Run Baby Run (Sheryl Crow song)

"Run Baby Run" is a single by singer Sheryl Crow from the album Tuesday Night Music Club released by A&M Records. It was originally released in 1993. It failed to chart in the United States but was a minor radio hit in Canada and the UK, among several other countries.

"Run Baby Run"
1993 UK 7"/CD single cover art
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Tuesday Night Music Club
B-side
  • "All by Myself"
  • "The Na-Na Song"
  • "Reach Around Jerk"
  • "Leaving Las Vegas"
Released
Format
RecordedToad Hall, Pasadena, California, 1993
Length
  • 4:53 (Album version)
  • 4:27 (Single version)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bill Bottrell
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"Run Baby Run"
(1993)		 "What I Can Do for You"
(1993)

"Run Baby Run" was released for a third time after the success of "All I Wanna Do" and "Strong Enough". It reached no. 24 in the UK charts in July 1995.

Background and composition

According to Crow, the song was written in 1992 after the results of the presidential election were announced, marking the transition "from conservative George H. W. Bush to young, unconventional, good-looking Bill Clinton."[1] The song describes a young woman born on November 22, 1963, "the day Aldous Huxley died" (whom Crow calls a "literary spokesperson of the 1960s").[2] She grew up in a conservative social structure (where people "talk of better days"), yet her parents are hippies: her mother experiments with drugs while her father is a political activist.[2] As a result, she feels caught between generations and has learned from her parents' example to run away from problems or from people getting too close to her. Crow has stated that, while the song is not autobiographical, she can relate to certain aspects of the character.[2]

Music video

The music video of the song was directed by David Hogan and David Cameron and features Crow singing in a red room with her band.

Track listings
Australian, French and European CD single #1 (Cat. No. 580 380-2) (1993)
  1. "Run Baby Run" (Single Version)
  2. "All by Myself"
U.K. cassette single #1 and 7" single (Cats. No. 580 380-4 and 580 380-7) (1993)
  1. "Run Baby Run"
  2. "All by Myself"
U.K. CD single #1 (Cat No. 580 381-2) (1993)
  1. "Run Baby Run" (Single Version)
  2. "All by Myself"
  3. "The Na-Na Song"
  4. "Reach Around Jerk"
European CD single #2 (Cat. No. 580 568-2)
  1. "Run Baby Run"
  2. "Leaving Las Vegas"

Track 2, recorded live at KMTT 103.7 FM

U.K. CD single #2 and German CD single (Cat. No. 580 569-2) (1994)
  1. "Run Baby Run" (Single Version)
  2. "Leaving Las Vegas" (Acoustic Version)
  3. "All by Myself"
  4. "Reach Around Jerk"

Track 2, recorded live at KMTT 103.7 FM

European CD single #3 (Cat. No. 581 106-2)
  1. "Run Baby Run"
U.K. cassette #2 (Cat. No. 581 146-4) (1995)
  1. "Run Baby Run"
  2. "Leaving Las Vegas" (Live in Nashville)
U.K. CD single #3 (Cat. No. 581 147-2) (1995)
  1. "Run Baby Run"
  2. "Can't Cry Anymore" (Live in Nashville)
  3. "Reach Around Jerk" (Live in Nashville)
  4. "I Shall Believe" (Live in Nashville)
U.K. CD single #4 (Cat. No. 581 149-2) (1995)
  1. "Run Baby Run"
  2. "Strong Enough" (Live in Nashville)
  3. "No One Said It Would Be Easy" (Live in Nashville)
  4. "The Na-Na Song" (Live in Nashville)

Chart performance
Chart (1993–1996) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 156
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[4] 45
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 86
Italy (FIMI)[6] 18
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 45
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8] 24

References
  1. "Twec.com chat". The Sheryl Crow Post. December 7, 1999. Archived from the original on November 19, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  2. Sheryl Crow - "Run Baby Run" acoustic piano (Italy, 12 Feb 1994). February 12, 1994. Event occurs at 1:46. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  3. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received November 14, 2016". Imgur. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  4. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2859." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  5. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2368." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  6. "Indice per Interprete: C" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Sheryl Crow – Run, Baby, Run" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
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