Runaway (Jefferson Starship song)

"Runaway" is a 1978 song and single by Jefferson Starship, written by Nicholas Q. Dewey for the album Earth. It was the second U.S. Top 40 hit from that album, and was the follow-up to the Top 10 hit "Count On Me". The song peaked at #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on the Cash Box Top 100.

In Canada, both "Runaway" and its predecessor peaked at number nine. "Runaway" was the 79th biggest Canadian hit of the year, ranking just six positions behind "Count On Me".^[1]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Canada (RPM)^[2]	9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	12
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	13
U.S. Adult Contemporary	37

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Rank
Canada^[1]	79
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[4]	92

Cover versions

Balin released a new version on his 1999 solo album, Marty Balin Greatest Hits.^[5]

References

1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
↑ "Miracles - Starship". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
↑ "Marty Balin, Marty Balin Greatest Hits". Retrieved November 25, 2016.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Jefferson Airplane (discography, members) · Jefferson Starship (discography, members) · Starship (discography)

Studio albums

Jefferson Airplane	Jefferson Airplane Takes Off Surrealistic Pillow After Bathing at Baxter's Crown of Creation Volunteers Bark Long John Silver Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Starship	Blows Against the Empire (with Paul Kantner) Dragon Fly Red Octopus Spitfire Earth Freedom at Point Zero Modern Times Winds of Change Nuclear Furniture Windows of Heaven Jefferson's Tree of Liberty

Starship	Knee Deep in the Hoopla No Protection Love Among the Cannibals Loveless Fascination

Live albums

Archival releases

Compilations

Singles

"Somebody to Love"
"White Rabbit"
"The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"
"Volunteers"
"Wooden Ships"
"Mexico"
"Ride The Tiger"
"Miracles"
"Play On Love"
"With Your Love"
"Count On Me"
"Runaway"
"Light the Sky on Fire"
"Jane"
"Find Your Way Back"
"Stranger"
"Be My Lady"
"Winds of Change"
"No Way Out"
"Layin' It on the Line"
"We Built This City"
"Sara"
"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight"
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
"It's Not Enough"
"Planes"
"Good Heart"
"Let Me Fly"
"It's Not the Same as Love"

Book
Category

[Category:Marty Balin songs]]

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