Runaway (Jefferson Starship song)

"Runaway"
Single by Jefferson Starship
from the album Earth
B-side "Show Yourself"
Released May 1978
Genre Rock, Soft rock
Length 3:40
Label Grunt
Writer(s) N.Q. Dewey
Producer(s) Larry Cox
Jefferson Starship singles chronology
"Count On Me"
(1978)		 "Runaway"
(1978)		 "Crazy Feelin'"
(1978)

"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 #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 singles 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 [4] 92

References

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

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