Magic Cat - Runaway (Del Shannon Cover)

From '' Only Make Believe '' Label: Magic Cat Records – MC 9801 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1980 Tracklist A1 Is This Only Make Believe A2 Find 'Em, Fool 'Em A3 Twenty One A4 I Am Free B1 Perfect Love B2 Runaway B3 Rock 'N Roll Punk B4 I've Been This Way Too Long To Change Producer – Thunder Thornton Notes Magic Cat was a progressive hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia who released this one private press album in 1980. The band members were: Thomas Strain, Chris Lewis, Eric Chase Chitty and Michael Bastedo. Recorded at Jam Studios in Atlanta. On the back cover is the tracklist & recording credits and "Magic Cat is proud to offer special thanks to Thunders Tavern". ------------------------ "Runaway" was a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is No.466 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time from 2004. Original recording Singer-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of "Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won a recording contract in 1960. Westover took the new stage name "Del Shannon", and Crook, who had invented his own clavioline-based electric keyboard called a Musitron, became "Maximilian". Del Shannon re-recorded the song in 1967 under the name "Runaway '67". Covers In 1977, Bonnie Raitt included a bluesy version of the song on her album Sweet Forgiveness. Also released as a single, it reached No.57 on the U.S. Hot 100. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band recorded their strongly parodic version on their album The Penthouse Tapes in 1976. Del Shannon re-recorded the song for the NBC television series Crime Story. The lyrics were slightly changed and the signature organ solo replaced with an electric guitar. In the mid-1970s the British sessions band Huddersfield Transit Authority recorded a strong cover with the benefit of a full orchestral backing. Steve Goodman of Go Cubs Go fame did an acoustic version one Easter Sunday in the mid-1970s on WNEW-FM. This was later incorporated in the posthumously released Easter Tapes, a compilation of three separate Easter Sunday programs hosted by Vin Scelsa. Luis Cardenas made a rock cover for his solo album entitled Animal Instinct. The Traveling Wilburys released a version as the B-side of their single "She's My Baby". (Lead Wilbury Tom Petty also references the song in his 1989 hit "Runnin' Down a Dream", describing himself singing "Runaway" along with Shannon as he drives along listening to the radio.) Narvel Felts covered the song in 1978 and took it to No.30 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Steve Zing covered the song in 1986. A cover by Gary Allan also charted at No.74 on the same chart in 2000, despite not being officially released as a single. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes recorded a punk version on their 2001 single titled "SHANNON". The Plain White T's recorded a live version at Horseshack studios on February 9, 2009. It is available for free on their website, Daytrotter. Rhythms del Mundo recorded a Latin version with the vocals sung by The Zutons on their July 2009 fundraiser album Rhythms del Mundo Classics. Queen + Paul Rodgers released a version of this song as an iTunes-exclusive download for their The Cosmos Rocks album. Misfits recorded a cover of the song on their 2003 album Project 1950. Sonata Arctica performed an acoustic cover on their "Days of Grays" 2011 tour, in the Italian Stage, in Milan, on 27 February 2011. Screeching Weasel recorded a version on their Boogadaboogadaboogada album. Blood for Blood recorded a version on their Serenity album. P. Paul Fenech, singer of The Meteors, covered this song on one of his solo albums, Screaming in the 10th key. Komety a rockabilly band also covered the song in 2002. Amber Riley also sang the song in the pilot episode of the Fox series Glee. Jennifer Hudson performed the song at the 53rd Grammy Awards. #progrock