Runaway Train (4:25)
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“Runaway Train” is a song by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum.
The song led Soul Asylum to international status, and helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level.
It was the third single off the album (see Soul Asylum discography) and reached No. 5 on the Billboard charts. It won a Grammy Award for the best rock song in 1994.
The song has become synonymous with the band, and has led many people to believe that it is the group’s only hit, categorizing Soul Asylum as a one-hit wonder band. However, the band’s 1995 hit “Misery” also charted in the Top 40 in several countries including the US and UK, and therefore they are not considered to be a one-hit wonder. “Runaway Train” continues to receive a lot of airplay on the radio today, with disc jockeys often making mention of the influential music video that accompanied the song.
The song led Soul Asylum to international status, and helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level.
It was the third single off the album (see Soul Asylum discography) and reached No. 5 on the Billboard charts. It won a Grammy Award for the best rock song in 1994.
The song has become synonymous with the band, and has led many people to believe that it is the group’s only hit, categorizing Soul Asylum as a one-hit wonder band. However, the band’s 1995 hit “Misery” also charted in the Top 40 in several countries including the US and UK, and therefore they are not considered to be a one-hit wonder. “Runaway Train” continues to receive a lot of airplay on the radio today, with disc jockeys often making mention of the influential music video that accompanied the song.
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Soul Asylum performing their hit song Runaway Train at Tase of St Louis in Sept 2008
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BenutzerConny wrote:
Remembering LASKO Dresden 2009, Begrünungszug. Es war eine Schöne Zeit. Danke Wien :) .
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burnoutx1985 wrote:
awesome song
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ForeverEighteen wrote:
all time favorite <3
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BratmanDu wrote:
Surely ALL train tracks are one way?
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vovvy wrote:
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terceirinha wrote:
SAD,,, ALL THA GOOD TAMES R GON..................................
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kathakana wrote:
Love this song
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hammbone41 wrote:
I always thought this song was from Tom Petty great song
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shawntunes wrote:
I remember I was sitting on the beach the first time I heard this song. Still like it.
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lfayala wrote:
:)
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orozcob wrote:
sad song but i like it anyways.
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tryxee wrote:
ugh...no thank you
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ABM1708 wrote:
another good song
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rhiaden wrote:
Love this song, relate to the lyrics so much
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SSBlackbeard3 wrote:
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dharmajeep wrote:
I do like this song, but i never knew til now what it was called or who it was by.
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LQQKIE wrote:
Great song... part of Retro Fridays member group radio. Come and Join!!!
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Bunglechunk wrote:
Great song, but apparently the video backfired a little. Read this interview with Dan Murphy - http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/back_on_track/3638/
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BabyImASpacehog wrote:
Yes.
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imagesk8r6969 wrote:
surprisingly really good song. =D
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