Run to Him

"Run to Him" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller and performed by Bobby Vee featuring the Johnny Mann Singers.[1] It was produced by Snuff Garrett,[2] and was featured on Vee's 1962 album, Take Good Care of My Baby.[3] One of the musicians on the song was session drummer Earl Palmer.[4]

"Run to Him"
Single by Bobby Vee
from the album Take Good Care of My Baby
B-side"Walkin with My Angel"
ReleasedOctober 27, 1961
RecordedOctober 24, 1961
GenrePop
Length2:07
LabelLiberty Records 55388
UK London
Songwriter(s)Gerry Goffin, Jack Keller
Producer(s)Snuff Garrett
Bobby Vee singles chronology
"Take Good Care of My Baby"
(1961)		 "Run to Him"
(1961)		 "Please Don't Ask About Barbara"
(1962)

Chart performance

"Run to Him" reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was kept from the #1 position by The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens.[5] It also reached #4 in Canada, and #6 in the UK in 1961.[6]

The single's B-side, "Walkin' with My Angel", reached #53 on the Billboard chart and #89 in Canada.[7]

Charts
Chart (1961) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 2

Other versions
  • Ivo Robić released a version in Germany in April 1962 as part of an EP entitled Geh' Zu Ihm.[9]
  • Little Eva released a version entitled "Run to Her" as the B-side to her single "Makin' with the Magilla" in October 1964.[10]
  • Jimmy Tarbuck released a version as the B-side to his single "Lucky Jim" in March 1972.[11]
  • Donny Osmond released a version on his 1972 solo album Too Young.
  • Beverly Bremers released a version of the song entitled "Run to Her" as a single in March 1973.[12]
  • Susie Allanson released a version as a single entitled "Run to Her" in 1981 that reached #53 on the country chart. It was featured on her album Sleepless Nights.[13]
  • Labi Siffre released a version as a single in January 1981.[14]

References
  1. Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  2. Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  3. Bobby Vee, Take Good Care of My Baby Retrieved July 11, 2014
  4. Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, forward by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
  5. https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1961-12-25
  6. Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" Chart Positions Retrieved July 11, 2014
  7. Bobby Vee, "Walkin with My Angel" Chart Positions Retrieved July 11, 2014
  8. "Bobby Vee Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  9. Ivo Robić, "Geh' Zu Ihm" EP release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  10. Little Eva, "Makin' with the Magilla" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  11. Jimmy Tarbuck, "Lucky Jim" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  12. Beverly Bremers, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  13. Susie Allanson, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  14. Labi Siffre, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014


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