The song was also included in her album “All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend”.Īlbum: All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016) The song was released on 7 February 2015. A shorter version ("Radio Edit") was released on a compilation in 2021.Runaway Lyrics, a leading track of 2015 EP “Running with the Wolves”, sung by Aurora.A fanmade filter titled "aurorarunaway" for making silhouette photos and videos, soundtracked and timed on the beat of Runaway. The song's 2021 resurgence can largely be credited to a trend on social media app TikTok.To celebrate the song hitting 100 million streams on Spotify, AURORA released For the Humans Who Take Long Walks in the Forest and did a YouTube livestream.Aurora won a NOPA grant for this song in 2014, awarded to her on by:Larm festival.Aurora and Eilish have since met on two occasions, and both are fans of each other.Singer and songwriter Billie Eilish credits this song as one of the reasons she began working on music.Shortly after the music video released, pop star Katy Perry linked to it in a Tweet saying: "Finally.Its current peak is 25 (as of May 19, 2021). Meanwhile, in the UK it entered the Singles chart at 100 for the week March 26-April 1, 2021. In Ireland, the song peaked at 80 during the week March 19-26, 2021. In 2021, six years after its release, "Runaway" debuted in the official Singles charts in Ireland and in the UK. It was directed by Kenny McCracken.ĪURORA - Runaway (Demo version) Commercial performance
The music video for the song was shot January 31-February 2 in Bergen, Norway and released on February 26, 2015. I've been putting sorrow on the highest place on my shelf I've been putting sorrow on the farthest place on my shelf An in-depth analysis Aurora did for Song Exploder can be listened here. It's about how important it is to have a soft place to fall." Īurora has since noted that the song came to have various meanings to her over the years. "It's strange how this song fits my life better now that I could ever imagine when I wrote the song itself. "For me now, that song is about my actual home where my parents are." The song is about escape and "realizing you want to get home again." In a 2016 interview she stated After signing a record deal, the song was recorded again in winter 2014 for Aurora's debut EP. The first known live performance of the song was 2/20/14 Nabovarsel Minifestival, Landmark Bar, Bergen. It was made available to listen online late 2013. The song was the first demo she recorded with co-writer and producer Magnus. On May 7, 2021, " Runaway Lvl.2" was surprise-released because of the original version's virality thanks to a TikTok trend.Īurora wrote the song when she was 11 or 12 years old for a school assignment, originally the chorus had the "take me home" line only once. Ī guitar acoustic version was released on March 5, 2021, followed by a piano acoustic version on March 11, 2021. The track was received positively by various press and online music blogs. On Februthe single became available on select platforms and on Februit was officially released worldwide. It was written by herself and Magnus Skylstad, and produced by Skylstad and Odd Martin Skålnes. It is the lead single and the first track on the her debut extended play, Running with the Wolves, and on her studio album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend.
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