Run Away (Real McCoy song)

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"Run Away"
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1994 European single release
Single by Real McCoy
from the album Another Night
Released
  • 18 July 1994 (Germany)
  • 16 January 1995 (UK)
  • 21 February 1995 (USA)
GenreEurodance
Length4:03
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Juergen Wind (J.Wind)
  • Frank Hassas
Real McCoy singles chronology
"Automatic Lover (Call for Love)"
(1994) 		"Run Away"
(1994) 		"Love & Devotion"
(1995)
Music video
"Run Away" on YouTube
Original German Release

"Run Away" is the hit single by the German Eurodance and pop music project Real McCoy (also known as M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy) from their album, Another Night (1995), which was the US version of their second album, Space Invaders (1994). The song was first produced in 1994 in Germany by the music producers Juergen Wind (J. Wind) and Frank Hassas (Quickmix) under the producer team name "Freshline". It was first released in Europe in 1994 as the group's third single from their second album, Space Invaders. When the song was released in America in February 1995 as single, it gained immense popularity and reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it was certified Gold, and number six in the UK. It also peaked within the top-10 in Finland, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland.

BuzzFeed ranked "Run Away" number 56 in their list of The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s in 2017.[1]

Critical reception[]

AllMusic editor Bryan Buss picked "Run Away" as one of the standout tracks from Another Night.[2] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that the follow-up to the certified platinum "Another Night" "does not tamper with the European dance act's winning (and much-copied) formula of bouncy hi-NRG rhythms, topped with throaty male rapping and female chirping at the chorus. Single has already begun to gather deserved airplay from a number of crossover and top 40 stations on import—its domestic release almost guarantees instant success."[3] Chuck Eddy from Entertainment Weekly commented that "this Berlin trio has invaded U.S. radio by tap-dancing space-invader-disco synths beneath soul-diva testifying, "Sprockets"-accented raps, and Martian munchkin chatter. Yet there’s an odd paranoid undercurrent flowing through tunes like "Run Away" — the best dance-pop here isn't merely escapist; it's about escaping."[4]

Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report said that "the title of this one says it all. Programmers have been playing this import since late last year and now the official release is here. This one should be as big or bigger than their debut release".[5] Howard Cohen from Herald-Journal described it as "tuneful".[6] Robbie Daw from Idolator declared it as "energetic" and "strobelight-friendly".[7] A reviewer from Liverpool Echo noted it as a "rousing pop/rap track with an escapist message."[8] Music writer James Masterton said in his weekly UK chart commentary, "All the elements that made Another Night such a smash are here once again, it may be a standard Eurohit formula but it works so why argue? MC Sar mutters and grumbles to an electronic backing pausing only to let the chorus in at regular intervals."[9] Pan-European magazine Music & Media encouraged "take a bit of this smooth slice of Eurodance, which serves as a preview for the forthcoming Space Invaders album. As the title implies ambient influences are present, even in the radio mixes."[10] Alan Jones from Music Week called it "horribly catchy", adding that it "will be another substantial hit."[11] James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update deemed it a "less distinctive follow-up" and "Boney M-ish".[12] John Kilgo from The Network Forty described it as "dynamite".[13] People Magazine said songs like this "pack so many beats into 4 minutes that just listening to them is thoroughly exhausting."[14]

Chart performance[]

"Run Away" proved to be very successful on the charts on several continents, becoming one of Real McCoy's biggest hits to date. It made it to the Top 10 in Finland (number four), Ireland, Scotland and the UK, where it peaked at number six on January 29, 1995,[15] in its second week at the UK Singles Chart. Additionally, the song was a Top 20 hit in Belgium and Sweden, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it reached number 12 in February. Outside Europe, "Run Away" went to number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and the Cash Box Pop Singles Chart. And it also hit number four in Australia, number five in Zimbabwe and number six in New Zealand.

Music video[]

There were made two music videos for "Run Away". The first version was made for the European market, directed by Swedish-based director Matt Broadley.[16] It contains a desert-like setting starring singer Patricia "Patsy" Petersen walking in the desert while miming the vocals of studio singer Karin Kasar. The American version was directed by British music video and film director Nigel Dick and contains a factory-setting with many overworked "slave-like" workers; meanwhile the rapper Olaf "O-Jay" Jeglitza plays the role of "Big Brother," monitoring and performing the rap vocals while watching all the progress and demanding the workers to work harder while yelling at them. It was never released for public broadcasting, since Arista felt das the image of the video was too dark and negative.

The European version was later published on YouTube in 2006, while the US version was published in 2009. The videos has amassed more than 5,4 million and 10.1 million views as of September 2021.[17][18]

Official mixes and remixes[]

Charts[]

Trivia[]

  • In October 1994, a promotional version of this track was released to select Rhythmic Top 40 / dance radio stations in Chicago and Orlando. This was a more upbeat and enhanced remix of the Space Invaders / Club Attack Mix, and was never released on any album or single.
  • The songs lyrics were influenced by George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

References[]

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  5. ^ Sholin, Dave (10 February 1995). "Gavin Picks > Singles" (PDF). Gavin Report. No. 2041. p. 46. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. ^ Cohen, Howard (13 April 1995). "Beatles release shows group at working best". Herald-Journal. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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  23. ^ Canadian Top Singles peak
  24. ^ Canadian Dance chart peak
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