"Runnin' Away" is a song released by
The Voices of Life with lead vocals performed by Sharon Pass, with whom
Steve "Silk" Hurley
Steve W. "Silk" Hurley (born November 9, 1962), also known as J. M. Silk (for "Jack Master Silk"), is an American club DJ, house music producer, and songwriter.
From 1985 to 1988, he had four top-10 singles on the US Dance chart, including th ...
worked also on previous singles (on "Seasons of Love" with leading vocal by Keith Nunnally in 1991, and "
The Word Is Love (Silk's Anthem of Life)" that peaked at number twenty-six on the
UK Singles Chart in 1998.
The work written by
Eric Miller and
CeCe Peniston
Cecilia Veronica "CeCe" Peniston (; born September 6, 1969) is an American singer and former beauty queen. In the early 1990s, she scored five number one hits on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Her signature song " Finally" re ...
, is likely one of the compositions Peniston planned to include on her cancelled album production on the producer's label.
Credits and personnel
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Steve "Silk" Hurley
Steve W. "Silk" Hurley (born November 9, 1962), also known as J. M. Silk (for "Jack Master Silk"), is an American club DJ, house music producer, and songwriter.
From 1985 to 1988, he had four top-10 singles on the US Dance chart, including th ...
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producer,
arranger
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mix,
engineer
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*Sharon Pass -
lead vocals
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E-Smoove
Eric Miller (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American house music DJ, record producer and remixer. As E-Smoove, he worked for a number of years with Steve "Silk" Hurley and Maurice Joshua, before he hit the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in ...
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producer,
arranger
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mix,
drum programming
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CeCe Peniston
Cecilia Veronica "CeCe" Peniston (; born September 6, 1969) is an American singer and former beauty queen. In the early 1990s, she scored five number one hits on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Her signature song " Finally" re ...
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writer
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Eric Miller -
writer
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*Ron Hall -
bass
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Music
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*Keith Henderson -
guitar
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*Daniel Weatherspoon -
keyboards
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Tim Dudfield
Mr. Timothy (a.k.a. 'T-Funk', real name Tim John Dudfield) is an Australian dance music producer and DJ. Over the years, he has worked on projects by a wide variety of artists including Madonna, INXS, Felix da Housecat, E Smoove, Inaya Day, Sl ...
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engineer
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Official versions
; 12", US, #SENT 0017-1
*"Runnin' Away (E-Smoove 'N Silk Original Mix)" - 7:18
*"Runnin' Away (E-Smoove 'N Silk Original Mix Instrumental)"
*"Runnin' Away (Accapella)"
See also
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List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
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References
External links
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Steve "Silk" Hurley
Steve W. "Silk" Hurley (born November 9, 1962), also known as J. M. Silk (for "Jack Master Silk"), is an American club DJ, house music producer, and songwriter.
From 1985 to 1988, he had four top-10 singles on the US Dance chart, including th ...
on
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