Run-Around

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"Run-Around"

Single by Blues Traveler
from the album Four
Released	February 28, 1995
Format	CD
Recorded	Spring 1994
Genre	Jam band, Rock
Length	4:40
Label	A&M Records
Writer(s)	John Popper
Chart positions
#8 (US Billboard ### 100) #4 (US Billboard Top 40) #2 (Adult Top 40)
Blues Traveler singles chronology
		"Hook" 1995

Run-Around is a song written by the jam band Blues Traveler, featured on the 1994 album Four.

1 Overview
2 Trivia
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Overview

"Run-Around" ( see Roxio )debuted on June 24, 1993 during a solo show featuring Blues Traveler frontman John Popper. The first full band performance of the song took place the next time it was played, February 21, 1994. The 1994 show was significant because it took place at the famous CBGB's and the show introduced a number of songs that were to be on their next album, Four.

The song is believed is be about an argument John Popper has with a female friend of his. She was also the subject of a later song, "Felicia".^[1] The song was originally sung a lot slower than it is today. This is because it is written as more of a depressed song but it was sped up before it was recorded. Starting in late 1998, the band began experimenting with a different sound. This new version of the song, referred to as "Fucked Run," brings out the depressed and slower side of the song that Popper felt when it was written. However, when this version is performed it always segues into another song.^[2] The last half of the song is sung as the normal version.

[edit] Trivia

"Run-Around" has been played nearly 600 times (as of 6/21/2006) which is roughly 58% of the shows since its debut.^[1]
Won Blues Traveler their first Grammy award in 1995 for "Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal".
The song includes many references, including those to Edgar Allen Poe (The Raven); Matthew chapter 7, verse 7; Psalm 23; and Ritchie Valens.
In the third verse of the lyrics, the lyrics are recorded as "I shall drink in and always be full, yeah I will drink in and always be full." The lyrics as written to the song are "I shall drink in and always be full, My cup shall always be full." The live versions are always performed with the correct lyrics.