Runnin' Away (Sly and the Family Stone song)

"Runnin' Away"
Single by Sly and the Family Stone
from the album There's a Riot Goin' On
B-side"Brave & Strong"
Released1972
Recorded1970
Genre
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Sylvester Stewart
Producer(s)Sly Stone
Sly and the Family Stone singles chronology
"Family Affair"
(1971) 		"Runnin' Away"
(1972) 		"(You Caught Me) Smilin'"
(1972)

"Runnin' Away" is a song by American band Sly and the Family Stone. It was released as a single in early 1972 and appears on their 1971 album, There's a Riot Goin' On. The song reached No. 23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 15 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart.[2] Outside the U.S., "Runnin' Away" reached No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart.

Record World said that "though Sly the lead vocalist is not much in evidence here, Sly the innovator, the driving force, is omnipresent".[3]

  1. ^ Dimery, Robert; Lydon, Michael (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Revised and Updated ed.). Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 534.
  3. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. January 29, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-04-02.