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"Runaway" is the debut single by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was originally recorded in 1981 for the so-called "Power Station Demos" at the beginning of singer Jon Bon Jovi's career, featuring the vocalist backed by session musicians.

"Runaway"
Single by Bon Jovi
from the album Bon Jovi
B-side	"Love Lies"
Released	February 1984 (US)
Recorded	1981 1982 (hit version)
Genre	Hard rock[1][2] glam metal[3][4]
Length	3:52
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Jon Bon Jovi George Karak
Producer(s)	Tony Bongiovi Lance Quinn
Bon Jovi singles chronology
"Runaway" (1984) "She Don't Know Me" (1984)
Music video
Runaway at Youtube.com

The song became a surprise hit in 1983 on WAPP-FM (now WKTU), leading to the formation of the first proper lineup of Bon Jovi for a short tour.

Background

The track was recorded in 1982 at the Power Station recording studio, and released to radio in 1983.[5] Jon Bon Jovi chose studio musicians who were recording with other artists using the studio at the time—these musicians became known as "The All Star Revue", which included: bassist Hugh McDonald (who would join Bon Jovi in 1994 as an unofficial member); guitarist Tim Pierce (who was working on a John Waite record with producer Neil Giraldo); drummer Frankie LaRocka; and keyboardist Roy Bittan. The keyboard intro was written by Mick Seeley—then of John Bongiovi and the Wild Ones and later with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes—who also performed backing vocals on the track with David Grahmme.

In 1983, local radio station WAPP 103.5FM "The Apple" had a contest, held in conjunction with St. John's University, to search for the best unsigned band. After the song won the contest, it became a radio hit in the summer of 1983.

"Runaway" became the first single from the band's self-titled debut album. It hit the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 at #39 in early 1984 and became the band's first Top 40 hit in the US.[6]

A dance/club remake of "Runaway" was released in July 2008[7] by "DJ Freddy Retro featuring Jim Davis Jr." on Casa Records.[8]

One night, after a show, guitarist Richie Sambora found Bon Jovi backstage and told him he should be the guitarist for the group. Bon Jovi wrote him off and did not think much of it but told him to learn the material and show up for rehearsal. Sambora was early and had learned all the given material, which impressed Bon Jovi.

The music video was directed by Mike Cuesta (not to be confused with TV producer Michael Cuesta) and featured Jennifer Gatti in one of her earliest roles.[9]

Live performances

In latterday live performances, Jon Bon Jovi has been known to do a short guitar solo near the end of the song instead of hitting the high notes at the end; something only done in the 1980s, as heard on the vintage performance featured on One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001.

After the band attained worldwide fame in the mid to late 1980s they largely dropped earlier material from live performances, in favor of more well known and accomplished material. However, "Runaway" is a song of which they remain proud. For well over 20 years, it has been the only song from the bands' first two albums to be performed on a regular basis. "I still think a couple of the songs hold up," Bon Jovi said of the debut album in 2007. "'Runaway', definitely."[10] A few others have been played live over the years, notably during The Circle Tour in 2010; however they were extreme rarities when they appeared and were not regularly performed.

Covers & samples

Rapper Tru-NC released an updated hip-hop version of the song in 2011 with the same title. It tells a story about Tommy & Gina getting evicted from their apartment. The song is available to download for free at Tru-NC's Reverbnation page.

American rapper Immortal Technique samples the synthesizer in the track "Young Lords" from his album The Martyr (2011).

Mississippi rapper Tito Lopez samples the song on his own track "Married to the Mob" on his mixtape Tito Be Killing These Bitches 3. Finnish melodic death metal band Blind Stare covered the track on the digipak edition of their Symphony of Delusions album.

In popular culture

• The song was made available to download on November 9, 2010 for use in the Rock Band 3 music video game in both Basic rhythm, and PRO mode which takes advantage of the use of a real guitar / bass guitar, and standard MIDI-compatible electronic drum kits / keyboards in addition to three-part harmony or backup vocals.[11][12]
• The song was featured on a MasterCard television commercial and in the movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
• A portion of the song is heard during a scene of the seventh episode of the second season of the Netflix series Stranger Things.[13]
• A song that is featured in the Transformers 2018 prequel, Bumblebee.

Track listing

Charts

Chart (1984-1985)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[14]	39

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Finland Airplay (Radiosoittolista)[15]	47

References

На других языках

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[de] Runaway (Bon-Jovi-Lied)

Runaway ist die Debütsingle der amerikanischen Rockband Bon Jovi. Sie wurde ursprünglich 1981 für die sogenannten „Power Station Demos“ zu Beginn der Karriere von Sänger Jon Bon Jovi aufgenommen, bei denen er von Studiomusikern unterstützt wurde.[1]

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- [en] Runaway (Bon Jovi song)

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[es] Runaway (canción de Bon Jovi)

«Runaway» es la canción con la que se dio a conocer a Jon Bon Jovi en la radio (compuesta por Jon). La canción está interpretada por Jon Bon Jovi junto a la banda The All Star Review, ya que el vocalista la había grabado antes de formar la banda, pero está incluida en el primer álbum del grupo, titulado "Bon Jovi". En realidad se trata de una canción escrita en 1980 y uno de los tantos demos que Jon había grabado en el estudio en el que trabajaba como asistente en esos años, y que posteriormente se incluirían en el recopilatorio The Power Station Years.

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[ru] Runaway (песня Bon Jovi)

«Runaway» («Беглянка») — песня американской рок-группы Bon Jovi. Вошла в их первый альбом Bon Jovi. Сингл с ней достиг 39 места в американской «горячей сотне».

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