The falsetto voice sections instantly date the song to the 50s/early 60s falsetto songs. But the only way you'd know it is if you've listened to 50s/60s songs like that. It's a very simple tune, with one verse repeated after the unique monophonic synthesizer solo - it's simple, and very very catchy. You really only need to hear it one time to like the song. It's a combination of not having to think too hard about what's being conveyed, the great vocals, the rhythm section, and the unique synthesizer. The song was in the film 'American Graffiti' which was a major hit film. I wish Del could have been a sort of 'Tom Petty' type of performer, turning out lots of hits, and had a more solid, decades-long career. Del was very talented - great songwriter, great performer. This tune will be remade by lots of bands for decades - it has appeal that is beyond the time period it first came out. Great songs are usually timeless. . .
Daughters account. Your one lucky person to get to experience a time when Men Were Real Men not like the cowards we see today 21st century never will see Real Men
My dad died yesterday... This was our song. He would always play this for me while we cruised around in his 1934 Sedan... Or the '32 coupe. Such good memories.
ive loved this song forever...singin it when I was 6..7...and today... sorry for the loss but sing the song still.... that's what ya dad would want.. be well.
Not long after Del Shannon died my father told me the story of when this song had come out in the late winter of 1961. He heard it for the first time in a diner in Ann Arbor Michigan just after his girlfriend at the time had broken up with him. As he walked back to his dorm at the University of Michigan which was a mile or so away from the diner, it was pouring rain on him and he was reminded of the song. Before he knew it a car drove by and happened to go through a HUGE puddle and it splashed him like a tidal wave. Quite the kicker on a tough night but he chuckled when he told me 'at least that made me forget about the breakup for a while' as all he could think about after that was getting to shelter to get dried and warmed. That summer, he would meet my mother and they married in 1965. They were together all of those years until my dad passed last year due to a heart attack (his second, the first being in 2003). He was just short of his 81st birthday. My mom's doing okay for the most part all things considered, but it's always tough. Especially when you've been with someone for 62 years and married for 58 of them. Rest in peace Dad, rest in peace Del.
I love hearing real stories of real lives. This song reminds me of taking summer holidays at my parents caravan in rural Ireland. Our house was always filled with music. My dad passed in 2020 and we played his favourite song at his funeral. Fleetwood Mac-Albatross. ❤
Lmao he was mentally disturbed that self medicated with alcohol. He was an alcoholic and his girlfriend ran away from him. I bet he was an abusive drunk. He was so mentally unstable he shot himsrlf.
I'm old enough to be your dad but I too never experienced this/that era. It's something special, today it feels most music is made with the help of marketing algorithm. No soul!
It's a great time to be alive. We have more access to all of the classics more than ever before! Let us sit back, enjoy the music, and watch these idiot world leaders fuck up again and again. Cheers, to the good times, the old times!
This was my graduation song. I was graduating from high school and loved this sound. It just was so mysterious and great. Still love it -- all these years later.
+Pat Melton I live in Perú and was born in the 80s. My parents had their music, and this piece was part of it, i love it too. You were so lucky toactually live it! Kind regards from here
Del Shannon has a voice from another world.. And the soloist, Max Crook's inventive keyboard playing is one of the best moments in music. Unbelievable..
@@lorne2405 actually was a early electronic keyboard a clavioline-like instrument similar to the one used for the tornados telstar! wikipedia states that the one used on this song was a modified clavioline called a musitron tho im not sure exactly in what way it was modified
Just heard this song in the last season of Dexter. I looked for some lyrics and found it! I love it Edit: I read the other comments happy to see so many Dexter fans here.
I am an 80s teen who was on the rave seen but here I am saying! I have always loved this record. Always makes me think of that crime drama on way back when as this was the theme tune.
This reminds me of the taste of my cats an0s and me and Jenny saveel shared it 😍and put leg warmers on its an8s then Elvis Costello joined in oh baby I’m getting wet thinking about the bell bottoms he was wearing it brings me back they were neon and had leg warmers attached oh baby the neon 😒😜
It was 1992, I was 13 years old and my Dad had just bought a double-cassette album of songs of the late 50s and 60s. The cassettes hardly ever made it to the family stereo because they were always in my walkman. I would listen to these songs over and over at night, imagining I was at a dance and a cute boy would ask me to dance. Hahaha. I was clearly born 20 years too late!
Max Crook's keyboard playing really puts this song over the top, it comes as no surprise that he co-wrote this with Shannon. This song is a timeless classic.
I am alone in my apartment which is at the top floor of a 17 floors building. Nobody else is in this floor. My neighbours went away before the quarantine started. I hope you are well.
Even though i was born in 1963, i was far too young to be into the music of that era, what a shame, the late 50s and 1960s are probably still the greatest era for music ever.
@@damienbreslin6204 We needed an epical scene between Dexter and Batista.. We needed this so badly.. This could make us fully satisfied.. But still a great season
@@damienbreslin6204 the minute I saw him grab Logan, I was like, "What are you doing?! You've gotten out of worse situations than this! What are you gonna do?! What's your plan?! Run across the country with Harrison, only spending cash, because bank cards are traceable?! You're a shopkeeper, Dex! You don't have that much cash to spare!"
That’s how songs were especially for radio air play. I believe the maximum length is three minutes and most songs were a two minute tune or little less.
Del Shannon ( Charles Westover) was my grandma's First cousin on her Mom's side. This has always been one of my favorite songs growing up and it made it even more special knowing we were related. ❤️
I wish Del could've known how much he meant to people before he took his life. He was one of the only of his time to make songs about breakups and the negative sides to romance sound so cheerful. Back then, from what I can gather, it was either happy love songs or sad breakup songs. But with Del, he could extract the good from the bad. I mean, his biography says that his sadder 'love' songs came from his experiences being dismissed in high school. This song brings all the sad parts of romance into a fantastic release of sound and emotion. This is a song someone could listen to and cry tears of sadness or tears of joy. One of the most wonderful songs of all time made by one of the most wonderful singers of all time. Thank you for your music, Del. Rest in peace.
Just imagine yourself driving westbound from Albuquerque toward LA in a ragtop pulled down as the sun is setting and hearing this song on the radio. Actually, it doesn't even have to be at that location. The point is, this song has a certain ability to bring forth reflection of ones deeds and goals at the same time. There are, I am sure other songs that do the same. But, for me, this song is beautiful, brings me to a certain reflection that I truly enjoy. RIP, Mr. Shannon. How could a person produce a soul touching ballad as this, yet still be so tormented himself. I am so sorry for your passing.
I don't know why, why, why, why this song has been playing in my head for days now. I don't recall hearing it anywhere. I eventually remembered most of the lyrics, and came here to make sure I got them right. I did! This is one song that is welcome to live in my head for as long as it wants to.
My dad introduced me to Del when I was very young. My father passed away when I was 25 (14 years ago already) and these are some of my fondest memories with him. This is all we listened to in the truck together for as long as I remember. When my dad gave me his truck when I was 16, I kept the Del Shannon tape in the deck, and it never left. It reinforced my relationship with my father and our bond. Sadly someone decided to steal the truck years later and I lost the tape. I always wished I could get the tape back, as much as the truck, as it was such a significant memory of my dad. Definitely some great catchy music! RIP to those we have lost. They are never forgotten and music such as this keeps them even more alive in our hearts.
Sorry for your loss, I was born in 45, and just lost my husband of 52 years , in March this year, this music brings back memories of the great sixties.
When I was a little girl my older sister was always running away from home. I would hear this song and cry like my heart was breaking. She was a true flower child and I guess just didn't want to be home. She passed away in 2007 and I know she's dancing to good music with flowers in her hair in heaven. I miss you Teena. 😢😢
I'm 21 and play this work and other good tunes from back before my time and always get positive comments on it from customers makes me almost feel like a time traveler in a way
I am J B SILVER He I believe and I were able to sing back to each other then! i had 2 recording contracts offered in my early days because of my talent. Love him forever!
Te acuerdas que me dijistes que estabas conectando los tatuajes de las personas y te creías Lyin ya China se te cambian los papeles😊Si si andaban buscando era mí pero no te voy a perdonar hiciste que perdiera mi bebé eso no te lo voy a perdonar
Regardless of what the common opinion is towards Dexter as a whole in regards to the ending of both series', it was undeniably one of the greatest TV show experiences of the 21st Century and we should all be glad to have seen it.
@@VersusArdua Memes aside, Breaking Bad is in the same boat. Both are definite must watch shows. I was in foster care when both shows came out so I never got a chance to see them when they were mega popular but now 15 years after they first started, I agree whole heartedly. Dexter in particular helped me learn a little about why I feel so distant from my own feelings most times. From a loose "I also went through some shit" point of view anyways. Hard to break out of that "the best you can hope for is just to survive" mentality you adopt from childhood trauma.
I came indoors and listened to this on RUclips after I heard some people at a party across the street singing along to a recording of this song. So there's an answer to Luke Faulkner's question as to whether anybody is still listening to this in 2019. Some are even singing it.
I love this song, always have. I was in a club in Boston called The Other Side, in The Combat Zone, I think around 1971. The club was totally bizarre and great fun, full of tranvestites, ladies of the night, gays, straights and an overall array of people on the fringe, like myself. The band that night was Andy Paley and The Sidewinders who I came to see. In the wee hours Andy Paley, all sweaty and shirtless says, "Ladies and gentlemen we have a special guest in the audience here tonight who is going to play a song for us." And up to the stage comes Del Shannon and does an incredibly spirited version of Runaway with The Sidewinders backing. I about passed out. Such a great memory even 40 plus years later. Thank you Del.
+Michael de simone Interesting comments. What the hell was Del Shannon doing in the Zone? I got a liberal education in the Combat Zone as a young guy . Never went into The Other Side or Jacque's, just not my scene.
Hello there friend. I have no idea what he was doing there, only that The Sidewinders seemed as surprised to see him as was the audience. But I doubt that Del was gay, I'm not, nor were most of my friends there. The Other Side was not a "gay bar" so much as it was just a crazy place to see the other side of life. I saw my first transsexual person ever there, a beautiful woman doing a striptease in a cage suspended from the ceiling. Boy was I stunned when she dropped the sarong from her waist. Made quite an impression on a 19 year old kid from New Jersey....
Michael de simone Your a Hoot you are ! You know I got to tell you, that I heard some excellent bands, mostly blues players back then. It was the end of the sixties and as far as I was concerned it was the last gasp for vaudeville. When you went in these clubs, the show usually had a comedian / announcer a live band and of course the girls. If I really wanted to see different forms of life, the Hillbilly Ranch in Park Square was the place to be on a Saturday night. I don't know how I made it out alive.
Lol, thanks. Yes the music scene in Boston was terrific back in the day. It may still be. The J Giles Band played a few times at my school, as well as Albert King and of course The Sidewinders, which was how I wound up at The Other Side for the first time. Andy Paley went on to have an incredible music career as a collaborator and a producer. Brian Wilson called him the best collaborator he ever worked with. I saw George Benson at some little club whose name escapes me at the moment, ah --The Boston Tea Party -- although I never made it to the Hillbilly Ranch. But seeing Del Shannon impromptu was the highlight.
Michael de simone Interesting times for sure, a lifetime ago. The years fly by in the blink of an eye. Where'd you go to school ? You might have seen Benson at Paul's Mall or Johnny D's in Somerville. Were you a Tea Partyer ? I saw Geils,Canned Heat, Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac , The Chambers Bros.and Ultimate Spinach there. Decent shows for about $3.50 or $4.00. The ones I remember.
John Lennon, loved this song and reworked the same chords to write his song "I'll Be Back" for A Hard Day's Night. Both songs use that A minor to A major progression with beautiful results. Thank you Del Shannon!
Daughters account. Thank you American Graffiti for bringing us to this 🎵 a classic American movie of the true Good old days that will never come back am I right people
This is first rock n roll song I ever heard. My dad was driving my brother and I to school one morning, and my brother changed the radio station. This song was playing, and I was HOOKED!
Whenever I went to the US to visit my Grandparents in Florida they wold always drive listening to "Oldies FM". This song was a mainstay of that station and always reminds me of them now. Happy memories.
When I was a kid..my twin brother would sing this and say we should runaway..lol. Now I know he was right..we should've run as fast as we could. I miss you my brother every day.
I was crying my eyes out earlier because of a story I was watching about this poor little kitten that was so close to being put to sleep because of its condition, It couldn’t walk it was paraplegic, and I was just getting over crying, then I saw this post and 🥺😭 again. Lol
when this song was a hit, I was working part time in a shoe factory. the noise from the machines was deafening. but someone always had a radio playing and when that musitron solo in the middle of 'Runaway' would come on, it just cut through everything. you always knew when that song was playing.
As a lifelong musician (Keys, guitar, bass, banjo and mandolin) I gotta tell ya that the keyboard solo in the middle is a sonofabitch to play, especially if you're cursed with short fat fingers like mine. The crossovers and finger slides will make you crazy. But it is still (And I'm old enough to remember when this was new), one of the most satisfying pieces of rock history to play well. R.I.P. Del and "Well done" to everybody else on the record.
I was also fortunate to have been born In 1947, and witnessed the pop music explosion from the mid 1950’s. Suddenly, music became lively and exciting. For the next ten years there was some really great music - this one from Del Shannon, being one of my all time favourites.
This is one of the most unique songs to be recorded during that time period. What an amazing voice! When you listen to the instrumental solo in the middle, you can almost hear TV shows like the "Lost In Space" theme song in there. That was during a time when pop music was "fun" and inspirational at the same time, with shadows of the 1950s bands and singers in most songs and before the 1960s protest music and Vietnam became so dominant. Del was a true pioneer of music and influenced great talents, like Tom Petty and the Beatles and so many more. Rest in peace, Del. You are loved.
This song is perfect. Every part is essential, this is not one of those songs where you just wait to the chorus to enjoy. The verse, the pre-chorus, the chorus, the interlude, the outro, everything is perfect.
This song used to always come on the radio when me and my granny would visit my great-grandmother. She passed away back in 2003. It'll always remind me of her.
@@harsanoya3048, thank you.....this was one of the songs I would sneak out of my room, when I was little and supposed to be asleep, and say, "Daddy, would you play that song again??". He always said yes. LOL.
I was only 4 in 1961. Everytime I hear this song it reminds of those classic cars in "American Graffiti" cruising down Fourth Street in San Rafael. I had the opportunity to be in that film in the gymnasium dance scene but I refused to cut my hair. I also didn't own any straight leg pants. All I had was bell bottoms. In 2023 I wouldn't be caught dead wearing bell bottoms. It was September 1972 and I was 15.
My father show me this song a long time ago, when i was just a little child. Then he just go away from me. Since that time, he was my runaway, and i always wonder, where he will stay? Love you dad
Quem dera se eu pudesse passar pelo menos um dia nessa época, já tava de bom tamanho, e nem precisava de ser nos EUA, no Rio de Janeiro já seria incrivel
Yess. I was listening to this song way before that. 37 now, been loving this song the most since I was a toddler. I have parents with impeccable music taste.
Besides the kids today, your not forced to listen to to days music that sucks ass...give the 50's to the 80's a chance, I'll KNOW you'll like it....:)...I grew up in the 70's...and I love the 50's, too...:).
+Brian Powers I agree completely. I just made a bunch of CDs with my favorite artists from this era. And it's not just the music, it's the technology they had back then. I am now obsessed with records, and playing them on my grandma's HI-FI. And guess what? I'm 14.
American graffiti !! This song fits the picture and the Era. I wish I could have been part of that Era but wasn't thought of until 1974 lol awesome song and awesome AIR PIANO I BELIEVE HE'S THE 1ST ONE TO GIVE IT A SHOT AND PAID OFF I THINK.
Well, seeing how they never had any sorts of computer equipment to enhance their voices or their instruments, they had to be naturally talented. Unfortunately, being a music star and being talented is no longer synonymous.
Nikolai Drostdov I find it interesting that people who make recordings are no longer called "musicians" or "entertainers." They are now "artists." Somehow, most of what I hear doesn't sound all that much like art.
HurricaneHomer9 "The best things never last" as a great man once said, maybe God just thought it was his time to "runaway" but he shall never runaway from the people he enlightened with his music.
This song was released on 1961. 15 years before I was born. It is amazing how much I love this song. 2016 and still ROCKS!!!! 2017 and still ROCKS!!!! [recent edit]
I was a DJ back in 1960 to 1962 and I must have played this song a thousand times. Never gets old.
@John Smith Life was a total 180 from what it is today in 2022...no comparison. It was good!
The falsetto voice sections instantly date the song to the 50s/early 60s falsetto songs. But the only way you'd know it is if you've listened to 50s/60s songs like that. It's a very simple tune, with one verse repeated after the unique monophonic synthesizer solo - it's simple, and very very catchy.
You really only need to hear it one time to like the song. It's a combination of not having to think too hard about what's being conveyed, the great vocals, the rhythm section, and the unique synthesizer.
The song was in the film 'American Graffiti' which was a major hit film.
I wish Del could have been a sort of 'Tom Petty' type of performer, turning out lots of hits, and had a more solid, decades-long career. Del was very talented - great songwriter, great performer.
This tune will be remade by lots of bands for decades - it has appeal that is beyond the time period it first came out. Great songs are usually timeless.
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Yes, before producers learned not to care
@@thisisme3238 Must be white, lol.
Daughters account. Your one lucky person to get to experience a time when Men Were Real Men not like the cowards we see today 21st century never will see Real Men
My dad died yesterday... This was our song. He would always play this for me while we cruised around in his 1934 Sedan... Or the '32 coupe. Such good memories.
ive loved this song forever...singin it when I was 6..7...and today... sorry for the loss but sing the song still.... that's what ya dad would want.. be well.
I'm sorry my condolences is my favorite song
Im sorry
I'm soooooooo sorry sweetie. 😭 my heart breaks for you.
I'm sorry for your loss. ❤
Not long after Del Shannon died my father told me the story of when this song had come out in the late winter of 1961. He heard it for the first time in a diner in Ann Arbor Michigan just after his girlfriend at the time had broken up with him. As he walked back to his dorm at the University of Michigan which was a mile or so away from the diner, it was pouring rain on him and he was reminded of the song. Before he knew it a car drove by and happened to go through a HUGE puddle and it splashed him like a tidal wave. Quite the kicker on a tough night but he chuckled when he told me 'at least that made me forget about the breakup for a while' as all he could think about after that was getting to shelter to get dried and warmed. That summer, he would meet my mother and they married in 1965. They were together all of those years until my dad passed last year due to a heart attack (his second, the first being in 2003). He was just short of his 81st birthday. My mom's doing okay for the most part all things considered, but it's always tough. Especially when you've been with someone for 62 years and married for 58 of them. Rest in peace Dad, rest in peace Del.
Thank you for sharing.
Love your story. It's poignant and wonderful the memories that songs can bring to mind. This was one from my early years of radio and 45 rpm records.
Beautiful but sad story , I always loved listening to my Dad telling me about his life
I love hearing real stories of real lives.
This song reminds me of taking summer holidays at my parents caravan in rural Ireland. Our house was always filled with music. My dad passed in 2020 and we played his favourite song at his funeral. Fleetwood Mac-Albatross. ❤
God bless your father, Steve you are a lucky man
I graduated fm highschool in Ontario in 1962 and this Del Shannon song was playing all the time. I loved it and remember. I turned 80 this month. 👍
Happy Late Bday sir! 🎊 🎉 Hope you enjoyed yourself! And great taste in music haha
Happy Birthday. Keep on wonderin.
...you kids & your music...
May your years be as great as the 60s
Here's to the next 80 if you love music
Thank you Dexter for reminding us of this masterpiece
💯💯💯
You're already dead
@@harlo1979 😂😂
I was singing this heavily for weeks and I’m a huge fan of Dexter and when I heard this I was like whoah..The odds? Love it brotha’
Kurt is the reason I'm here
I lost my dad today and this was his favorite song. Miss you, dad.
In sorry for your loss
May he rest in peace
I'm sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss my friend🙏🏻
May he rest in peace
I was born at the perfect time 1947 to enjoy all this wonderful music as a teenager in the 60's
1947 here too Great music back then
Beeing a teenager in 2018 is better
Change my mind
me too!!!
Lucky!!
Me too
RIP Del Shannon (December 30, 1934 - February 8, 1990), aged 55
You will be remembered as a legend.
who asked
@@nik3va522 No one needs to ask.
Lmao he was mentally disturbed that self medicated with alcohol. He was an alcoholic and his girlfriend ran away from him. I bet he was an abusive drunk. He was so mentally unstable he shot himsrlf.
He shot himself in the head
Covid 19 took so much from us.
As a 22 year old I can say it gives me such Nostalgia to an Era my Eyes have Never Seen.
I'm old enough to be your dad but I too never experienced this/that era. It's something special, today it feels most music is made with the help of marketing algorithm. No soul!
Even i as a 34 years old feel nostalgic. This is what music does with you.
It's a great time to be alive. We have more access to all of the classics more than ever before! Let us sit back, enjoy the music, and watch these idiot world leaders fuck up again and again. Cheers, to the good times, the old times!
We genetically share love of our parent's parent's music!
Music is timeless especially when made by talented people it transcends the ages and echoes throughout eternity lol
This was my graduation song. I was graduating from high school and loved this sound. It just was so mysterious and great. Still love it -- all these years later.
I'm obsessed with the late 50s / early 60s and I wish I had your life
I suppose every generation has a story to tell.
Mica Barrett Mica, you have your own generation and the wonder of it. I appreciate the 40's music also.
Pat Melton when I was in Auckland NZ, was my favorite song and remember a girl I love there
+Pat Melton I live in Perú and was born in the 80s. My parents had their music, and this piece was part of it, i love it too. You were so lucky toactually live it! Kind regards from here
This is one of the absolute greatest pre-Beatles era songs.
Fuck those commies...
@@perseveranceiskey7353 commies 😳
Somebody say commie?
@@perseveranceiskey7353 What?
Funny you said that because John took inspiration from this song to write “I’ll be back”
Del Shannon has a voice from another world.. And the soloist, Max Crook's inventive keyboard playing is one of the best moments in music. Unbelievable..
It was a Wurlitzer organ.😉👌
@@lorne2405 Many thanks for the information. Great sound. It seems to come from another world.. All best.
@@lorne2405 actually was a early electronic keyboard a clavioline-like instrument similar to the one used for the tornados telstar! wikipedia states that the one used on this song was a modified clavioline called a musitron tho im not sure exactly in what way it was modified
Just heard this song in the last season of Dexter. I looked for some lyrics and found it! I love it
Edit: I read the other comments happy to see so many Dexter fans here.
lol same
@John Smith I still think it's a much better end then season 8 in my opinion. At least we have some answers
@John Smith You should've guessed that will happen. Harrison wasn't a psycho like his father.
@John Smith yeah If Dexter had to die I would've preferred that he at least had gotten killed by Angela.
@John Smith thanks for the spoiler
My Dad aka: "Flying fingers Frizzell" wrote the some of the keyboard solo parts on this song!!!!
Wow that cool 😎 dude
Wow, do you have any practice video?
@@whathefunk_9169 sorry I do not have any videos
Thats so cool!!
Your father...a genius! Regards from Argentina!
If you are listening to this song you have a very good music taste👌🏻
Yes 👍
I agree 😉
I am an 80s teen who was on the rave seen but here I am saying! I have always loved this record.
Always makes me think of that crime drama on way back when as this was the theme tune.
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This reminds me of the taste of my cats an0s and me and Jenny saveel shared it 😍and put leg warmers on its an8s then Elvis Costello joined in oh baby I’m getting wet thinking about the bell bottoms he was wearing it brings me back they were neon and had leg warmers attached oh baby the neon 😒😜
It was 1992, I was 13 years old and my Dad had just bought a double-cassette album of songs of the late 50s and 60s. The cassettes hardly ever made it to the family stereo because they were always in my walkman. I would listen to these songs over and over at night, imagining I was at a dance and a cute boy would ask me to dance. Hahaha. I was clearly born 20 years too late!
Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today i really love this song
New Dexter Trailer picked a damn good song. Never expected to hear it on tv.
that's what brought me here. this song had completely left my mind so it was wonderful to be reminded of it
Definetely
What did you never watch Crime Story back in the day?
❤❤❤👊👊👊
Really perfect for the trailer.
One of the most unique songs ever recorded.
I know right..It sounds like nothing else..this song always puts me in a good mood even if I'm having the worst day ever...
+ilovemusic Same here my friend!
Max Crook's keyboard playing really puts this song over the top, it comes as no surprise that he co-wrote this with Shannon. This song is a timeless classic.
+Madison cupcake Can't agree with you more!
Richie Betz, it certainly is! But it's the differences this song has from others that make it special. That and Del's astonishing voice and falsetto.
Who else is listening to this great song while in quarantine?
I am, hope that you and your family are ok, and everyone is ok
Me. Milena Peña in Bogota.
I am alone in my apartment which is at the top floor of a 17 floors building. Nobody else is in this floor. My neighbours went away before the quarantine started. I hope you are well.
Me!
Me and my kids, in a little town in north of Argentina, saludos a todos!
Amazing song, wondering how many people will be brought back to it as of 2024 cuz of Dexter and Mr crabs🏆
I'm a metalhead, but I like a few oldies here and there, like this one for example.
\m/
This was before Hard Rock of course.
you are a good metalhead. all good music be recognized
yes
Real music is real music.
#RIP Max Crook, who died yesterday at 83. He co wrote this classic with Shannon in 1961.
Rip 🥲 and ty for making this lovely song with shannon
Even though i was born in 1963, i was far too young to be into the music of that era, what a shame, the late 50s and 1960s are probably still the greatest era for music ever.
That scene with the laser with this song on top while she was running was INSANE!!
Yes!!!!
I loved Clancy in that role. I loved most of New Blood too. Episode 10 felt rushed and the ketamine nonsense infuriated me.
@@Darkly_Reckless it was all good until he grabbed logan. he could of got away with it.
@@damienbreslin6204
We needed an epical scene between Dexter and Batista.. We needed this so badly.. This could make us fully satisfied.. But still a great season
@@damienbreslin6204 the minute I saw him grab Logan, I was like, "What are you doing?! You've gotten out of worse situations than this! What are you gonna do?! What's your plan?! Run across the country with Harrison, only spending cash, because bank cards are traceable?! You're a shopkeeper, Dex! You don't have that much cash to spare!"
I was in Manchester, England visiting family in 1961 when this song came out. I loved it then, I was 11, I still love it and I'm 70!
I'm 60 now, but remember this masterpiece. Brings me trough childhod..👍🏴
@@zoki-kj3oxI’m 11 and discovered this song and many other through my grandparents. It is very addictive.
Love this oldie. One of my 1st albums. Just turned 73
Happy birthday
Keep going old timer. Love del shannon. God bless. X
I turned 21 the year this song came out, its a fantastic song I still have the record.
Me too
Aw. So adorable.
Why, why, why, why, why is this song only 2 minutes long??? One of the best songs ever made right here. Thank you
That’s how songs were especially for radio air play. I believe the maximum length is three minutes and most songs were a two minute tune or little less.
It's too bad you can't just play it twice in a row... I think that is a doxxable and fire-able offense these days.
@Leely Moonstar Dear Leely's boss.. he/she ADMITTED it. now will you fire him/her and exile him/her to Mars, or something??
Tom Petty loved it too (Running Down a Dream).
Because you will hit and rehit the replay key again and again, which makes everybody happy, especially the advertisers.
Del Shannon ( Charles Westover) was my grandma's First cousin on her Mom's side. This has always been one of my favorite songs growing up and it made it even more special knowing we were related. ❤️
Are you on the Westover side or the Gleason/Glover side. He’s my 3rd cousin!
We’re singing Runaway in our uke group tonight! Hope he enjoys it!💖
High singing falsettos were the craze in the early 60's with DelShannon, Franki Valli, Lou Christie, among others.
Roy Orbison too
Yeah it was but in this song that's higher head voice its not falsetto
"Who do you think you are Franki Valli or some kind of big shot"
@@homelesshannah50 Roy didnt do this type of falsetto though. His voice wa s softer,not so raw.
Dont forget the most underrated greatest falsetto ANGELO D'ALEO from Dion And The Belmonts.
I was alive in '65....... A great time to be rockin'..........
This song played at every school dance and roller rink....
Wish I could've grown up in the 60s.
Word
What slangs did you guys use back then?
Especially the roller rinks! I was a floor guard back in the 60's and we played this song a lot!
If you were born in 65 I doubt you were rockin in the 60's
Who else still likes this song in 2021?
Me
@@amylou7991 and me
Definitely me
I do this song is great
I only know this song because of mafia III but now I am in love with this era of music
I came here because of Dexter. Love this song. Love from the Netherlands.
I can still hear my brother belting out this song in the 60's when we played together. One of the greatest songs of all time.
Imagine that this song has been sold 80,000 times a day at its height. That's incredible!
Thanks Del for this gem.
Great song, rest in peace Del.
One of the best songs ever. Love the words, music and everything about it. Many thanks.
I wish Del could've known how much he meant to people before he took his life. He was one of the only of his time to make songs about breakups and the negative sides to romance sound so cheerful. Back then, from what I can gather, it was either happy love songs or sad breakup songs. But with Del, he could extract the good from the bad. I mean, his biography says that his sadder 'love' songs came from his experiences being dismissed in high school. This song brings all the sad parts of romance into a fantastic release of sound and emotion. This is a song someone could listen to and cry tears of sadness or tears of joy. One of the most wonderful songs of all time made by one of the most wonderful singers of all time. Thank you for your music, Del. Rest in peace.
Ya even I was brain washed by this song played at least a million times non stop for years they milked every drop this song was popular.
I'm glad to see so many Dexter fans.
😂
I’m 20 years old and I️ grew up
Listening to oldies and this
Song just one of my favorites
Good music is timeless and it takes you on a journey if you'll just close your eyes and enjoy the ride...
im 18 and i also grew up listening to the golden oldies
I’m 33 and i also grew up with This kind of songs thanks to my parents 😊
Im 36, ive been loving this song since i was a kid.on my little radio that played alot of oldies
I'm 10 and I'm listening to oldies from Del shannon and karma chameleon..am I the only child here? Why am I talking to 30 year olds?
This version is the best version. With no changes, it’s a masterpiece.
No Changes Needed ...Any one Thinking Otherwise Needs To Bury Their Thoughts 😡
I think that they changed the song a little bit for the crime story series.
Just imagine yourself driving westbound from Albuquerque toward LA in a ragtop pulled down as the sun is setting and hearing this song on the radio. Actually, it doesn't even have to be at that location. The point is, this song has a certain ability to bring forth reflection of ones deeds and goals at the same time. There are, I am sure other songs that do the same. But, for me, this song is beautiful, brings me to a certain reflection that I truly enjoy. RIP, Mr. Shannon. How could a person produce a soul touching ballad as this, yet still be so tormented himself. I am so sorry for your passing.
This is a song which truly crosses generations. I am now fast approaching 84, loved it when it was first released and still give it a regular play.
I don't know why, why, why, why this song has been playing in my head for days now. I don't recall hearing it anywhere. I eventually remembered most of the lyrics, and came here to make sure I got them right. I did! This is one song that is welcome to live in my head for as long as it wants to.
Dexter
who asked
Rest in peace Mom.... Born in 45 ,dies in 2012.You taught me some good music.... Love you mom...
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Shannon Brooks Had a good run
Shannon Brooks that made me shed a tear lost my mum in 2012 and she taught me some good music too....bless them
My dad introduced me to Del when I was very young. My father passed away when I was 25 (14 years ago already) and these are some of my fondest memories with him. This is all we listened to in the truck together for as long as I remember. When my dad gave me his truck when I was 16, I kept the Del Shannon tape in the deck, and it never left. It reinforced my relationship with my father and our bond. Sadly someone decided to steal the truck years later and I lost the tape. I always wished I could get the tape back, as much as the truck, as it was such a significant memory of my dad. Definitely some great catchy music! RIP to those we have lost. They are never forgotten and music such as this keeps them even more alive in our hearts.
Sorry for your loss, I was born in 45, and just lost my husband of 52 years , in March this year, this music brings back memories of the great sixties.
When I was a little girl my older sister was always running away from home. I would hear this song and cry like my heart was breaking. She was a true flower child and I guess just didn't want to be home. She passed away in 2007 and I know she's dancing to good music with flowers in her hair in heaven. I miss you Teena. 😢😢
In every time I listened to this masterpiece I remember the final season of DEXTER 😍❤️
#long_live_Dexter✌️
I'm 21 and play this work and other good tunes from back before my time and always get positive comments on it from customers makes me almost feel like a time traveler in a way
I'm happy to say he's my great great uncle and tomorrow is the day he died 28 years ago and my family will remember him
Still have the 45
I am J B SILVER He I believe and I were able to sing back to each other then!
i had 2 recording contracts offered in my early days because of my talent.
Love him forever!
He may have died but he will live foreve.
Were you Blanche or Ruthannes great great granddaughter?
@Stephen Grace oh, did he actually end his own life ??
If so, I didnt know that.
Dextttteeeeerrrrr
A Wolf at the door this one is perfect
😂😂😂😂Cierto si es cierto que el lobo estaba en la puerta saludo sale ahora quédate con tu cartel y tu Satania
Te acuerdas que me dijistes que estabas conectando los tatuajes de las personas y te creías Lyin ya China se te cambian los papeles😊Si si andaban buscando era mí pero no te voy a perdonar hiciste que perdiera mi bebé eso no te lo voy a perdonar
Regardless of what the common opinion is towards Dexter as a whole in regards to the ending of both series', it was undeniably one of the greatest TV show experiences of the 21st Century and we should all be glad to have seen it.
@@VersusArdua Memes aside, Breaking Bad is in the same boat. Both are definite must watch shows. I was in foster care when both shows came out so I never got a chance to see them when they were mega popular but now 15 years after they first started, I agree whole heartedly. Dexter in particular helped me learn a little about why I feel so distant from my own feelings most times. From a loose "I also went through some shit" point of view anyways. Hard to break out of that "the best you can hope for is just to survive" mentality you adopt from childhood trauma.
Only 29 million views in 16 yrs is an embarrassment! This spng should be in the billions! It's a savage banger!
Del, its 2021 , 18th of May , I am 41 and still in love with your song ...since I was 14 ...❤
easily one of the best songs of the 60s R.I.P. Del Shannon
1934-1990
Gumball Waterson 2004 sad RIP Del Shannon I was a teenager when his songs were playing he’s a gifted singer.
Trump 2020? What a terrible name
atleast he is not a socialist democrat
I came indoors and listened to this on RUclips after I heard some people at a party across the street singing along to a recording of this song. So there's an answer to Luke Faulkner's question as to whether anybody is still listening to this in 2019. Some are even singing it.
Every Summer in Coopersville Mi they have Del Shannon Days with a huge car show its great. Believe its his hometown.
I love this song, always have. I was in a club in Boston called The Other Side, in The Combat Zone, I think around 1971. The club was totally bizarre and great fun, full of tranvestites, ladies of the night, gays, straights and an overall array of people on the fringe, like myself. The band that night was Andy Paley and The Sidewinders who I came to see. In the wee hours Andy Paley, all sweaty and shirtless says, "Ladies and gentlemen we have a special guest in the audience here tonight who is going to play a song for us." And up to the stage comes Del Shannon and does an incredibly spirited version of Runaway with The Sidewinders backing. I about passed out. Such a great memory even 40 plus years later. Thank you Del.
+Michael de simone Interesting comments. What the hell was Del Shannon doing in the Zone? I got a liberal education in the Combat Zone as a young guy . Never went into The Other Side or Jacque's, just not my scene.
Hello there friend. I have no idea what he was doing there, only that The Sidewinders seemed as surprised to see him as was the audience. But I doubt that Del was gay, I'm not, nor were most of my friends there. The Other Side was not a "gay bar" so much as it was just a crazy place to see the other side of life. I saw my first transsexual person ever there, a beautiful woman doing a striptease in a cage suspended from the ceiling. Boy was I stunned when she dropped the sarong from her waist. Made quite an impression on a 19 year old kid from New Jersey....
Michael de simone Your a Hoot you are ! You know I got to tell you, that I heard some excellent bands, mostly blues players back then. It was the end of the sixties and as far as I was concerned it was the last gasp for vaudeville. When you went in these clubs, the show usually had a comedian / announcer a live band and of course the girls. If I really wanted to see different forms of life, the Hillbilly Ranch in Park Square was the place to be on a Saturday night. I don't know how I made it out alive.
Lol, thanks. Yes the music scene in Boston was terrific back in the day. It may still be. The J Giles Band played a few times at my school, as well as Albert King and of course The Sidewinders, which was how I wound up at The Other Side for the first time. Andy Paley went on to have an incredible music career as a collaborator and a producer. Brian Wilson called him the best collaborator he ever worked with. I saw George Benson at some little club whose name escapes me at the moment, ah --The Boston Tea Party -- although I never made it to the Hillbilly Ranch. But seeing Del Shannon impromptu was the highlight.
Michael de simone Interesting times for sure, a lifetime ago. The years fly by in the blink of an eye. Where'd you go to school ? You might have seen Benson at Paul's Mall or Johnny D's in Somerville. Were you a Tea Partyer ? I saw Geils,Canned Heat, Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac , The Chambers Bros.and Ultimate Spinach there. Decent shows for about $3.50 or $4.00. The ones I remember.
Heard this while getting a haircut yesterday and almost forgot about this gem! Absolutely love this music!!
its nice aint it when ya come across the old tunes
John Lennon, loved this song and reworked the same chords to write his song "I'll Be Back" for A Hard Day's Night. Both songs use that A minor to A major progression with beautiful results. Thank you Del Shannon!
"Made of Stone" by the Stone Roses is also very similar.
Afroman one hit wonder is the same but afroman changed the words to fit his style
Daughters account. Thank you American Graffiti for bringing us to this 🎵 a classic American movie of the true Good old days that will never come back am I right people
Just heard this on Dexter: New Blood last night and it's been stuck in my head
One of my favotites too, haunting yet beautiful. RIP. DEL SHANNON.
Thanks Piero...
Mr. Krabs in Dexter brought me back to this gem.
This is first rock n roll song I ever heard. My dad was driving my brother and I to school one morning, and my brother changed the radio station. This song was playing, and I was HOOKED!
Back when you could turn on the radio and not hear only crap
Whenever I went to the US to visit my Grandparents in Florida they wold always drive listening to "Oldies FM". This song was a mainstay of that station and always reminds me of them now. Happy memories.
When I was a kid..my twin brother would sing this and say we should runaway..lol. Now I know he was right..we should've run as fast as we could. I miss you my brother every day.
Missy Durfee
Your comment was so sad😔
I was crying my eyes out earlier because of a story I was watching about this poor little kitten that was so close to being put to sleep because of its condition, It couldn’t walk it was paraplegic, and I was just getting over crying, then I saw this post and 🥺😭 again. Lol
And there he is, dancing like he doesn't have a care in the world.
Either he's crazy, or I am...
Dexter
On that exact part
And there he is, dancing like he doesnt have a care in the world after his son was just reduced to ashes. Either he’s crazy or i am.
Please, if you’re going to reference dexter, put some respect on his name..
@@nleli8387 respect these nuts
When I was little, this song always made me cry. I have no idea why.
I think you picked up on what Del was feeling.
Hello, how are you doing today and the entire family and friends doing today i really enjoyed listening to this song...
Thank you Dexter
I'm a-walkin' in the rain
Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain
Wishin' you were here by me
To end this misery
That part
She ran away
Now that's songwriting!
@@jessicaperez1198 Very telling of what was to happen to him
AND I WONDER
Who else after dexter new blood.?
What a a great series
Yh ..it's just a masterpiece
Dexter: New Blood was fantastic with the exception of that completely dog shit ending.
So glad so much people came from dexter to listen to this amazing piece of music again, I listen to this quite alot now!
when this song was a hit, I was working part time in a shoe factory. the noise from the machines was deafening. but someone always had a radio playing and when that musitron solo in the middle of 'Runaway' would come on, it just cut through everything. you always knew when that song was playing.
As a lifelong musician (Keys, guitar, bass, banjo and mandolin) I gotta tell ya that the keyboard solo in the middle is a sonofabitch to play, especially if you're cursed with short fat fingers like mine. The crossovers and finger slides will make you crazy. But it is still (And I'm old enough to remember when this was new), one of the most satisfying pieces of rock history to play well. R.I.P. Del and "Well done" to everybody else on the record.
Nice memory detail to share - thanks !
I was also fortunate to have been born In 1947, and witnessed the pop music explosion from the mid 1950’s. Suddenly, music became lively and exciting. For the next ten years there was some really great music - this one from Del Shannon, being one of my all time favourites.
This is one of the most unique songs to be recorded during that time period. What an amazing voice! When you listen to the instrumental solo in the middle, you can almost hear TV shows like the "Lost In Space" theme song in there. That was during a time when pop music was "fun" and inspirational at the same time, with shadows of the 1950s bands and singers in most songs and before the 1960s protest music and Vietnam became so dominant. Del was a true pioneer of music and influenced great talents, like Tom Petty and the Beatles and so many more. Rest in peace, Del. You are loved.
This song is perfect. Every part is essential, this is not one of those songs where you just wait to the chorus to enjoy. The verse, the pre-chorus, the chorus, the interlude, the outro, everything is perfect.
This song used to always come on the radio when me and my granny would visit my great-grandmother. She passed away back in 2003. It'll always remind me of her.
Every month or so he comes in here playing this song thinking he owns the place 😎
Are u talking about kurt
I'm listening in 2019.....I grew up on this music, this was all my dad listened to. He recently passed and it gives me fond memories of him :)
I'm sure this song brings you everlasting memories of your dad. Be happy moving forward.
@@harsanoya3048, thank you.....this was one of the songs I would sneak out of my room, when I was little and supposed to be asleep, and say, "Daddy, would you play that song again??". He always said yes. LOL.
I was only 4 in 1961. Everytime I hear this song it reminds of those classic cars in "American Graffiti" cruising down Fourth Street in San Rafael. I had the opportunity to be in that film in the gymnasium dance scene but I refused to cut my hair. I also didn't own any straight leg pants. All I had was bell bottoms. In 2023 I wouldn't be caught dead wearing bell bottoms. It was September 1972 and I was 15.
I was born in 1980,doesn't matter. This is the music I grew up with.. Love those people. This song is always in my heart!!!💖☝
Me too!
Good for you now you know good Music
Best song featured in either Dexter or New Blood.
This song is here to stay...since 1961..
My father show me this song a long time ago, when i was just a little child. Then he just go away from me. Since that time, he was my runaway, and i always wonder, where he will stay? Love you dad
I'm Brazilian, and i always wanted to born in US 60', it was a wonderful time!
Quem dera se eu pudesse passar pelo menos um dia nessa época, já tava de bom tamanho, e nem precisava de ser nos EUA, no Rio de Janeiro já seria incrivel
We had our problems ,but the music was phenomenal 🤗 The best decade for original great music ☺️
It's actually a good song thank u Mr.Kurt
I have been all over RUclips, and people have found a way to connect COVID-19 to every damn song.
I know, and it's so annoying!!
Yess. I was listening to this song way before that.
37 now, been loving this song the most since I was a toddler. I have parents with impeccable music taste.
Yeah fuck the covid l try to forget it while listening to music
I had this song on a 45 as a teen, those were the days, my friend, the best.
Besides the kids today, your not forced to listen to to days music that sucks ass...give the 50's to the 80's a chance, I'll KNOW you'll like it....:)...I grew up in the 70's...and I love the 50's, too...:).
*TOTALLY AGREE!*
I think.... your grammar confuses me.
+Brian Powers I agree completely. I just made a bunch of CDs with my favorite artists from this era. And it's not just the music, it's the technology they had back then. I am now obsessed with records, and playing them on my grandma's HI-FI. And guess what? I'm 14.
I agree so much. I'm thirteen and I love this song so much. a lot of our music today is trashy but songs like this are timeless
+Brian Powers awesome picture of the Ultimate Warrior, one of the best wrestlers of all time
***** Maybe Ebay or Craigslist
Dexter New Blood
What brought me here.
This gives me goosebumps. Great song. But also because of the dexter new blood killer.
American graffiti !! This song fits the picture and the Era. I wish I could have been part of that Era but wasn't thought of until 1974 lol awesome song and awesome AIR PIANO I BELIEVE HE'S THE 1ST ONE TO GIVE IT A SHOT AND PAID OFF I THINK.
Dexter . YOU ARE A LEGEND
Is it just some kind of phenomenon that these voices of the 50s and 60s kicked so much ass?
The short answer; yes.
Well, seeing how they never had any sorts of computer equipment to enhance their voices or their instruments, they had to be naturally talented.
Unfortunately, being a music star and being talented is no longer synonymous.
Nikolai Drostdov
I find it interesting that people who make recordings are no longer called "musicians" or "entertainers." They are now "artists." Somehow, most of what I hear doesn't sound all that much like art.
I used to listen to this when I was at my Grandmo's house, very young !!!!!
The current younger generation has a much lower level of music appreciation.
Dexter new blood brought me here to this masterpiece
Thank you Dexter!
Makes me want to ask a bartender to dance 🕺
Lmaoo 🔪 🩸
Sad that Dexter has to end 💃
"that same f ing song"
@@ninodeoliveira5854 in 3…2…
@@nertervern why you burnt the movie 😅
Amazing song by an amazing singer! He left us to early but with his beautiful music...
HurricaneHomer9 "The best things never last" as a great man once said, maybe God just thought it was his time to "runaway" but he shall never runaway from the people he enlightened with his music.
Drew Racke Well said. ❤❤💙❤
Alice Parsley sad he ran away too such beautiful singer.
buddy died at 22 and ritchie valens died at 17 in a plane crash
@Famous RUclipsr why are u even here lame?
Tonight's the night...
...and it's going to happen again, and again...
Classic songs like this need to make a come back. It's only hopes n dreams n whatever is in now.
Beautiful music... never bored with these songs ❤️👍
This song was released on 1961.
15 years before I was born. It is amazing how much I love this song.
2016 and still ROCKS!!!!
2017 and still ROCKS!!!! [recent edit]
k
have you been born yet
I was born early 70s grew up listening to my folks music to this day this is one of my all time fave songs simply for the childhood memories it evokes
Amen to that! Awesomeness does not get old or obsolete...
I was born 16 years later in 1977 but Runaway is still to this day on of my favorites.
if you're listening to this song because of dexter you've got good taste in TV shows
Hell no I don't watch that crap
@@CruelQuertos what do you watch, then?
@@CruelQuertos The first 4 seasons of Dexter are legitimately some of the best TV I've ever seen
@@CruelQuertos you hear that!? silence. No one cares.
@@CruelQuertos Sounds like you fit the code.
How many Dexter fans listening this masterpiece in July 2022 ??