Run (Vampire Weekend song)

"Run"
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

References

  1. ↑ "Run by Vampire Weekend". 7Digital. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Vampire Weekend's Track-By-Track Guide To 'Contra'". NME. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Vampire Weekend - Contra review". The Quietus. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Vampire Weekend - Run on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 10 November 2014.