Who Will You Run To

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"Who Will You Run To"
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Single by Heart
from the album Bad Animals
B-side "Magic Man (live)"
ReleasedAugust 1987
Genre Rock [1]
Length4:05
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Diane Warren
Producer(s) Ron Nevison
Heart singles chronology
"Alone"
(1987)
"Who Will You Run To"
(1987)
"There's the Girl"
(1987)

"Who Will You Run To" is a song recorded by American rock band Heart. It was composed by Diane Warren and released as a single from Heart's ninth studio album, Bad Animals .

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"Who Will You Run To" is one of a long list of hit songs written by Warren. [2] Heart's version of her song became the band's eighth U.S. top-ten single. [3] It also climbed to number thirty in the UK Singles Chart, where it was also available as a 12" single. An extended rock version of the song was Heart's first UK CD single release. [4]

Cash Box called it a "powerful melodic rocker." [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Who Will You Run To"
Chart (1987)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 63
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [7] 19
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles) [8] 78
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 18
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 30
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 7
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [12] 2
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles [13] 6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Who Will You Run To"
Chart (1987)Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [14] 88
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard) [15] 8

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