Runaway (Linkin Park song)

Song infobox
Name = Runaway


Artist = Linkin Park
Album = Hybrid Theory
Released = October 24, 2000
Format =
Recorded = 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre = Nu metal, alternative rock
Length = 3:04
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Writer = Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:b7tvad6kl8w8]
Producer = Don Gilmore [ [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/linkin_park/bio.jhtml Linkin Park's biography on VH1.com] ]

"Runaway" is a song by Linkin Park, from their debut album "Hybrid Theory". It was also remixed for their second album "Reanimation" and titled "Rnw@y."

ong structure

The song describes an individual who feels tortured by society, and decides to "run away." Like most Linkin Park songs, "Runaway" was dismissed by music critics as "written by teenagers."

It is one of the few songs on "Hybrid Theory" to contain little rapping by Mike Shinoda, like "Crawling." The two songs also have a similar structure.

Critical response

David Fricke of "Rolling Stone" noted the "tumbling funk" of Bourdon in the song, as well as the way that Shinoda and Bennington "shoot and share rhymes ... their bodies rocking with spasms of conviction." [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/linkinpark/articles/story/5939741/cover_story_linkin_park__rap_metal_rulers "Cover Story: Linkin Park - Rap Metal Rulers"] , by David Fricke, for "Rolling Stone", 14 March 2002.] Writing of Linkin Park's remixing of the track for their album "Reanimation", David Browne of "Entertainment Weekly" called Rnw@y "more sonically expansive" than the original version had been. He wrote that Rnw@y (along with a few others on the album) made Linkin Park sound like "experimental DJs." [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/14/ew.review.music.linkin/index.html "Review: Linkin Park rewarms, serves 'Reanimation'"] , by David Browne, for "Entertainment Weekly", 14 August 2002.] It seems to have become a fan favorite from the album. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484464/20040120/linkin_park.jhtml?headlines=true]

Chart positions

Although "Runaway" was not released as a single, it did chart in the United States.

References