Running (Rita Ora Song)

"Running" is a song by British singer-songwriter Rita Ora. The song was recorded for Ora's sophomore debut album, which name is TBA, as the lead single from the album. 
The track was written by Ora herself and was produced by Max Martin. The single was released on December 2, 2022 under Physical Records, a division of Sony Music Group. A music video directed by Hannah Lux Davis was released one week later than the release of the single. 
The single debuted at No. 1 on the CAL Charts, becoming Ora's first number one single, a huge milestone for her career. 
== Background and release ==
"Running" was written by Ora herself and was produced by Max Martin. Peter Karlsson and Ora herself handled vocal production, Daniel Nigro was responsible for recording, Mitch McCarthy was responsible for mixing and Randy Merrill was responsible for mastering. 
Ora revealed that the single was the first one she wrote for her new album. In behind the scenes footage she released, we saw Ora first making the song with a different instrumental than the finalized version. Moments later in the footage, we saw Ora recording the song of how we know it right now. The song was finalized in five days according to Ora herself. "This song was the first song I wrote for the album, it is a special one. It's cute, not too over the top and has this beautiful meaning to it." Ora said in a interview. 
== Critical reception ==
"Running" received positive reviews from critics. Critics praised on how much of an improvement the single is from some of the songs on her previous album. Critics praised lyrics and noticed how personal it is. 
== Commercial performance ==
"Running" is Ora's first number one single. The single debuted at number one on the CAL Charts with 589,025 copies sold and with over 63,000,000 streams in it's opening week, the single has (so far) charted within the top five after three weeks of charting. 
The single was certified platinum after the second week of charting and has, so far, sold over 2,900,000 copies already. 
== Credits and personnel ==
=== Recording ===
* Jungle City Studios (New York)
=== Management ===
* All rights administrered by Sony Music Group/Physical Records
=== Personnel ===
* Rita Ora - lead vocals, songwriter, vocal production
* Max Martin - producer
* Mitch McCarthy - mixing
* Randy Merrill - mastering
* Daniel Nigro - recording
== Charts ==
=== Chart Run ===
Charts (2022)	Chart Run
CAL Charts 	1 - 2 - 5 - 9 - 14 - 6
=== Weekly Charts ===
Charts (2022)	Peak Position
CAL Charts 	1
== Certifications and sales ==
Region 	Certification	Certified Units/Sales
Worldwide	2x Platinum 	2,900,000