For My Sunday Song #389, we are almost to the end of Tim’s Choices and this time around is a cover song for Tesla called “Run Run Run”. It was originally done by Jo Jo Gunne in 1972 and written by Matt Andes and Joe Ferguson. It was only released as a B-Side on the CD Maxi Single for “Love Song” in 1990 so never on any of the band’s albums.
The song, lyrically, is very simple and seems to be about a guy who might be on the run from the law and needs to get to the border or the state line to get away from them. Nothing more than that. Pretty simple, right!
The band has fun with it. They keep to the spirit of the song but bring in to the 90’s with the sound as the original is very 70’s sounding. Jeff Keith’s vocals have such a cool grit that it really makes the song jump. The guitar work by both Tommy Skeoch and Frank Hannon scream and make the song feel like the song is really racing. The rhythm section of Brian Wheat on bass along with Troy Lucketta on drums also drives the song forward. You can feel the pressure and intensity of the guy running from the law. And then the song ends with a massive build up and bam, it’s done. A great, fun track by an incredible underrated band!
Give the song a listen and let me know what you think? Have you ever heard this one before? I know the song, but I hadn’t heard the Tesla version until researching the song choice from Tim. So, Thanks to Tim Durling from Tim’s Vinyl Confessions for picking this track. Go check out his YouTube channel for some great content, you won’t be disappointed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a Happy Sunday.
“RUN RUN RUN”
[Chorus]
Doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Run, run, run
Doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Run, run, run
[Verse 1]
You’d better ride on, baby
You was born outside of the law
Run
Run
[Chorus]
Doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Run (Run), run (Run), run
Doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Run (Run), run (Run), run
[Verse 2]
Oh, load up your mama
We’ll ride on out to the line
Run
Run
Bridge]
Run
Oh, run
Ah yeah
[Chorus]
Doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Run (Run), run (Run), run
Doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo-doo
Run (Run), run (Run), run
[Verse 3]
Oh, welcome to the party
We’re all just papers in the wind
Run
Whoa, run
Written By Matt Andes & Joe Ferguson
2 Loud 2 Old Music 
Never heard this til today. Good tune. Bring back that loose cannon Skeoch.
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New to me and it rocks pretty good!
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“They keep to the spirit of the song.” Is that a pun? The Jo Jo Gunne guys used to be in a 1960s band named Spirit, perhaps best known for the Led Zep lawsuit.
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No, actually I wasn’t, but dang, I wish I was.
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I’m unfamiliar with it, so I’ll be checking it out.
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I haven’t heard them in forever…I like this one.
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