| "Runaway Boys" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Stray Cats | ||||
| from the album Stray Cats/Built for Speed | ||||
| B-side | "My One Desire" | |||
| Released | November 21, 1980 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Length | 2:57 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Setzer, Jimmy McDonnell | |||
| Producer(s) | Dave Edmunds | |||
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"Runaway Boys" is the debut single by American rockabilly band Stray Cats, released November 21, 1980, by Arista Records in the UK, where it peaked at No. 9 on the Singles Chart.[1] Its biggest success was in Finland, where it reached number one. The song was later included on the band's 1981 self-titled debut album.
Its first US release, by EMI America, was on the June 1982 album Built for Speed.