# Did somebody have a hit covering Slade's "Run Run Away"?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 4, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-somebody-have-a-hit-covering-slades-run-run-away/343028 "2006-02-04T21:08:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-somebody-have-a-hit-covering-slades-run-run-away/343028/1 "2006-02-04T21:08:40Z")

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or am I thinking of Quiet Riots’s hit covering Slade’s “Cum On Feel The Noize”?

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-somebody-have-a-hit-covering-slades-run-run-away/343028/2 "2006-02-04T21:15:34Z")

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I know Great Big Sea covered it. I’m not sure how much of a hit it was for them, though.

o/`See chameleon lying there in the sun. All things for everyone, run, run away...o/`

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-somebody-have-a-hit-covering-slades-run-run-away/343028/3 "2006-02-04T21:16:43Z")

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You’re probably thinking of Quiet Riot. They also covered “Mama, Weer All Crazee Now”.

According to Allmusic, a group called Great Big Sea did a cover of “Run Runaway” (a great song, BTW), but I don’t see where it even charted.

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**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-somebody-have-a-hit-covering-slades-run-run-away/343028/4 "2006-02-04T22:46:04Z")

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I remembering watching Slade perform that song on Top Of The Pops…I’m old ☹

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-somebody-have-a-hit-covering-slades-run-run-away/343028/5 "2006-02-05T02:18:50Z")

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Errie! I just now checked in on the dope while I’m waiting for “Goodby to Jane” to download!

Slade was a great band in another respect: they let it be known that they’d cover the cost of destruction of the auditoriums where they’d perform.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-somebody-have-a-hit-covering-slades-run-run-away/343028/6 "2006-02-05T18:04:26Z")

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Yeah, I must have been thinking of ‘Cum On Feel The Noize’, thx everyone.