Run Devil Run oil is one of several charm oils used by Mexican

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s supposedly to ward off bad luck and remove

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es. Other names include "Vete Diablo", "Corre Diablo", "Contra Enemigo", "Keep Away Evil" oil, and so on. The oil was mentioned in a ''

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'' article in April 1992, which described the sale in a

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of bottles of "Go Away Evil" oil and "Run Devil Run" bath oil – credited with keeping gang members away. The oil came to more widespread prominence in 1999 after

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named one of his songs " Run Devil Run" and used the song as the title track for his album of the same name.

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