I Will Run to You

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"I Will Run To You"
Song by Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from the album The Wild Heart
ReleasedJune 1983
Recorded1983
Genre Rock
Length3:21
Label Modern
Songwriter(s) Tom Petty
Producer(s) Tom Petty, Jimmy Iovine

"I Will Run To You" is a song by the American singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks, with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, from her second solo album, The Wild Heart . The song peaked at No. 35 on the U.S. Billboard Top Tracks chart. [1] The track was never released as a single in the U.S.

Stevie Nicks American singer and songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac

Stephanie Lynn “Stevie” Nicks is an American singer and songwriter. Nicks is best known for her work as a songwriter and vocalist with Fleetwood Mac, and also for her chart-topping solo career. She is known for her distinctive voice, mystical stage persona and poetic, symbolic lyrics. Collectively, her work both as a member of Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist has produced over forty top 50 hits and sold over 140 million records, making her one of the best-selling music acts of all time with Fleetwood Mac.

<i>The Wild Heart</i> (album) 1983 studio album by Stevie Nicks

The Wild Heart is the second solo studio album by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks. Recording began in late 1982, shortly after the end of Fleetwood Mac's Mirage Tour. After the death of her best friend, Robin Anderson, and with new appreciation for her life and career, the recording took only a few months and was released on June 10, 1983, a year after Fleetwood Mac's Mirage album. It peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200 and achieved platinum status on September 12, 1983. The album has sold over 2 million copies in the US alone, and has sold approximately 250,000 copies in the US since 1991 according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Mainstream Rock is a music chart in Billboard magazine that ranks the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations in the United States, a category that combines the formats of active rock and heritage rock. The chart was launched in March 1981, as Rock Albums and Top Tracks, after which the name changed first to Top Rock Tracks, then to Album Rock Tracks, and finally to its present title in 1996.

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Chart (1983)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Tracks 35

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