Run with Us

"Run With Us"
Single by Lisa Lougheed
from the album Evergreen Nights
B-side "Hold Back Tomorrow"
Released 1987
Format 7"
Genre Dance-rock
Length 4:35
Label Run Records
Songwriter(s) Kevin Gillis, Jon Stroll, Steve Lunt
Producer(s) Kevin Gillis, Jon Stroll
Lisa Lougheed singles chronology
"Run With Us"
(1987)		 "Ain't No Planes"
(1988)

"Run With Us"
(1987)		 "Ain't No Planes"
(1988)

"Run With Us" is the end theme song for the 1980s television series The Raccoons. It was written by Kevin Gillis, Jon Stroll and Steve Lunt. The song was originally recorded by Steve Lunt for the first season in 1985 but was later covered by and is more associated with Lisa Lougheed and included on her first album Evergreen Nights, as well as being heard at the end of every Raccoons episode from the second season until the series ended in 1991. Lunt's version was available on UK pressings of the single released in 1987, which is incorrectly listed as a remix. The song featured in several episodes of the series.

In 2006, "Run With Us" was covered by English band Spray. The song was also praised on an episode of Channel Four's Three Minute Wonder, broadcast on September 9, 2009.

In 2011, "Run With Us" was included in the closing credits of Canadian filmmaker Jason Eisener's Hobo with a Shotgun. Starring Dutch cult favourite Rutger Hauer, and based on the 2007 mock trailer of the same name, the film pays tribute to many of the films and songs of the 1980s which Eisener grew up on.[1]

The song was also covered by alternative rock band The Morning After.

In 2014, the song was featured on Cover Boy, an EP of cover songs by British singer Matt Fishel. "Run With Us" was promoted from Cover Boy as a music video released on August 10, 2014 on Fishel's YouTube channel.[2] The video is a compilation of clips and footage taken from The Raccoons series, re-edited together in time to the music as an homage to the show, with scenes matching the song's lyrics. The video was created by Fishel, with permission from Kevin Gillis.[3]

The song was covered by Welsh independent singer Bright Light Bright Light on his 2017 album Cinematography 2: Back in the Habit.[4]

The song was covered by English indie-pop band The Ragamuffins as a secret bonus track on their 2018 album "Cause Of Causes" [5]

Charts

Lisa Lougheed 1987 single
  • Top Singles Chart (RPM): Charted 10 times between Jan 30, 1988 and Apr 09, 1988, peaked at #69 for 2 weeks
  • Adult Contemporary Singles (RPM): Charted 12 times between Nov 7, 1987 and Feb 6, 1988, peaked at #8
  • Canadian Content Top Ten "CANCON" (RPM): Charted 7 times between Nov 14, 1987 and Jan 16, 1988, peaked at #2 for 3 weeks

References

  1. ↑ Hayes, Sean. "Jason Eisener on His Heroic Hobo". CBC News. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Matt Fishel - Run With Us (Theme from The Raccoons) - Official Video" on YouTube, YouTube. 10 August 2014. Retrieved on 12 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Matt Fishel - Got a fun little treat coming this weekend..." Facebook. 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  4. ↑ /. "Run With Us | Bright Light Bright Light". Brightlightx2.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  5. ↑ /. "Run With Us | The Ragamuffins". www.theragamuffins.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
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