Run Away with Me
"Run Away with Me" is a song by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen. It was released as the second single from her third studio album Emotion on July 17, 2015, by Universal Music Group. The song was written by Jepsen, Mattman & Robin (credited as Mattias Larsson and Robin Fredriksson), Jonnali Parmenius, Oscar Holter, and Shellback. Produced by Mattman & Robin and Shellback, "Run Away with Me" is a dance-pop and synth-pop tune with an upbeat production containing a distorted, reverbed saxophone riff.
This article is about the Carly Rae Jepsen song. For the Sufjan Stevens song, see The Ascension (Sufjan Stevens album)."Run Away with Me"
17 July 2015
- MXM (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Wolf Cousins (Stockholm, Sweden)[1]
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- Mattman & Robin
- Shellback
"Run Away with Me" was accompanied by a DIY music video filmed by Jepsen's then-partner David Kalani Larkins in Paris, Tokyo and New York City, which also premiered in July 2015. The song was only a minor success in the charts, but was met with widespread critical acclaim, being considered one of the best songs of 2015 and of the 2010s.
Music and production[edit]
"Run Away with Me" runs for four minutes and eleven seconds. Carly Rae Jepsen wrote the song with duo Mattman & Robin, who is credited separately as Mattias Larsson and Robin Fredriksson, Shellback, Jonnali Parmenius, and Oscar Holter. Production was handled by Shellback and Mattman & Robin, who also programmed it.[1] "Run Away with Me" is a dance-pop and synth-pop track featuring a distorted, reverbed saxophone riff.[2][3][4] The upbeat production incorporates percussive synths, pedal tones, multi-tracked vocals and cavernous drums.[5][6][7] Rachel Seo from Variety said the song has a "galloping beat and soaring chorus".[8]
Commercial performance[edit]
"Run Away with Me" did not repeat the major commercial success of the previous single and only made a minor impact on the charts. It reached the top 30 in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Scotland, and briefly charted within the top 100 in the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia.
Music video[edit]
The "Run Away with Me" music video was released on 17 July 2015 on Jepsen's YouTube and Vevo channels.[27] It was directed by her then-partner David Kalani Larkins and consists of guerrilla-style footage filmed on three different continents.[28] Larkins accompanied Jepsen on tour, casually filming a personal footage of her, which later developed into creating a music video.[29] The clip pictures the singer in the Place de la République, Place Charles de Gaulle and on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, in Shibuya Crossing and a karaoke bar in Tokyo, and in New York City where she is seen running along the fountain in Columbus Circle and pointing at the Statue of Liberty from a boat in New York Bay. The clip also sees Jepsen in hotel rooms, airports and on public city transport. More footage was filmed in Dublin, London and Toronto, but it wasn't used in the final video.[30]