Keep On Running (The Real Milli Vanilli song)

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"Keep On Running"
Keep on running.jpg
Single by Milli Vanilli / The Real Milli Vanilli
from the album The Moment of Truth
B-side "The End of Good Times"
ReleasedNovember 24, 1990
Recorded1990
Genre Dance, hip hop, hip house
Length3:58
Label Hansa
Songwriter(s) Frank Farian
Producer(s) Frank Farian
Milli Vanilli / The Real Milli Vanilli singles chronology
"All or Nothing"
(1989)
"Keep On Running"
(1990)
"Too Late (True Love)"
(1991)
Alternative cover
Keep on running (real voices).jpg
With real voices of Milli Vanilli

"Keep on Running" is a song credited to German pop group Milli Vanilli before and during the lip-synching scandal and later credited to The Real Milli Vanilli after. It was released in 1990 and peaked at number two in Austria, number four in Germany, number six in Italy and number eight in Switzerland. The song was also released in France, but failed to enter the singles chart, as did "Too Late (True Love)".

Contents

"Keep on Running" would be the duo's final single as Milli Vanilli, and was the first single of the Real Milli Vanilli.

Critical reception

Gary Crossing from Record Mirror wrote, "It's nice to see these boys back in the forefront of the dance music scene after having their reputations sallied by some unsavoury accusations with regards to their vocal talents. Here they're in someone else's fine voices with this busy stonker of a floor filler, which occasionally lapses into a 'Dreadlock Holiday' stylee reggae lilt. I'm speechless." [1]

Track listings

  1. "Keep on Running" (Club Mix) — 6:40
  2. "The End of Good Times" — 4:09
  3. "Keep on Running" (Running Man Mix) — 5:45
  4. "Keep on Running" (Radio Version) — 4:04
  1. "Keep on Running" — 3:58
  2. "The End of Good Times" — 3:45
  1. "Keep on Running" (Club Mix) — 6:15
  2. "The End of Good Times" — 3:35
  3. "Keep on Running" (Running Man Mix) — 5:45
  4. "Keep on Running" (Radio Mix) — 3:58
  1. "Keep on Running" (Club Mix) — 7:50
  2. "The End of Good Times" — 3:39
  3. "Keep on Running" (Running Man Mix) — 5:45
  4. "Keep on Running" (Radio Version) — 4:04

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Keep On Running
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [14] Gold25,000*
Germany (BVMI) [15] Gold250,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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