''Runaway Love'' is an EP by American recording group En Vogue. It was released by East West Records on September 21, 1993 in the United States. The EP followed their multi-platinum hit album '' Funky Divas'' in 1992. The EP contains the title track, " Runaway Love" featuring FMob, known as Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster.

Critical reception

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rated the EP two stars out of five. He found that "apart from the great title track, there is little in this collection of filler and remixes of interest to anyone but dedicated fans." James Earl Hardy from '' Entertainment Weekly'' wrote: "Even on an EP, the ladies have got it goin’ on. The remixes of "Hip Hop Lover," "Desire," and "What Is Love" are smokin’, while the new tunes ..prove these divas have more in common with The Emotions and The Sweet Inspirations than with The Supremes."

Commercial reception

''Runaway Love'' debuted at number 57 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the week of July 5, 1997, with first-week sales of 17,500 copies. It eventually peaked at number 49 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 16 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The self-titled lead single from ''Runaway Love'' quickly became a hit on US Pop and R&B: Also included is the hit collaboration with

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, titled " Whatta Man", a top five hit on Billboard's Hot 100 and Top R&B Songs.En Vogue - Chart Singles history
''Billboard'' The EP also features new remixes of " What Is Love", "Desire", and "Hip Hop Lover" from the ''Funky Divas'' album.

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Denzil Foster and Thomas Elroy, except noted otherwise.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Runaway Love''. *Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Cindy Herron, Dawn Robinson, Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones *Arranged – Thomas McElroy And Denzil Foster *Production – Angela Skinner, Marie McElroy *Guitar – Marlon McClain *Flute – Lewis Taylor *Backing Vocals – 3 Feet *Keyboards, Drum Programming – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy *Rap Vocals – Kam *Keyboards – Leroy Romans *Bass – Wycliff "Steelie" Johnson *Rap Vocals – FMob *Management – David Lombard *Art Direction – Jean Cronin *Mastered P– Tony Dawsey *Recorded – Steve Counter, Steven Hart *Mixed ixing Engineer– Ken Kessie *Design – Cicero deGuzman Jr. *Photography – James Calderaro *Composer – Hurby Azor, Cheryl James *Composer – Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster *Executive-Producer – Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster *Producer – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy

Charts

References

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