Run (Vampire Weekend song)

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"Run"
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Single by Vampire Weekend
from the album Contra
Released December 13, 2010
Recorded 2010
Genre Indie pop, Afrobeat, baroque pop
Length 3:52
Label XL
Producer(s) Rostam Batmanglij
Vampire Weekend singles chronology
"White Sky"
(2010)
"Run"
(2010)
"Diane Young"
(2010)

"Run" is a single released by Indie band Vampire Weekend. It is the sixth and final single from their second album Contra, and was released in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2010.[1] There was no music video produced. Lead singer Ezra Koenig said that the song was based on the Bruce Springsteen song, Born To Run.[2] The single failed to chart.

Critical reception

The Quietus writer Darren Lee said that the bleep-aided, sashaying majesty of "Run" showed the band playing to their strengths.[3]

Track listing

CD Single[4]
  1. "Run (Radio Edit)" – 3:40
  2. "Run" – 3:52
Digital download
  1. "Run" – 3:52

Personnel

  • Ezra Koenig - lead vocals, guitar, piano
  • Rostam Batmanglij - organ
  • Chris Tomson - drums
  • Chris Baio - bass

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