Run to You ( Bryan Adams song ) - wikipedia Run to You ( Bryan Adams song ) `` Run to You '' Single by Bryan Adams from the album Reckless B - side `` I 'm Ready '' Released 18 October 1984 Format 7 '' single Recorded April 1984 Little Mountain Sound Studios ( Vancouver, Canada ) Genre Rock hard rock heartland rock Length 3 : 53 Label A&M Songwriter ( s ) Bryan Adams Jim Vallance Producer ( s ) Bob Clearmountain Adams Bryan Adams singles chronology `` This Time '' ( 1983 ) `` Run to You '' ( 1984 ) `` Somebody '' ( 1985 ) `` This Time '' ( 1983 ) `` Run to You '' ( 1984 ) `` Somebody '' ( 1985 ) Music video `` Run To You '' on YouTube `` Run to You '' is a song by the Canadian singer - songwriter Bryan Adams. It was released in 1984 as the lead single from his fourth album, Reckless ( 1984 ). The track deals with the subject of infidelity, and is sung from the perspective of a man who declares that he will continue to `` run to '' his seductive mistress over his faithful partner ; critic Ira Robbins for CMJ called it a `` cheating classic ''. In the accompanying music video, however, Adams portrays his guitar as the object of desire. The song topped the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has appeared on all of his compilation albums. The single was certified Gold in Canada in 1985. the song was also featured in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto : Vice City in the fictional radio flash fm. Contents 1 Writing and recording 2 Release and reception 3 Music video 4 Personnel 5 Chart positions 6 Rage version 6.1 Track listings 6.2 Charts 7 Other cover versions 8 References 9 External links Writing and recording After a tour in Asia, Adams started the recording for Reckless. The recording for `` Run to You '' started on 27 March 1984 at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver, Canada and continued through the summer. It was mixed on 21 September 1984 in New York by Jim Vallance. The song, written 10 January 1983, became the last song written for Reckless. Adams and Vallance originally wrote the song for Blue Öyster Cult, but the group turned it down. Release and reception `` Run to You '' was released in 18 October 1984 and became one of the most successful songs from Reckless on the American rock charts and arguably one of Bryan Adams 's most recognizable and popular songs. `` Run to You '' was released worldwide on 18 October 1984. It was his first number one on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, a position it held for four weeks, and it spent an additional five weeks at number 2 ( all behind Don Henley 's Boys of Summer ). It also reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. `` Run to You '' reached the top twenty on the Canadian singles chart and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at number 4. It held the highest Canadian chart position Adams had attained at the time of release and became his third top twenty single in Canada. It was nominated for a Juno award for song of the year in Canada. `` Run to You '' was released the following month in Ireland and peaked at number 8 and reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. It was his second single to chart in Europe. Stewart Mason from AllMusic said `` Run to You '' was the first of the album 's six top 30 hits, and in retrospect, `` one of the weakest of the lot. Although the song has a thundering chorus, the kind that sounds truly excellent blasting through FM speakers, there is quite literally not much else to the song : of the song 's nearly four - minute length, over half of the song is devoted to repeats of the chorus and an unimaginative instrumental breakdown that leads into a seemingly endless vamp on the chorus to fade. '' The long instrumental is indicative of the theme of the music video where the protagonist is serenading his guitar as the object of his affection. Music video The music video was shot in London, England and later Los Angeles. Directed by Steve Barron, it was nominated for the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards in five different categories : Best Direction, Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. While the song did n't win any of the awards, it has received more MTV Video Music Award nominations than any other of Adams 's songs. The English actress Lysette Anthony appears in the video. Personnel Bryan Adams -- lead vocals, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Keith Scott -- rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals Jim Vallance -- percussion Tommy Mandel -- keyboards Dave Taylor -- bass guitar Mickey Curry -- drums Chart positions Chart ( 1984 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 24 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 19 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 14 Ireland ( IRMA ) 8 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 14 UK Singles ( The Official Charts Company ) 11 US Billboard Hot 100 6 US Billboard Top Rock Tracks Rage version `` Run to You '' Single by Rage from the album Saviour Released 19 October 1992 Format CD single Recorded Genre Dance Length 3 : 41 Label Intercord Songwriter ( s ) Jim Vallance Bryan Adams Producer ( s ) Barry Leng Duncan Hannant Rage singles chronology `` Run to You '' ( 1992 ) `` Why Do n't You '' ( 1993 ) `` Run to You '' ( 1992 ) `` Why Do n't You '' ( 1993 ) The first notable cover recording was released as a single by English urban dance act Rage ( known as En - Rage in some European countries ) in 1992. This version did not meet with the same critical acclaim as Adams ' version, but, after having failed to chart when released the first time in May 1992, the single gained an unexpected boost in popularity due to controversy in the UK music media about the band 's name : they shared their name with a German heavy metal band who had been recording under the same since 1984. After changing their name to En - Rage in some European countries to avoid legal action from the German band, they re-released the single six months later, and this time it peaked at number 3 in the UK ( eight places higher than the Bryan Adams version ) in November 1992. Track listings CD - maxi `` Run to You '' ( 7 `` ) -- 3 : 41 `` Run to You '' ( 12 `` ) -- 5 : 43 `` Ease the Pain '' ( Full ) -- 5 : 02 `` Run to You '' ( Instrumental ) -- 3 : 57 Charts Chart ( 1992 -- 93 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 56 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 13 Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) 6 Germany ( Media Control Charts ) 14 Ireland ( IRMA ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 20 UK Singles ( The Official Charts Company ) Other cover versions `` Run to You '' has been covered by numerous artists. The second was an alternative rock version by Lou Barlow on the 1993 extended play album, Lou Barlow and Friends : Another Collection of Home Recordings. A German band named Novaspace covered `` Run to You '' on their 2003 album, Cubes which was heavily inspired by dance and pop music. The Japanese rock band Nil covered `` Run to You '' on their 2004 cover album The Covering Inferno. The Norwegian hard rock singer and songwriter Jørn Lande covered `` Run to You '' on his cover album Unlocking the Past on the Japanese edition of the album. In 2009 U.K. girl band Bananarama released their own version as a digital pre-order only to their album Viva. Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica covered the song on their 2016 album The Ninth Hour. The song appears on Flash FM radio station in Grand Theft Auto : Vice City. It has been mashed up with Metallica 's `` Enter Sandman '' on YouTube. Canadian rock bands Arkells and The Reason covered the song together at both Edgefest and the Festival of Friends. References Jump up ^ Robbins, Ira ( January 1999 ). `` Bryan Adams ''. CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Holdings, Corp. ( 65 ) : 58. access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ Eddy, Chuck ( September 17, 2014 ). `` 100 Best Singles of 1984 ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` CRIA Certifications ''. Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 24. ^ Jump up to : `` Anthology ''. 2005 - 10 - 18. Jump up ^ Tunis, Walter ( 13 January 2009 ). `` Around the world with Bryan Adams ''. Malaysia Star. Jump up ^ `` Artist Chart History ( singles ) - Bryan Adams ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Bryan Adams - Canadian Album Chart ''. RPM. Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Bryan Adams ''. Chart Stats. Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Irish Album Chart ''. irish-charts.com. Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Run to You ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ `` The Life Of Bryan '' ( in Danish ). - skolarbete.nu. Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Rock On The Net : Bryan Adams ''. Rock On The Net. 1986 - 09 - 05. Retrieved 2008 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 1993 ). Australian Chart Book 1970 -- 1992 ( Illustrated ed. ). St Ives, N.S.W. : Australian Chart Book. p. 12. ISBN 0 - 646 - 11917 - 6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between 1983 and 19 June 1988. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Bryan Adams -- Run to You '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Bryan Adams '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. ^ Jump up to : `` The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for ' Run To You ' ''. Fireball Media. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Bryan Adams -- Run to You ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ `` Official Charts > Bryan Adams ''. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 25. ^ Jump up to : `` Official Charts > Rage ''. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 25. Jump up ^ Ryan, Gavin ( 2011 ). Australia 's Music Charts 1988 -- 2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia : Moonlight Publishing. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Rage -- Run to You '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Jump up ^ Nyman, Jake ( 2005 ). Suomi soi 4 : Suuri suomalainen listakirja ( in Finnish ) ( 1st ed. ). Helsinki : Tammi. ISBN 951 - 31 - 2503 - 3. Jump up ^ `` Offizielle Deutsche Charts > En - Rage - Run To You ( single ) '' ( in German ). Gfk Entertainment. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Rage -- Run to You ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Jump up ^ `` Enter You ( Bryan Adams vs Metallica Mashup ) by Wax Audio ''. Retrieved 18 April 2012. External links Classic Tracks : Bryan Adams ' Run to You ' Bryan Adams Albums and singles Videos Awards Backing band Studio albums Bryan Adams You Want It You Got It Cuts Like a Knife Reckless Into the Fire Waking Up the Neighbours 18 til I Die On a Day Like Today Room Service 11 Tracks of My Years Get Up ! Live albums Live ! Live ! Live ! MTV Unplugged Live at the Budokan Bare Bones Live at Sydney Opera House Wembley 1996 Live Soundtracks Spirit : Stallion of the Cimarron Colour Me Kubrick Compilations So Far So Good The Best of Me Anthology Icon Ultimate Singles `` Let Me Take You Dancing '' `` Straight from the Heart '' `` Cuts Like a Knife '' `` This Time '' `` I 'm Ready '' `` Run to You '' `` Somebody '' `` Heaven '' `` Summer of ' 69 '' `` One Night Love Affair '' `` It 's Only Love '' `` Heat of the Night '' `` Hearts on Fire '' `` ( Everything I Do ) I Do It for You '' `` Ca n't Stop This Thing We Started '' `` There Will Never Be Another Tonight '' `` Thought I 'd Died and Gone to Heaven '' `` Do I Have to Say the Words ? '' `` Please Forgive Me '' `` The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You '' `` Let 's Make a Night to Remember '' `` I 'll Always Be Right There '' `` Star '' `` 18 til I Die '' `` Back to You '' `` I 'm Ready '' `` On a Day Like Today '' `` When You 're Gone '' `` Cloud Number Nine '' `` The Best of Me '' `` Cloud Number Nine ( Chicane Mix ) '' `` Inside Out '' `` Here I Am '' `` Open Road '' `` Flying '' `` Room Service '' `` This Side of Paradise '' `` Why Do You Have to Be So Hard to Love ? '' `` When You 're Gone '' `` I Thought I 'd Seen Everything '' `` Tonight We Have the Stars '' `` She 's Got a Way '' Notable collaborations and non-album singles `` Diana '' ( 1985 ) `` Christmas Time '' ( 1985 ) `` Young Lust '' ( 1990 ) `` All for Love '' ( 1993 ) `` Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman ? '' ( 1995 ) `` Rock Steady '' ( 1995 ) `` I Finally Found Someone '' ( 1997 ) `` Do n't Give Up '' ( 2000 ) `` You 've Been a Friend to Me '' ( 2009 ) `` Bang the Drum '' ( 2010 ) `` One World, One Flame '' ( 2010 ) `` Feels Like Home '' ( 2015 ) Videography MTV Unplugged Live at the Budokan Live in Lisbon Live at Sydney Opera House Wembley 1996 Live Book Portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Run_to_You_(Bryan_Adams_song)&oldid=816787940 '' Categories : 1984 singles 1992 singles Number - one dance singles in Canada Bryan Adams songs Billboard Mainstream Rock number - one singles Music videos directed by Steve Barron Songs written by Jim Vallance Songs written by Bryan Adams A&M Records singles Song recordings produced by Bob Clearmountain 1984 songs Hidden categories : Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL CS1 Danish - language sources ( da ) CS1 Finnish - language sources ( fi ) CS1 German - language sources ( de ) Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Swiss Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Norsk Português Русский Svenska Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 23 December 2017, at 18 : 14. 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Question: who sang i'm going to run to you
Answer: Bryan Adams