Run to Him
{{Infobox song
| name = Run to Him
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bobby Vee
| album = Take Good Care of My Baby
| B-side = Walkin' with My Angel
| released = October 27, 1961
| format =
| recorded = October 24, 1961
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=07}}
| label = Liberty Records 55388
UK London
| writer = Gerry Goffin, Jack Keller
| producer = Snuff Garrett
| prev_title = Take Good Care of My Baby
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Please Don't Ask About Barbara
| next_year = 1962
}}
"Run to Him" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller and performed by Bobby Vee featuring the Johnny Mann Singers.[http://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Vee-With-Johnny-Mann-Singers-Run-To-Him-Walkin-With-My-Angel/release/1526903 Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014 It was produced by Snuff Garrett,[http://www.45cat.com/record/f55388 Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014 and was featured on Vee's 1962 album, Take Good Care of My Baby.[http://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Vee-Take-Good-Care-Of-My-Baby/release/4845558 Bobby Vee, Take Good Care of My Baby] Retrieved July 11, 2014 One of the musicians on the song was session drummer Earl Palmer.Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
Chart performance
"Run to Him" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1961-12-25|title=The Hot 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard}} , only behind “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, by The Tokens. It also reached No.6 in Canada, and No. 6 in the UK in 1961.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Run+to+Him+by+Bobby+Vee&id=6234 Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" Chart Positions] Retrieved July 11, 2014
The single's B-side, "Walkin' with My Angel", reached No. 53 on the Billboard chart and No. 89 in Canada.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Walkin%27+with+My+Angel+by+Bobby+Vee&id=6235 Bobby Vee, "Walkin with My Angel" Chart Positions] Retrieved July 11, 2014
Charts
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| Chart (1961)
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| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|2|artist=Bobby Vee|accessdate=April 27, 2019|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|Canada (CHUM Hit Parade){{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/61-12-18-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - December 18, 1961}}
| align="center"|6 |
Other versions
- Ivo Robić, in Germany in April 1962 as part of an EP entitled Geh' Zu Ihm.[http://www.45cat.com/record/21466 Ivo Robić, "Geh' Zu Ihm" EP release] Retrieved July 11, 2014
- Little Eva re-titled the song "Run to Her" and made it the B-side to her single "Makin' with the Magilla" in October 1964.[http://www.45cat.com/record/d1035us Little Eva, "Makin' with the Magilla" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014
- Jimmy Tarbuck, as the B-side to his single "Lucky Jim" in March 1972.[http://www.45cat.com/record/bll1228 Jimmy Tarbuck, "Lucky Jim" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014
- Donny Osmond, on his 1972 solo album Too Young.
- Beverly Bremers recorded it as "Run to Her" on a single in March 1973.[http://www.45cat.com/record/sce12378us Beverly Bremers, "Run to Her" single release] Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- Susie Allanson, as a single entitled "Run to Her" in 1981 that reached No. 53 on the country chart. It was featured on her album Sleepless Nights.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Run+to+Her+by+Susie+Allanson&id=98581 Susie Allanson, "Run to Her" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014
- Labi Siffre, as a single in January 1981.[http://www.45cat.com/record/posp215 Labi Siffre, "Run to Him" single release] Retrieved July 11, 2014
References
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{{Bobby Vee}}
{{Little Eva}}
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Category:Songs with lyrics by Gerry Goffin
Category:Songs written by Jack Keller (songwriter)
Category:Beverly Bremers songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett
Category:Liberty Records singles
Category:Polydor Records singles
Category:Scepter Records singles
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