Running Wild (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Running Wild

| type = studio

| artist = Girlschool

| cover = girlschool_running_wild.jpg

| alt =

| released = 12 August 1985{{cite magazine|date=2 August 1985|title=New Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1985/FMQB-1985-08-02.pdf|magazine=FMQB|page=32|access-date=10 January 2023}}

| recorded = December 1984 – February 1985{{cite AV media |title=Running Wild |publisher=Mercury Records |date=1985 |type=LP liner notes}}

| studio = Air Studios and Battery Studios, London,
The Manor, Oxfordshire, England

| genre = Heavy metal

| length = 37:48

| label = Mercury

| producer = Nick Tauber

| prev_title = Play Dirty

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Nightmare at Maple Cross

| next_year = 1986

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/running-wild-r8288 | title = Girlschool Running Wild | accessdate = 2011-07-10 | publisher = AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 3/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 133}}

| rev3 =Kerrang!

| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Girlschool – Running Wild|magazine=Kerrang!|date=1985-10-03|first=Howard|last=Johnson|issue=104|page=14}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Running Wild is the fifth studio album by the British heavy metal band Girlschool, released on Mercury Records in 1985.

It is the only studio work released as a five-piece group by Girlschool, after original lead guitarist Kelly Johnson had left the band. Vocals duties on the album are shared by Jackie Bodimead and Kim McAuliffe.

Running Wild was released only in America. It was produced by Nick Tauber, previously known for his work with Thin Lizzy, Marillion, and Toyah.

"Do You Love Me?" is a cover of the song from Kiss' album Destroyer (1976).{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=23893 |title=Girlschool – Running Wild |accessdate=2010-03-14 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum }}