Who Will You Run To Explained

Who Will You Run To
Cover:Heart Who Will You Run To.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Heart
Album:Bad Animals
B-Side:Magic Man (live)
Released:August 1987
Genre:Rock[1]
Length:4:05
Label:Capitol
Producer:Ron Nevison
Prev Title:Alone
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:There's the Girl
Next Year:1987

"Who Will You Run To" is a song recorded by American rock band Heart. It was composed by Diane Warren and released as a single from Heart's ninth studio album, Bad Animals.

"Who Will You Run To" is one of a long list of hit songs written by Warren.[2] Heart's version of her song became the band's eighth U.S. top-ten single, peaking at number seven.[3] It also climbed to number thirty in the UK Singles Chart, where it was also available as a 12" single. An extended rock version of the song was Heart's first UK CD single release.[4]

Cash Box called it a "powerful melodic rocker."[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 63
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[7] 78
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles[8] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)! scope="col"
Position
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 88
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[10] 8

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Heart's "Alone. . March 1, 2021. ...the band followed it with the Diane Warren-written rocker “Who Will You Run To,” another hit.. October 13, 2023.
  2. Web site: The Ballad of Diane Warren, Songwriter. November 26, 1994. Los Angeles Times.
  3. Heart Who Will You Run To Chart History. Billboard. 2018-04-09.
  4. Web site: HEART full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com. en. 2018-04-09.
  5. Single Releases. Cash Box. August 15, 1987. 2022-09-11. 8.
  6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. St Ives, N.S.W.. Australian Chart Book. 1993. 136. 0-646-11917-6.
  7. European Hot 100 Singles . . 4 . 40 . October 10, 1987 . 20 . 29800226 . World Radio History.
  8. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending October 17, 1987 . . May 9, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220510025814/https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19871017.html . May 10, 2022 . live.
  9. Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 1987 . Billboard . May 9, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200217161831/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1987/hot-100-songs . February 17, 2020.
  10. 1987 The Year in Music & Video – Top Rock Tracks . Billboard . 99 . 52 . December 26, 1987 . Y-31 . 0006-2510 . Google Books.