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“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 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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  • neworderwave

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    last month

  • JanLustiger

    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 [2]

    March 2012

  • BreezinAlong

    love the harmony

    September 2011

  • fuckyouty1

    still own this album...almost every song is really good.

    June 2011

  • Acar0x

    Great Tribute to Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down!

    April 2011

  • Modestmilk

    This could be a Beta Band song.

    February 2011

  • Bigpapapal

    I`m sorry but mister cash pulled it off way better , but that`s like comparing a for and chevy lol still good

    January 2011

  • PhoenixBloom

    fantastic tune!!!!

    December 2010

  • always_peng

    Love the vid to this track

    July 2010

  • SirPsychoFlea

    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

    July 2010

  • stonedog77

    my fav mob song

    May 2010

  • WinterBaseNL

    Cool song!

    April 2010

  • LastMnemosyne

    I am so morbidly fascinated with this song.

    April 2010

  • PsychoNicky

    Some parts of the lyrics are actually from Johnny Cash's song God's Gonna Cut You Down.

    March 2010

  • keepv0gel

    awesome especially like the bass

    March 2010

  • panuki

    grew up to this..

    March 2010

  • kellyssa3

    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

    February 2010

  • ulissina

    Fixe.

    December 2009

  • acousticalex

    man this is an awesome song

    November 2009

  • photon_man62

    One of the very very very best songs of all time

    November 2009
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