Run Away" was written by Ed Robertson, and was partially inspired by Steven Page's departure from the band in February 2009.[2]

The music video for "You Run Away" was released on February 22, 2010,

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". The song's video uses the radio edit of the song, which cuts half of the instrumental intro, and half of the second chorus which is a double-chorus on the album version. The two halves of the chorus are cross-mixed between "you could turn and stay" and "but you run away from me".

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Canada Adult Contemporary 5[citation needed]
Canadian Hot 100 25[citation needed]
U.S. Billboard Adult Alternative Songs 19[citation needed]
U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs 21[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "New Song "You Run Away" Coming Tomorrow!". Barenaked Ladies. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. ^ "CANOE – JAM! Music – Artists – Barenaked Ladies : Barenaked Ladies start new chapter". Jam.canoe.ca. 2010-02-22. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Watch the Premiere of the New Video for "You Run Away", Barenaked Ladies, 22 February 2010