"Love Runs Out" is a song recorded by American

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band

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for the 2014 reissue of their third studio album ''

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'' (2013). It was produced by

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, who co-wrote the song with

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, Drew Brown,

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, and

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. The song was digitally released in Australia on April 14, 2014, and was serviced to

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in the United States on May 6 as the fourth overall single from the album.

Background and composition

"Love Runs Out" was originally intended to be the first single from ''Native'', but was eventually passed over in favour of "

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". Tedder told Capital FM, "We have a new single that's not even on the album that's about to drop. I can't quote the date," and "I wanted Love Runs Out"to be the first single, a few of us in the band did, but I could not finish the chorus. And you can't have a song without a chorus." According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by

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, "Love Runs Out" is written in the key of

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with a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute. Tedder's vocals span from D₃ to D₅ in the song.

Critical reception

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called "Love Runs Out" a "spine-tingling track" with "slick production" and a "stomper".

Commercial performance

"Love Runs Out" debuted at number 81 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at number 22 on the

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. The song eventually reached a peak of number 15 on the Hot 100. It reached its million sales mark in the US in August 2014 and by the end of 2014 had sold 1.4 million copies. The song charted even higher in other countries. It reached the top 5 in Austria, Luxembourg, Canada, Germany and the UK, as well as the top 10 in Spain and South Africa. Its success in Germany was also down to the fact that the TV station

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had selected it as its official anthem for the

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Music video

A music video was produced for the song and was directed by

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. It cost the group $180,000. The video has references to

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's video " Soldier of Love", also under Muller's direction. It has 130.19 million views as of June 16, 2017, and is OneRepublic's fifth most viewed music video.

Track listing

*Digital download #"Love Runs Out" – 3:44 *CD single #"Love Runs Out" – 3:44 #"

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Remix) – 3:19 #"Love Runs Out" ( Disciples Remix) – 4:59

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Native''. Locations *Recorded at Studio Faust Records, Prague, Czech Republic; Studio Le Roy Amsterdam, Netherlands; Motorbass Studio, Paris, France; Metropolis Studio London, United Kingdom; Tritonus Studio Berlin, Germany *Mixed at MixStar Studios,

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Personnel *Songwriting – Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Drew Brown, Zach Filkins, Eddie Fisher *Production – Ryan Tedder *Backing vocals – Bobbie Gordon, Brent Kutzle, Zach Filkins *Bass – Brent Kutzle *Drums – Eddie Fisher *Engineer – Gerd Krueger, Luke Oldham, Mikel Le Roy, Ryan Tedder, Benjamin McCulloch, Derek Saxenmeyer, Steve Walsh *Engineering assistant – Aaron Ahmad, Sam Harper *Guitar – Drew Brown, Ryan Tedder *Mixing – Serban Ghenea *Piano – Ryan Tedder *Percussion – Zach Filkins *Additional programming – Ryan Tedder

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References

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