Run 2
{{Infobox song
| name = Run 2
| cover = Run 2 album cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = New Order
| album = Technique
| B-side = MTO
| released = 28 August 1989
| recorded = 1988
| studio = Mediterranean, Ibiza, and Real World, Box
| genre = Acid house{{cite book |chapter=New Order |last=Gross |first=Joe |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/582 582–83]}}
| length = * 4:29 (album version)
- 3:45 (remix)
| label = Factory - (FAC 273)
| writer = {{hlist|John Denver|Gillian Gilbert|Peter Hook|Stephen Morris|Bernard Sumner[https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/480210180 ASCAP entry]}}
| producer = New Order
| prev_title = Round & Round
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = World in Motion
| next_year = 1990
}}
"Run 2" is the nineteenth single by English rock and alternative dance band New Order. It was released by Factory Records on 28 August 1989 as the third and final single from their fifth studio album, Technique (1989). The album version was listed as simply "Run".
Overview
"Run 2" was remixed by Scott Litt from the version on Technique, hence the appendage of "2" to the title. The main difference is that the song has been made more radio-friendly by editing down most of the long instrumental run-out and appending it with a final repeat of the chorus. Litt's mix strips back much of the echo and layers of synthesizers, and in place centres the mix on Sumner's vocal and the bass guitar of Peter Hook. Despite the effort taken to produce a radio single, only 20,000 of the Factory 12" release were ever pressed. 500 7-inch records were also pressed, for promotional use. The single was only released in the UK.
"Run 2" is backed with the B-side titled "MTO". This song recycles the line "You've got love technique" from the group's previous hit single "Fine Time" (this is the only lyric in the track). An extended mix of "Run 2" with additional beats by Afrika Islam and an alternate 'minus' mix of "MTO" by Mike "Hitman" Wilson appear as B-sides on the 12" version of the single.
Artwork
Peter Saville, the single's cover designer, claimed to have been inspired by the design of laundry powder packaging. The tiny print on the back of the sleeve says, "Cover by Peter Saville Associates after Bold."
Lawsuit
John Denver's publishing company filed a lawsuit, alleging that the guitar break in "Run" too closely resembled Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane".{{cite magazine|last=Mack|first=Bob|date=1991-01-11|title=Plane Tiff|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312964,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061424/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312964,00.html|archive-date=2013-09-21|access-date=2011-08-19|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} The case was settled out of court. The song has since been credited to New Order and John Denver.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 7": FAC 273-7 (UK)
| title1 = Run 2
| note1 = Remixed by Scott Litt
| writer1 = John Denver, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner
| length1 = 3:45
| title2 = MTO
| note2 = Remixed by Mike 'Hitman' Wilson
| writer2 = Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner
| length2 = 3:43
}}
{{track listing
| headline = 12": FAC 273-12 (UK)
| title1 = Run 2
| note1 = Remixed by Scott Litt
| writer1 = Denver, Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner
| length1 = 3:45
| title2 = Run 2
| note2 = extended version) (Remixed by Scott Litt
| writer2 = Denver, Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner
| length2 = 5:22
| title3 = MTO
| note3 = Remixed by Mike 'Hitman' Wilson
| writer3 = Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner
| length3 = 3:43
| title4 = MTO
| note4 = Minus Mix) (Remixed by Mike 'Hitman' Wilson
| writer4 = Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner
| length4 = 5:24
}}
Chart positions
Video
The video was directed by the photographer / filmmaker Robert Frank and produced by Michael Shamberg. The band was filmed in Los Angeles, while the street scenes are in New York City featuring the British actor David Warrilow.Michael Shamberg, A Collection Of Details. New Order Discography, https://www.niagara.edu/neworder/video/collectiondetails.html, accessed 27 December 2018.
References
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Category:New Order (band) songs
Category:Songs written by Bernard Sumner
Category:Songs written by Peter Hook
Category:Songs written by Stephen Morris (musician)
Category:Songs written by Gillian Gilbert
Category:Songs written by John Denver
Category:Factory Records singles