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About This Track
“Run On” was released as a single by the electronic artist Moby. It was the second single released from his album Play. This was also the second single charting at #33 on the UK Singles Chart. Two versions of the CD were released. The first, with a red cover featuring a vertically-aligned mousetrap, featured two remixes of “Run On” and two other tracks. The second, with a yellow cover featuring a horizontally-aligned mousetrap, contained four different “Run On” remixes.
“Run On” is a traditional folk song which also known as “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”. Mobys remix version features vocals fromBill Landford & The Landfordaires song Run for a Long Time. The lyrics are a warning to sinners that no matter how hard they try, they will not avoid God’s judgement; in the chorus, God Himself tells the narrator of the song to:
“Go tell that long tongue liar,
go and tell that midnight rider,
tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter,
tell ‘em that God’s gonna cut ‘em down”
with some versions inserting slight variations in lyrics.
The song has, in the past, been modified to fit the boundaries of genres like country, folk, gospel and techno. As “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”, it was performed by OdettaGod’s Gonna Cut You Down on Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1956) and Johnny Cash on the posthumously released American V: A Hundred Highways (2006). As “Run On”, it was recorded, among others, by Elvis Presley. The Blind Boys Of Alabama also included Run On For A Long Time on their Grammy-winning album “Spirit of the Century” in 2001.
“Run On” is a traditional folk song which also known as “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”. Mobys remix version features vocals fromBill Landford & The Landfordaires song Run for a Long Time. The lyrics are a warning to sinners that no matter how hard they try, they will not avoid God’s judgement; in the chorus, God Himself tells the narrator of the song to:
“Go tell that long tongue liar,
go and tell that midnight rider,
tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter,
tell ‘em that God’s gonna cut ‘em down”
with some versions inserting slight variations in lyrics.
The song has, in the past, been modified to fit the boundaries of genres like country, folk, gospel and techno. As “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”, it was performed by Odetta
God’s Gonna Cut You Down on Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1956) and Johnny Cash on the posthumously released American V: A Hundred Highways (2006). As “Run On”, it was recorded, among others, by Elvis Presley. The Blind Boys Of Alabama also included Run On For A Long Time on their Grammy-winning album “Spirit of the Century” in 2001.
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BreezinAlong wrote:
love the harmony
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fuckyouty1 wrote:
still own this album...almost every song is really good.
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Acar0x wrote:
Great Tribute to Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down!
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Modestmilk wrote:
This could be a Beta Band song.
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Bigpapapal wrote:
I`m sorry but mister cash pulled it off way better , but that`s like comparing a for and chevy lol still good
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PhoenixBloom wrote:
fantastic tune!!!!
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always_peng wrote:
Love the vid to this track
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SirPsychoFlea wrote:
this is not taken from the cash song, they simply both did a version of the same traditional folk song, especially since cash's version was released several years later
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stonedog77 wrote:
my fav mob song
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WinterBaseNL wrote:
Cool song!
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LastMnemosyne wrote:
I am so morbidly fascinated with this song.
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PsychoNicky wrote:
Some parts of the lyrics are actually from Johnny Cash's song God's Gonna Cut You Down.
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keepv0gel wrote:
awesome especially like the bass
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panuki wrote:
grew up to this..
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kellyssa3 wrote:
If you like to discover strange electro music, you can listen to my music on http://www.myspace.com/kellyssaishere Maybe that you will like or maybe not but I would be satisfied that you listen to it because I made it with love. See you
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ulissina wrote:
Fixe.
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acousticalex wrote:
man this is an awesome song
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photon_man62 wrote:
One of the very very very best songs of all time
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marios20 wrote:
sounds like johnny cash - gods gonna cut you down.. rly nice..
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Bishop420 wrote:
ahhh thanks for the song nostalgia and float
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