You Keep Running Away
Appearance
"You Keep Running Away" | ||||
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Single by Four Tops | ||||
from the album Four Tops Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | ||||
B-side | "If You Don't Want My Love" | |||
Released | 1967 | |||
Recorded | 1967 | |||
Genre | R&B, soul | |||
Length | 2:48 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Songwriter(s) | Holland-Dozier-Holland | |||
Producer(s) | Holland-Dozier-Holland | |||
Four Tops singles chronology | ||||
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"You Keep Running Away" is a Holland-Dozier-Holland composition originally recorded in 1967 by the Four Tops.[1] The song appears on their 1971 LP Four Tops Greatest Hits Vol. 2. Billboard described the single as a "solid easy heat rocker that moves from start to finish has all the ingredients for another chart topper."[2]
Background
[edit]As in many of their other songs, the Andantes augmented the background vocals. This was one of the last few HDH releases by the Four Tops.
Chart history
[edit]"You Keep Running Away" went to number seven on the R&B charts and number nineteen on the Hot 100.[3]
Chart (1967) | Peak position |
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U.K. Singles Chart[4] | 26 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 19 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles | 7 |
References
[edit]- ^ "You Keep Running Away". www.discogs.com. 1967. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. September 9, 1967. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.
- ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 6, 2021.