song of the day – “Run Runaway” | SLADE | 1984.
As it turned out, the members of Slade were rock gods in their U.K. homeland. Slade started charting in the U.K. in 1971 and by the time “Run Runaway” had been released, Slade had hit the U.K. Top 40 singles chart 20 times, and reached No. 1 six 6 times.
“Run Runaway” was a big global hit, reaching No. 4 in Sweden, No. 6 in Poland, No. 7 in the U.K. and Norway, No. 8 in Ireland, and the Top 20 in Australia, Canada, Germany, and a No. 20 peak on the Hot 100 here in America (it also reached No. 1 on BILLBOARD’s Rock chart).
I never really jumped on the Slade bandwagon, but, with “Run Runaway,” it exudes fun, inspires me to dance and is a wonderful party that gets you to “run runaway” for a few minutes.