Run-Away
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| Single by Super Furry Animals from the album Hey Venus! |
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| Released | 29 October 2007 | ||||
| Format | Digipack CD, 7" picture disc | ||||
| Genre | Experimental rock | ||||
| Label | Rough Trade Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Super Furry Animals | ||||
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"Run-Away" is a song by Super Furry Animals and the second single taken from their 2007 album, Hey Venus! It charted at #120.
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[edit] Origins and recording
In an interview with Tiny Mix Tapes in January 2008 Gruff Rhys admitted that "Run-Away" owed much to Phil Spector-type 'Wall of Sound' production:
| “ | The drumbeat is definitely a nod to that. We started collecting a lot of old 7-inch singles recently. Cian got heavy into doo-wop music and I was getting into late 60s girl groups. "Run-Away" came out of listening to "Be My Baby" too many times.[1] | ” |
The track was recorded at Miraval Studios, France along with the rest of Hey Venus![2]
[edit] Critical response
British television station Channel 4 described "Run-Away" as "Spector pop" in a favourable review on their website to coincide with the release of the track as a single.[3]
The Manchester Evening News thought the track to be "absolutely timeless stuff" likening it to Gruff Rhys "swaggering up to the karaoke and picking out his favourite Roy Orbison ballad". B-sides, the "Beach Boys-influenced" "These Bones" and the "pulsating" "That's What I'm Talking About", were also singled out for praise.[4]
Yahoo! Music in the UK and Ireland stated that "Run-Away" was the "true classic" from Hey Venus! and again made much of the Spector-like nature of the track:
| “ | Built on that familiar "dum-de-dum-dum" Phil Spector drum beat, it welds a killer falsetto chorus to a latterday incarnation of the 'Wall of Sound'.[5] | ” |
Tiny Mix Tapes thought the "rousing and pleasant" song could have "found a home anywhere in or between Fuzzy Logic and 2005's Love Kraft".[6]
[edit] Music video
The video for "Run-Away" was directed by Richard Ayoade and stars Matt Berry[7], both of whom appear in the television series' Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and The Mighty Boosh.
British alternative music radio station Xfm included the video in their top ten of 2007, calling it "spooky, very tongue-in-cheek and utterly hilarious".[7]
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Super Furry Animals.
- CD (RTRADSCD419)
- "Run-Away" – 2:53
- "These Bones" – 3:23
- "That's What I'm Talking About" – 5:41
- 7" picture disc (RTRADS419)
- "Run-Away" – 2:53
- "These Bones" – 3:23
[edit] Credits
- Gruff Rhys: Vocals
- Huw Bunford: Guitar
- Guto Pryce: Bass guitar
- Cian Ciaran: Keyboards
- Dafydd Ieuan: Drums
[edit] References
- ^ Harris, David (2008). Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals). Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ^ (2007) Album notes for Hey Venus! by Super Furry Animals, [p.6] [CD booklet]. London: Rough Trade Records. Hey Venus! at MusicBrainz.
- ^ New music releases: 29/10/2007. Channel 4 (2007-10-29). Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ^ Super Furry Animals - Run-Away (Rough Trade). Manchester Evening News (2007-10-18). Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ^ Webb, Adam (2007-08-31). Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus. Yahoo!. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ^ Canino, Jeffrey (2007). Hey Venus!. Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ^ a b Xfm's Top Ten Videos Of 2007. Xfm (2008-01-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
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