Hit and Run Lover

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"Hit & Run Lover"
Single by Dead or Alive
from the album Fragile
Released2000
Genre
Length4:42
Label Avex Trax
Songwriter(s) Dead or Alive
Producer(s)
Dead or Alive singles chronology
"Sex Drive"
(1997)
"Hit & Run Lover"
(2000)
"You Spin Me Round (2003 Version)"
(2003)
Music video
"Hit And Run Lover" on YouTube

"Hit and Run Lover" is the first song on Fragile , their seventh studio album from the band Dead or Alive. Like their 1990 album Fan the Flame (Part 1) , it was released only in Japan, where the band were very popular. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Japanese charts. A remix of the song was included on Unbreakable: The Fragile Remixes (2001).

Chart performance

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Japanese Singles Chart 2

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