Runnin' Away Explained

Runnin' Away
Cover:	Runninaway.spass.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	The Voices of Life featuring Sharon Pass
B-Side:	Remix
Recorded:	2003
Genre:	Chicago house
Label:	Silk
Chronology:	Steve "Silk" Hurley
Prev Title:	Stop Playin'
Prev Year:	2003

"Runnin' Away" is a song released by The Voices of Life with lead vocals performed by Sharon Pass, with whom Steve "Silk" Hurley worked also on previous singles (on "Seasons of Love" with leading vocal by Keith Nunnally in 1991, and "The Word Is Love (Silk's Anthem of Life)" that peaked at number twenty-six on the UK Singles Chart in 1998.^[1]

The work written by Eric Miller and CeCe Peniston, is likely one of the compositions Peniston planned to include on her cancelled album production on the producer's label.^[2]

Credits and personnel

• Steve "Silk" Hurley - producer, arranger, mix, engineer
• Sharon Pass - lead vocals
• E-Smoove - producer, arranger, mix, drum programming
• CeCe Peniston - writer
• Eric Miller - writer
• Ron Hall - bass
• Keith Henderson - guitar
• Daniel Weatherspoon - keyboards
• Tim Dudfield - engineer

Official versions

12", US, #SENT 0017-1^[3]

• "Runnin' Away (E-Smoove 'N Silk Original Mix)" - 7:18
• "Runnin' Away (E-Smoove 'N Silk Original Mix Instrumental)"
• "Runnin' Away (Accapella)"

See also

• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

External links

• [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=steve-silk-hurley-p88784|pure_url=yes}} Steve "Silk" Hurley] on AllMusic

Notes and References

1. https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ 'The Voices of Life, UK peak chart positions'
2. Web site: Sharon Pass - "Runnin' Away. web.archive.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023161303/http://www.black-music-collectors.com/labels/Silk_Entertainment.htm. 2012-10-23 . BMC. The Funklopedic Project. 2010-12-02. Sharon Pass - "Runnin' Away" (Eric Miller, CeCe Peniston).
3. Web site: Sharon Pass - "Runnin' Away" - 12", US, #SENT 0017-1. Discogs. discogs.com. Zink Media. 2015-03-21.