Runaround Sue (album)

Runaround Sue
Studio album by Dion
Released	1961
Genre	Rock and roll teen pop doo-wop [1]
Length	30:21
Label	Laurie
Dion chronology
Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts (1960) Runaround Sue (1961) Alone with Dion (1961)
Singles from Runaround Sue
"Somebody Nobody Wants/Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight" Released: July 1961 "Runaround Sue/Runaway Girl" Released: August 1961 "The Wanderer/The Majestic" Released: November 1961

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Runaround Sue is the first solo album by Dion, released in 1961 by Laurie Records.

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Runaround Sue"	Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca	2:40
2.	"Somebody Nobody Wants"	George Goehring, Sylvia Dee	2:35
3.	"Dream Lover"	Bobby Darin	2:18
4.	"Life Is But a Dream"	Raul Cita, Sam Weiss	2:33
5.	"The Wanderer"	Ernie Maresca	2:40
6.	"Runaway Girl"	Barbara Baer, Eliot Greenberg, Robert Schwartz	2:27
Total length:			15:13

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Majestic"	Brenda Lee Jones, Welton Young	2:26
2.	"Little Star"	Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa	2:39
3.	"Lonely World"	Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca	2:11
4.	"In the Still of the Night"	Fred Parris	2:49
5.	"Kansas City"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	2:39
6.	"Take Good Care of My Baby"	Carole King, Gerry Goffin	2:25
Total length:			15:09

Chart positions

Chart (1961)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	11

Singles ^{[3] [4]}

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1961	"Somebody Nobody Wants"	US Pop	103
	"Runaround Sue"		1
		US R&B	4
		UK	11
	"The Majestic"	US Pop	36
	"The Wanderer"		2
		UK	10

References

1. McGee, David (2004). "Dion". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 239–241. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
2. Runaround Sue at AllMusic
3. Dion Single Releases. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
4. Dion Charting Singles. Retrieved May 9, 2023.