Run to Me (Smokie song)

"Run to Me" is a song by the British rock band Smokie. It was released as a single in 1980 and was also included on the new Smokie greatest-hits albums issued in the same year (Smokie's Greatest Hits Volume 2[1] in continental Europe and Australia and The Very Best of Smokie — 14 Hit Singles[2] in the UK).

"Run to Me"
Single by Smokie
B-side"Look What You're Doin'"
Released1980 (1980)
Format7" (45 RPM)
Length4:12
LabelRAK
Songwriter(s)Chris Norman, Pete Spencer
Producer(s)Smokie
Smokie singles chronology
"Take Good Care of My Baby"
(1980)		 "Run to Me"
(1980)		 "Little Town Flirt"
(1981)

Background and writing

The song was written by Chris Norman and Smokie drummer Pete Spencer and produced by Smokie.

Commercial performance

The Smokie song by Smokie reached no. 29 in Germany.[3]

Savoy Brown version
"Run to Me"
Single by Savoy Brown
from the album Greatest Hits Live in Concert
B-side"Georgie"
Released1981 (1981)
Format7" (45 RPM)
Length3:48
LabelTowne House (US)
Repertoire (Europe)
Songwriter(s)Chris Norman, Pete Spencer
Producer(s)Richie Wise

English blues rock band Savoy Brown released their cover as a single in 1981.[4] It was featured as the sole studio track on that year's Greatest Hits Live in Concert album. It also appeared on German editions of the band's Rock 'N' Roll Warriors album, released the same year.

It became Savoy's highest-charting single in the United States, peaking at number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of October 31, 1981.[5]

Charts

Smokie version
Chart (1980) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 13
Germany[3] 29

Savoy Brown version
Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 68

References
  1. "spanishcharts.com - Smokie - Greatest Hits Volume 2". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  2. "spanishcharts.com - Smokie - The Very Best Of Smokie - 14 Hit-Singles". Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  3. "spanishcharts.com - Smokie - Run To Me". Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  4. "spanishcharts.com - Savoy Brown - Run To Me". Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  5. "Savoy Brown chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  6. "Austriancharts.at – Smokie – Run to Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  7. "Savoy Brown Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
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