"Run to Me" is a song by the British rock band Smokie. It was released as a

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in 1980 and was also included on the new Smokie greatest-hits albums issued in the same year ('' Smokie's Greatest Hits Volume 2'' in continental Europe and Australia and '' The Very Best of Smokie — 14 Hit Singles'' in the UK).

Background and writing

The song was written by

Chris Norman Christopher Ward Norman (born 25 October 1950) is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the original lead singer of the English rock band Smokie (band), Smokie, (1964–1986), who found success in Europe in the 1970s. "Stumblin' In", a 1978 ...

and Smokie drummer

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and produced by Smokie.

Commercial performance

The Smokie song by Smokie reached no. 29 in Germany.

Savoy Brown version

English blues rock band

Savoy Brown Savoy Brown (originally Savoy Brown Blues Band) were an English blues rock band formed in Battersea, south west London, in 1965. Part of the late 1960s blues rock movement, Savoy Brown primarily achieved success in the United States, where they ...

released their cover as a single in 1981. It was featured as the sole studio track on that year's ''Greatest Hits Live in Concert'' album. It also appeared on German editions of the band's ''Rock 'N' Roll Warriors'' album, released the same year. It became Savoy's highest-charting single in the United States, peaking at number 68 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week of October 31, 1981.

Charts

Smokie version

Savoy Brown version

References

External links

Smokie – "Run to Me" (1980)
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Smokie - ''Smokie's Greatest Hits Volume 2''
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Smokie - ''The Very Best Of Smokie''
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