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Runaway (Jamiroquai song)

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"Runaway"
Single by Jamiroquai
from the album High Times: Singles 1992-2006
B-side"Runaway" (Tom Belton remix)
Released30 October 2006
Genre
Length3:45
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Jamiroquai singles chronology
"Hollywood Swinging"
(2005)
"Runaway"
(2006)
"White Knuckle Ride"
(2010)

"Runaway" is the only single taken from British acid jazz band Jamiroquai's greatest hits compilation, High Times: Singles 1992–2006. The single was released on 30 October 2006. It was their fifth #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

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The song's lyrics relate to dispute involving group's record label, Sony BMG, who wanted to cut ties with the band six records into an eight-record deal. Jay Kay confirmed this, following a performance of the song in London's Jazz Cafe in August 2008. [citation needed]

The single peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Music video

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The video was filmed in London and it has two sections. The first features Jay Kay dancing and singing in his home studio; the second shows a man, later revealed to be Kay, wearing a space suit driving a dune buggy through London with an astronaut suit. The video ends where it starts, with the astronaut exiting at the subway station, the Piccadilly Circus tube station.

Track listing

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UK CD1
  1. "Runaway" – 3:44
  2. "Runaway (Tom Belton Remix Edit)" – 3:30
UK CD2
  1. "Runaway" – 3:44
  2. "Runaway (Tom Belton Remix)" – 7:11
  3. "Runaway (Grant Nelson Remix)" – 6:10
  4. "Runaway (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)" – 6:37

Remixes

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Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Mixes
  • "Runaway (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)" – 6:38
  • "Runaway (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Dub)" – 5:52
Grant Nelson Mixes
  • "Runaway (Grant Nelson Remix)" – 6:10
  • "Runaway (Grant Nelson Dub)" – 6:10
Tom Belton Mixes
  • "Runaway (Tom Belton Vocal Mix)" – 7:14
  • "Runaway (Tom Belton Dub)" – 7:16
  • "Runaway (Tom Belton Remix Edit)" – 3:30

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "Jamiroquai | Music | Singles | Runaway".
  2. ^ "Jamiroquai | Music | Singles | Runaway".
  3. ^ "Jamiroquai | Music | Singles | Runaway".
  4. ^ "Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2020.