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| Length  = 2:55
| Length  = 2:55
| Label    = Epitaph Records
| Label    = Epitaph Records
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]] & [[Ryan Adams]]
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Ryan Adams]]
| Reviews  = *<small>[[Run Away Teenage Victory Songs track review|Teenage Victory Songs]] - {{TGP}}</small>
| Reviews  = *<small>[[Run Away Teenage Victory Songs track review|Teenage Victory Songs]] - {{TGP}}</small>
| Producer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] & [[Shawn Everett]]
| Producer = [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Shawn Everett]]
| Status  = Officially released
| Status  = Officially released
| Live debut  =  
| Live debut  =  
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"'''Run Away'''" is the sixth track on ''[[Hurley]]''.
"'''Run Away'''" is the sixth track on ''[[Hurley]]''.
===Appearances===
===Appearances===
*''[[Hurley]]''
*''[[Hurley]]'' (2010)
==Overview==
==Overview==
On [[December 30]], [[2009]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] tweeted: "Does the Milky Way make anyone else sad?" [https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/7185969852] Cuomo later cited this tweet as the inspiration for a lyric in "Run Away" in [[Huck_Magazine_interview_with_Rivers_Cuomo_-_May/June_2011|an interview with Huck Magazine]] in [[2011]]:
On [[December 30]], [[2009]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] tweeted: "Does the Milky Way make anyone else sad?"<ref>@RiversCuomo "Does the Milky Way make anyone else sad?" ''Twitter''. 30 December 2009. https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/7185969852</ref> Cuomo later cited this tweet as the inspiration for a lyric in "Run Away":
<blockquote>''"Every day, a really weird thought comes to my mind and I just put it out there - and now I have this long list of weird thoughts. I must have been thinking them all along, but there was never any reason to write them down. I actually go back through my tweets to look for lyric ideas. A fair amount of songs in the last couple years started on Twitter.''
{{Rivers Cuomo quote|"Every day, a really weird thought comes to my mind and I just put it out there - and now I have this long list of weird thoughts. I must have been thinking them all along, but there was never any reason to write them down. I actually go back through my tweets to look for lyric ideas. A fair amount of songs in the last couple years started on Twitter.
'''Smart Girls' on Hurley was originally called 'Where Did All These Hot Girls Come From'. That was a tweet. I didn't give any context for it, but I was talking about girls tweeting at me - where were they when I was single?" And a line in 'Runaway': "Is it us making love in the Milky Way?" - that comes from a tweet where I asked if the Milky Way made anyone else sad."''</blockquote>
'Smart Girls' on ''Hurley'' was originally called 'Where Did All These Hot Girls Come From'. That was a tweet. I didn't give any context for it, but I was talking about girls tweeting at me - where were they when I was single?" And a line in 'Runaway': "Is it us making love in the Milky Way?" - that comes from a tweet where I asked if the Milky Way made anyone else sad.|[[Huck Magazine interview with Rivers Cuomo - May/June 2011|''Huck'' interview]]<ref>Edwards, Gavin "The Tweet Life of Rivers Cuomo" ''Huck''. May/June 2011. [[Huck Magazine interview with Rivers Cuomo - May/June 2011|Scan]]</ref>, 2011}}
Cuomo co-wrote "Run Away" with American singer-songwriter [[Ryan Adams]]. In [[Los Angeles Times Interview with Rivers Cuomo - August 9, 2010|a 2010 interview]], Cuomo said of the collaboration:
Cuomo co-wrote "Run Away" with American singer-songwriter [[Ryan Adams]]. Adams also contributed guitar and bass to the recording heard on the album. In [[Los Angeles Times Interview with Rivers Cuomo - August 9, 2010|a 2010 interview]], Cuomo said of the collaboration, "It was super fun working with Ryan. He has a lot of crazy energy and enthusiasm. I showed him a few ideas I had, and he said, 'Great, let's go in the studio and jam it out right now.' So I got on the drums and he got on the guitar, and we just jammed out the ideas for half an hour. And at the end of that, we pretty much had the song that you hear on the record."<ref>Powers, Ann. "Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo on signing to Epitaph, getting wild onstage " ''Los Angeles Times''. 9 August 2010. https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/pop-hiss/story/2010-08-09/weezer-frontman-rivers-cuomo-on-signing-to-epitaph-getting-wild-onstage</ref>
<blockquote>''"It was super fun working with Ryan. He has a lot of crazy energy and enthusiasm. I showed him a few ideas I had, and he said, "Great, let's go in the studio and jam it out right now." So I got on the drums and he got on the guitar, and we just jammed out the ideas for half an hour. And at the end of that, we pretty much had the song that you hear on the record."''</blockquote>
 
Adams also contributed guitar and bass to the recording heard on the album.
== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] - Lead vocals, Guitar, Piano, Drums
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] — lead vocals, guitar, piano, drums
*[[Brian Bell]] - Guitar, Backing vocals
*[[Brian Bell]] - guitar, backing vocals
*[[Scott Shriner]] - Backing vocals
*[[Scott Shriner]] - backing vocals
*[[Ryan Adams]] - Guitar & Bass
*[[Ryan Adams]] - guitar, Bass
 
==Reception==
The song received [[Memories Teenage Victory Songs track review|a positive review]] from [[Teenage Victory Songs]], representing the reception that the band's more diehard fan base has shown it. TVS included the song in "[[:Category:Teenage Victory Songs The Grand Playlist|The Grand Playlist]]," which captures the blog's takes on Weezer's just-below-best material.
 
==Audio==
==Audio==
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Now everything must end
Now everything must end
And though the world moves on
And though the world moves on
And everything must change…
And everything must change


When I’m looking at the night sky, I can see my soul
When I’m looking at the night sky, I can see my soul
I see the little lights flashing at each other up above
I see the little lights flashing at each other up above
Is it us making love in the Milky Way,
Is it us making love in the Milky Way
Long before we threw it all away?
Long before we threw it all away?


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Tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight


No,
Sometimes I wish I was a house at the end of your block
Sometimes I wish I was a house at the end of your block
You could smash all my windows with a throw of a rock
You could smash all my windows with a throw of a rock
Make the hurt go away, come again some other day
Make the hurt go away, come again some other day
There’s so much I want to say about you
There’s so much I want to say about
 
You
We’re running out of time
And you know it’s true
I just want to run away from here with you


I thought you would always be my friend
I thought you would always be my friend
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
 
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
 
{{Reference list}}
[[Category:Weezer songs]]
[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Songs on Hurley]]
[[Category:Songs on Hurley]]
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Shawn Everett]]
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Shawn Everett]]