| "Take It on the Run" | ||||
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| Single by REO Speedwagon | ||||
| from the album Hi Infidelity | ||||
| B-side | "Someone Tonight" | |||
| Released | March 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
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| Length | 3:59 (album version) 3:39 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gary Richrath | |||
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| "Take It on the Run" on YouTube | ||||
"Take It on the Run" is a song by American rock band REO Speedwagon off the band's ninth studio album Hi Infidelity (1980). The song was written by lead guitarist Gary Richrath. "Take It on the Run" was the follow-up single behind the group's number-one hit, "Keep On Loving You". The single went gold on April 17, 1989. "Take It on the Run" has appeared on dozens of "various artists" compilation albums, as well as several REO Speedwagon greatest-hits albums.[1] The 2017 song "Messin' Around" by Pitbull featuring Enrique Iglesias interpolates "Take It on the Run".[2]
- ^ "REO Speedwagon, Take It on the Run (Appears On)". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ "Pitbull & Enrique Iglesias Reference "Take It On The Run" On Their New Track". reospeedwagon.com. April 15, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.