Runaway Train (Soul Asylum song)

"Runaway Train"
Single by Soul Asylum
from the album Grave Dancers Union
ReleasedJune 1, 1993 (1993-06-01)
Genre
Length4:26
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Dave Pirner
Producer(s)Michael Beinhorn
Soul Asylum singles chronology
"Black Gold"
(1993) 		"Runaway Train"
(1993) 		"Sexual Healing"
(1993)
Music video
"Runaway Train" on YouTube

"Runaway Train" is a 1993 song by Soul Asylum and is the third single from their sixth studio album Grave Dancers Union. It went to number 1 in Canada and Lithuania, number 2 in New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, number 3 in Austria and the Netherlands, number 4 in Denmark, number 5 in the United States, number 6 in Iceland and Ireland, number 7 in United Kingdom, number 8 in Belgium, number 11 in Australia and Finland and number 16 in France. It won a Grammy Award in 1994. The song deals with children who have gone missing.

References

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  3. ↑ Mamo, Herna (February 2021). "Kelly Clarkson Takes Us on a 'Runaway Train' to Nostalgia For Her Soul Asylum Cover". Billboard. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
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