Rebel Run

"Rebel Run"
"Rebel Run"
Single by Toyah
from the album Love Is the Law
B-side	"To the Mountains High"; "Baptised in Fire";
Released	September 1983
Genre	New wave
Length	3:13
Label	Safari
Songwriter(s)	Toyah Willcox; Simon Darlow;
Producer(s)	Nick Tauber
Toyah singles chronology
Music video
	"Rebel Run" on YouTube

"Rebel Run" is a song by the English new wave band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox. It was released in 1983 to promote the album Love Is the Law and was a Top 40 chart success in the UK.

Background[]

The track was written by Toyah Willcox and Simon Darlow, and produced by Nick Tauber. It was the lead single from Love Is the Law and reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart, spending a total of five weeks on the chart. Toyah appeared on several television programmes to promote the song, including an outdoor performance filmed at Alton Towers for the TV show Hold Tight, when the band also performed "Ieya". The 7" single B-side was "To the Mountains High", and the 12" single featured an additional song, "Baptised in Fire". Both of these tracks appeared on the 2005 reissue of Love Is the Law, as well as the compilation album The Safari Singles Collection Part 2: 1981–1983, released the same year.

Music video[]

The song's music video pictures Toyah as a character in a video game, wearing an outfit based on American football.^[1]^[2]

Track listing[]

7" single

A. "Rebel Run" (Toyah Willcox, Simon Darlow) – 3:13

B. "To the Mountains High" (Willcox, Joel Bogen, Darlow) – 3:33

12" single

A. "Rebel Run" (Willcox, Darlow) – 3:13

B1. "To the Mountains High" (Willcox, Bogen, Darlow) – 3:33

B2. "Baptised in Fire" (Willcox) – 2:46

Personnel[]

Toyah Willcox – vocals
Joel Bogen – guitar
Brad Lang – bass
Andy Duncan – drums
Simon Darlow – keyboards

Charts[]

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[3]	24
UK Independent Singles^[4]	3

References[]

^ "Videos - Rebel Run Screen Captures". toyah.net. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Toyah At Home: Season 2 Episode 24". YouTube. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100: 25 September 1983 - 01 October 1983". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Indie Hits "T"". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

External links[]

[1] "Videos - Rebel Run Screen Captures". toyah.net. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[2] "Toyah At Home: Season 2 Episode 24". YouTube. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[3] "Official Singles Chart Top 100: 25 September 1983 - 01 October 1983". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[4] "Indie Hits "T"". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

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