"Somewhere to Run" is a single by American electronic dance music band

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. The song was released on March 23, 2015 for digital download and streaming. It was featured in the trailer for the 2016 movie ''

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Background

About the sound of the track, Krewella stated:

"We went back to the roots for that one,” says Yasmine. “The reason why we fell in love with dance music is people like
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,
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, MSTRKRFT ... all those people were doing this grungy, punk-y dance stuff and we wanted to channel that for the new song that’s out."

Music video

The video for the song was released onto

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on July 22, 2015. It features cameo performances from

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and

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. The video sheds light on issues such as

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and

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. The music video was directed by Rory Kramer and uploaded to their official

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channel.

Critical reception

Matt Joseph from ''We Got This Covered'' gave "Somewhere to Run" a positive review stating, "After all, it's always exciting to see artists trying something different, no matter how it ends up working out."

Track listing

Charts

References

{{Authority control Columbia Records singles 2015 singles 2015 songs Krewella songs