Run Devil Run oil explained

Run Devil Run oil is one of several charm oils used by Mexican curandero folk healers supposedly to ward off bad luck and remove jinxes.^[1] Other names include "Vete Diablo", "Corre Diablo", "Contra Enemigo", "Keep Away Evil" oil, and so on.

The oil was mentioned in a Los Angeles Times article in April 1992, which described the sale in a botánica of bottles of "Go Away Evil" oil and "Run Devil Run" bath oil – credited with keeping gang members away.^[2]

The oil came to more widespread prominence in 1999 after Paul McCartney named one of his songs "Run Devil Run" and used the song as the title track for his album of the same name.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Lonely Planet. Austin, San Antonio & the Hill Country. registration. 2004. 163. It's basically a religious and Santeria superstore (mixed with a bit of voodoo), selling items to rid you of the problem of your choice: Get-Rich candles; Do-As-1-Say floor wash; Jinx Removal air-freshener; Run-Devil-Run and Get-out-of-Jail oil; ....
2. News: A Botanica Is Ready to Help When Evil Spirits Come Calling. 20 April 1992. Limon buys a tiny bottle of oil with "Go Away Evil" emblazoned on the label to sprinkle on her neighbor's doorstep. ... She buys a bottle of "Run Devil Run" bath oil for her son, to keep gang members away.. Miles Corwn. LA Times .
3. Book: Howard Sounes. Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney. 2010. 496. 9780007237067. ... most of them obscure, with a couple of newly written tracks including the title song, 'Run Devil Run', inspired by a voodoo remedy Paul had picked up in Atlanta to ward off evildoers, thieves and liars..