It Keeps You Runnin'

"It Keeps You Runnin'"
Single by The Doobie Brothers
from the album Takin' It to the Streets
B-side "Turn It Loose"
Released 1976
Format 7" (45 rpm)
Genre Rock, blue-eyed soul
Length 4:20 (album version)
3:53 (single version)
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Michael McDonald
Producer(s) Ted Templeman
The Doobie Brothers singles chronology
"I Cheat the Hangman"
(1976)		 "It Keeps You Runnin'"
(1976)		 "Little Darling (I Need You)"
(1977)

"It Keeps You Runnin'" is a song by the American rock band The Doobie Brothers. The song was written by band member Michael McDonald, and served as the third single from their sixth studio album "Takin' It to the Streets."

The Doobie Brothers version was featured in the 1994 Oscar-winning film "Forrest Gump", and was included on the film's multi-platinum selling soundtrack album.[1]

Track listing

7" single

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Billboard Pop singles (Hot 100)[2] 37

Carly Simon version

"It Keeps You Runnin'"
Single by Carly Simon
from the album Another Passenger
B-side "Look Me In The Eyes" (US)
"Be With Me" (UK)
Released 1976
Format 7" (45 rpm)
Genre Rock, blue-eyed soul
Length 3:56 (single/album version)
Label Elektra Records
Writer(s) Michael McDonald
Producer(s) Ted Templeman
Carly Simon singles chronology
"Waterfall"
(1975)		 "It Keeps You Runnin'"
(1976)		 "Nobody Does It Better"
(1977)

American singer-songwriter and musician Carly Simon covered "It Keeps You Runnin'" for her sixth studio album Another Passenger, and the song served as the lead single. Simon's version charted on both the Billboard Pop singles chart and the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

The Doobie Brothers provided backing vocals on the track.[3] Ted Templeman produced both Simon's and The Doobie's versions, as well as each of their albums from which the song is featured.

Track listing

7" single (US)
7" single (UK)

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Billboard Pop singles (Hot 100)[4] 46
Adult Contemporary[5] 27

References

  1. ↑ "Forrest Gump [Original Soundtrack]". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  2. ↑ "The Doobie Brothers - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Another Passenger". carlysimonmusic.com. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Carly Simon - Chart history | Billboard (Hot 100)". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  5. ↑ "Carly Simon - Chart history | Billboard (AC)". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-12-18.

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