| Runaway | |
| Cover: | JamiroquaiRunaway1TrackPromo.JPG |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jamiroquai |
| B-Side: | "Runaway" (Tom Belton remix) |
| Released: | 30 October 2006 |
| Length: | 3:45 |
| Prev Title: | Hollywood Swinging |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | White Knuckle Ride |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"Runaway" is the only single taken from British acid jazz band Jamiroquai's greatest hits compilation, . The single was released on 30 October 2006. It was their fifth #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song's lyrics relate to dispute involving group's record label, Sony BMG, who wanted to cut ties with the band six records into an eight-record deal. Jay Kay confirmed this, following a performance of the song in London's Jazz Cafe in August 2008.
The single peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]
The video was filmed in London and it has two sections. The first features Jay Kay dancing and singing in his home studio; the second shows a man, later revealed to be Kay, wearing a space suit driving a dune buggy through London with an astronaut suit. The video ends where it starts, with the astronaut exiting at the subway station, the Piccadilly Circus tube station.