Keep On Running (The Real Milli Vanilli song) explained

Keep On Running
Cover:	Keep_on_running.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Milli Vanilli / The Real Milli Vanilli
Album:	The Moment of Truth
B-Side:	The End of Good Times
Released:	November 24, 1990
Recorded:	1990
Genre:	Dance, hip hop, hip house
Length:	3:58
Label:	Hansa
Producer:	Frank Farian
Prev Title:	All or Nothing
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Too Late (True Love)
Next Year:	1991

"Keep on Running" is a song credited to German pop group Milli Vanilli before and during the lip-synching scandal and later credited to The Real Milli Vanilli after. It was released in 1990 and peaked at number two in Austria, number four in Germany, number six in Italy and number eight in Switzerland. The song was also released in France, but failed to enter the singles chart, as did "Too Late (True Love)".

"Keep on Running" would be the duo's final single as Milli Vanilli, and was the first single of the Real Milli Vanilli.

Critical reception

Gary Crossing from Record Mirror wrote, "It's nice to see these boys back in the forefront of the dance music scene after having their reputations sallied by some unsavoury accusations with regards to their vocal talents. Here they're in someone else's fine voices with this busy stonker of a floor filler, which occasionally lapses into a 'Dreadlock Holiday' stylee reggae lilt. I'm speechless."^[1]

Track listings

• CD maxi

1. "Keep on Running" (Club Mix) — 6:40
2. "The End of Good Times" — 4:09
3. "Keep on Running" (Running Man Mix) — 5:45
4. "Keep on Running" (Radio Version) — 4:04

• 7" single

1. "Keep on Running" — 3:58
2. "The End of Good Times" — 3:45

• 12" maxi

1. "Keep on Running" (Club Mix) — 6:15
2. "The End of Good Times" — 3:35
3. "Keep on Running" (Running Man Mix) — 5:45
4. "Keep on Running" (Radio Mix) — 3:58

• "Real Voices of Milli Vanilli" CD maxi

1. "Keep on Running" (Club Mix) — 7:50
2. "The End of Good Times" — 3:39
3. "Keep on Running" (Running Man Mix) — 5:45
4. "Keep on Running" (Radio Version) — 4:04

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	62
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[3]	7
Italy (Musica e dischi)^[4]	6
UK Singles (OCC)^[5]	76

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[6]	9
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)^[7]	46

Notes and References

1. Singles. Gary. Crossing. Record Mirror. January 5, 1991. 11. August 23, 2021.
2. 230.
3. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021. 2021. Milli Vanilli. 172. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. July 3, 2022. fi.
4. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. June 7, 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Milli Vanilli".
5. UK Singles Chart Official Charts Company (Retrieved August 19, 2008)
6. 1991 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved August 19, 2008)
7. Eurochart Hot 100 1991. Music & Media. 21. December 21, 1991. January 17, 2020. 8. 51-52. American Radio History.