Running Back to You

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"Running Back to You"
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Single by Vanessa Williams
from the album The Comfort Zone
B-side "Better Off Now"
ReleasedJuly 18, 1991
Recorded1991
Genre
Length4:39
Label Wing
Songwriter(s)
  • Trevor Gale
  • Kenni Hairston
Producer(s)
  • Bob Rosa
  • Kenni Hairston
  • DJ L.A. Jay
  • Rob Von Arx
  • Trevor Gale
Vanessa Williams singles chronology
"Darlin' I"
(1989)
"Running Back to You"
(1991)
"The Comfort Zone"
(1991)

"Running Back to You" is the lead single from American singer and actress Vanessa Williams' second studio album, The Comfort Zone (1991). It features samples from The J.B.'s "The Grunt" (1970) and John Davis and the Monster Orchestra's "I Can't Stop" (1976).

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The single became one of the biggest hits of her career; it topped Billboard 's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for two weeks from October 5 to October 12, 1991 and reached number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100. A colorful music video, directed by Ralph Ziman, was shot for the single. Williams performed the song on The Arsenio Hall Show in 1991.

At the Grammy Awards in 1992, the song received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

Track listings and formats

  1. "Running Back to You" (Vanessa's Club Mix) – 7:56
  2. "Running Back to You" (Vanessa's Sweat Mix) – 5:09
  3. "Running Back to You" (DNA Extended) – 5:02
  4. "Running Back to You" (Flip Hop Mix) – 7:01
  1. "Running Back to You" (The Mix) – 4:41
  2. "Running Back to You" (Edit) – 4:04
  3. "Running Back to You (Flip Hop Extended Version) – 7:01
  4. "Running Back to You (Flip Hop Edit) – 4:29
  1. "Running Back to You" (Edit) – 4:04
Special previews:
  1. "The Comfort Zone" – 1:00
  2. "Save the Best for Last" – 1:00
  3. "Still in Love" – 1:00
  4. "Better Off Now" – 3:57
Special previews:
  1. "The Comfort Zone" – 1:00
  2. "Save the Best for Last – 1:00
  3. "Still in Love – 1:00
  1. "Running Back to You" (DNA 7")
  2. "Running Back to You" (U.S. 7")
  1. "Running Back to You" (DNA 12")
  2. "Running Back to You" (Vanessa's Club Mix) – 7:56
  3. "Better Off Now"

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 102
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [4] 86
Canada Dance/Urban ( RPM ) [5] 1
UK Dance ( Music Week ) [6] 54
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 18
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 1
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [9] 2
US Dance Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [10] 1

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