Shoot the Runner

Infobox Single
Name = Shoot the Runner


Caption =
Artist = Kasabian
from Album = Empire
B-side = "Pictures of Matchstick Men"
Released = 6 November 2006
Format = CD, 10", DVD
Recorded =
Genre = Indie rock
Electronica
Length = 3:27
Label = Columbia Records
Writer = Sergio Pizzorno
Producer = Jim Abbiss, Kasabian
Chart position = * #17 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = "Empire" (2006)
This single = "Shoot the Runner" (2006)
Next single = "Me Plus One" (2007)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Empire
Type = studio
prev_track = "Empire"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Shoot the Runner"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Last Trip (In Flight)"
next_no = 3

"Shoot the Runner" is a song by English rock band Kasabian and is the second track on their second album, "Empire". It was released 6 November 2006 as the second single from that album in the United Kingdom, peaking at #17 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2006 in British music). This song was released as downloadable content on Guitar Hero 3 with the 3-song pack and on Rock Band on September 23, 2008. This song's confirmed as part of the Saint's Row 2 soundtrack.

Track listings

*2-track CD PARADISE43 / 886970215725
# "Shoot the Runner" – 3:27
# "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Status Quo cover) - 4:06
*10" PARADISE45 / 886970215619
# "Shoot the Runner" – 3:27
# "Shoot the Runner" (Shakes Remix)
*DVD PARADISE46 / 886970215725
# "Shoot the Runner" – 3:27
# "Stay Away from the Brown Acid (Part 1)"
# Audio of Live 4Music Presents
# "Shoot the Runner" (video)
# "Shoot the Runner" (video offline excerpt)

Music video

The music video was directed by Alex & Martin (best known for their work on the video for The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army"), and is similar in style to the music video for Queens of the Stone Age's "Go with the Flow" except more colourful; it features animation made by rotoscoping the band members.