Run Away (Live song)

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"Run Away"
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Single by Live
from the album Birds of Pray
Released2004
Genre Alternative rock, country rock
Length3:53(Album version)
3:28 (Version with Shelby Lynne)
Label Radioactive Records
Songwriter(s) Ed Kowalczyk
Producer(s) Jim Wirt
Live singles chronology
"Sweet Release"
(2003)
"Run Away"
(2004)
"We Deal in Dreams"
(2004)

"Run Away" is a song by alternative rock group Live, which was released as a single from their 2003 album, Birds of Pray .

Contents

The American release, which was issued only as a single-track radio promo, is a re-recorded version of the song with country music artist Shelby Lynne sharing lead vocals with Ed Kowalczyk. This version was released on Live's greatest hits album Awake: The Best of Live (2004). The other worldwide releases contain the original version of the song.

Track listings

All songs by Ed Kowalczyk, except as noted:

Australian and European CD single

  1. "Run Away" – 3:53
  2. "Like I Do" (Live at Vorst Nationaal) (Lyrics: Kowalczyk, Music: Kowalczyk, Dahlheimer, Taylor) – 4:39
  3. "They Stood Up for Love" (Live at Vorst Nationaal) – 5:03
  4. "Heaven" (Video) – 4:03

European CD single 2

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  1. "Run Away" – 3:53
  2. "Run Away" (Tuppin Remix) – 4:01

European CD single 3

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  1. "Run Away" – 3:52
  2. "Lighthouse" (Live at Vorst Nationaal) – 3:06
  3. "The Beauty of Gray" (Live at Vorst Nationaal) – 4:25
  4. "The Beauty of Gray" (Live at Vorst Nationaal) (Video) – 4:31

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