Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms) Explained

Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)
Type:	single
Artist:	The Newbeats
Album:	Run Baby Run
B-Side:	Mean Woolly Willie
Released:	September 1965 (US) October 1965 (UK) September 3, 1971 (UK)
Genre:	Pop rock
Label:	Hickory 1332 (1965 release) London 10341 (1971 UK release)
Prev Title:	Little Child
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Shake Hands (And Come Out Crying)
Next Year:	1966

"Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" is a song written by Joe Melson and Don Gant and performed by The Newbeats. It reached #4 in Canada,^[1] #12 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[2] and #66 in Australia in 1965. The song was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but it did not chart on its original release.^[3] The group re-released the song as the B-side to their 1971 single, "Am I Not My Brother's Keeper", and in that year, "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" reached #10 in the U.K., following extensive playing in Northern Soul clubs in England.

The song was featured on their 1965 album, Run Baby Run.^[4]

Other versions

• The Vogues released a version of the song on their 1966 album, Five O'Clock World.^[5]
• Les Surfs released a version of the song entitled "Va Dove Vuoi" as the B-side to their 1966 single "Meritavi Molto Di Più".^[6]
• The Tremeloes released as version of the song on their 1969 album, The Live in Cabaret.^[7]
• Roy Orbison released a version of the song on his 1972 album, Memphis.^[8]

In media

• The Newbeats version was featured in the 2010 film, The Ward.^[9]

Notes and References

1. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5605&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=98q6tcgku7546lsrfi3gr83pp7 The Newbeats, "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" Canadian chart position
2. http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Run+Baby+Run+%28Back+into+My+Arms%29+by+The+Newbeats&id=44007 The Newbeats, "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" US chart position
3. http://www.45cat.com/record/451332 The Newbeats, "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" 1965 United Kingdom single release
4. http://www.discogs.com/Newbeats-Run-Baby-Run/release/4557050 The Newbeats, Run Baby Run
5. http://www.discogs.com/Vogues-Five-OClock-World/release/4106255 The Vogues, Five O'Clock World
6. http://www.45cat.com/record/fx135 Les Surfs, "Meritavi Molto Di Più" single release
7. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-live-in-cabaret-mw0000854485 The Tremeloes, The Live in Cabaret
8. http://www.allmusic.com/album/memphis-mw0000691365 Roy Orbison, Memphis
9. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1369706/soundtrack The Ward soundtrack