Run to Him

"Run to Him"
Single by Bobby Vee
from the album Take Good Care of My Baby
B-side	"Walkin' with My Angel"
Released	October 27, 1961
Recorded	October 24, 1961
Genre	Pop
Length	2:07
Label	Liberty Records 55388 UK London
Songwriter(s)	Gerry Goffin, Jack Keller
Producer(s)	Snuff Garrett
Bobby Vee singles chronology
"Take Good Care of My Baby" (1961) "Run to Him" (1961) "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" (1962)

"Run to Him" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller and performed by Bobby Vee featuring the Johnny Mann Singers. ^[1] It was produced by Snuff Garrett, ^[2] and was featured on Vee's 1962 album, Take Good Care of My Baby . ^[3] One of the musicians on the song was session drummer Earl Palmer. ^[4]

Chart performance

"Run to Him" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. ^[5] It also reached No.6 in Canada, and No. 6 in the UK in 1961. ^[6]

The single's B-side, "Walkin' with My Angel", reached No. 53 on the Billboard chart and No. 89 in Canada. ^[7]

Charts

Chart (1961)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 [8]	2
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade) [9]	6

Other versions

• Ivo Robić, in Germany in April 1962 as part of an EP entitled Geh' Zu Ihm. ^[10]
• Little Eva re-titled the song "Run to Her" and made it the B-side to her single "Makin' with the Magilla" in October 1964. ^[11]
• Jimmy Tarbuck, as the B-side to his single "Lucky Jim" in March 1972. ^[12]
• Donny Osmond, on his 1972 solo album Too Young.
• Beverly Bremers recorded it as "Run to Her" on a single in March 1973. ^[13]
• Susie Allanson, as a single entitled "Run to Her" in 1981 that reached No. 53 on the country chart. It was featured on her album Sleepless Nights. ^[14]
• Labi Siffre, as a single in January 1981. ^[15]

References

1. Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
2. Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
3. Bobby Vee, Take Good Care of My Baby Retrieved July 11, 2014
4. Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
5. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard .
6. Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" Chart Positions Retrieved July 11, 2014
7. Bobby Vee, "Walkin with My Angel" Chart Positions Retrieved July 11, 2014
8. "Bobby Vee Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
9. "CHUM Hit Parade - December 18, 1961".
10. Ivo Robić, "Geh' Zu Ihm" EP release Retrieved July 11, 2014
11. Little Eva, "Makin' with the Magilla" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
12. Jimmy Tarbuck, "Lucky Jim" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
13. Beverly Bremers, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved August 12, 2016.
14. Susie Allanson, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
15. Labi Siffre, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014