Runaway Runaway

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"**Runaway Runaway**" is a song by Mars Argo. It was released on November 18th, 2012, as a single with its B-side "Stuck on You", and was planned to be on their canceled second studio album.

## Background

According to Titanic Sinclair, the song started with him sticking Mars Argo's iPhone into a grand piano to record the initial idea. He later e-mailed the voice memo to himself and imported it into Logic Pro, where he looped it before adding production.

An early demo instrumental of the track was used as background music in the *Computer Show* episode "What Do You Love?", which was released on November 11th, 2011. Around this time, Argo also posted a line from the song to her Twitter account. An early mix was released on the *Mars Argo CD* compilation album in early 2012.

The final version's instrumental was used in the *Computer Show* episode "LA or Bust" in October 2012, and in November, "Runaway Runaway" and "Stuck on You" were released to Argo's SoundCloud and YouTube pages, and eventually to Bandcamp and iTunes. The lyrics are often theorized to reflect Argo's experiences of emotional abuse within her and Sinclair's relationship.

## Lyrics

Is there anybody listening?

Eager words are making me an awful mess

You say you need me

We're running out of time

I guess I fear the fear of consequence

You say you'll leave me

But you'll be sorry

You are making me uneasy

You make me want to scream

I wish I was a dumb pop star

So the words wouldn't matter to you

Am I living an illusion?

I want to runaway, runaway, runaway

I feel like I'm losing control

Maybe I should let myself go

Because this is so predictable

Is there something that I'm missing?

My walls are caving in

I can't hear what you are saying

I'm afraid of giving in

You are making me uneasy

You make me want to scream

I wish I was a dumb pop star

So the words wouldn't matter to you

Am I living an illusion?

I want to runaway, runaway, runaway

I feel like I'm losing control

Maybe I should let myself go

Because this is so predictable

I wanna runaway, runaway

Little time left to runaway

Every time I get somewhere

I wanna runaway runaway

I feel like I'm losing

I wanna runaway, runaway

Little time left to runaway

Every time I get somewhere

I wanna runaway runaway

I feel like I'm losing control

Maybe I should let myself go

Because this is so predictable

## Official versions

* Single version – 4:09
	+ Instrumental – Unknown
		- "LA or Bust" snippet – 3:38
	+ Music video version – 3:38
* Instrumental demo – 4:19
* Sonicbids demo – 4:01
* *Mars Argo CD* mix – 4:09

## Use in media

On September 17th, 2014, the song was used in a Little Sunny Bite YouTube commercial which also featured a voice-over from Argo.

## **"Runaway Runaway"**Music video by Mars Argo

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### **Released**

February 14, 2013 (YouTube)
May 15, 2013 (Vimeo)

### **Length**

3:53

The official music video for the song was released on February 14th, 2013, and currently has over 10 million views on YouTube. It premiered on Noisey with an interview done by photographer Shriya Samavai.

The video was filmed and edited in HD, but was then transferred to VHS and re-digitalized for release on the Grocerybag YouTube channel. A snippet of the original version was used in director Tony Katai's cinematography reel video on December 27th, 2016.

According to Sinclair, the rabbit suit in the video is a metaphor representing how "everyone in Hollywood wears a mask".

A snippet of a rough cut version of the music video was leaked on August 10th, 2021, after being sent to a fan by Katai. It features the first 15 seconds missing the "KATAI" logo, along with additional effects seen in the final cut.

## Trivia

* A demo version of the song was released exclusively to the band's Sonicbids page sometime after August 5th, 2012.
	+ As this version is noticeably rougher than the CD mix (which was released around January—February of the same year), they likely uploaded the wrong version on accident.
* An instrumental demo was leaked online on September 15th, 2017.
* The song was registered to Audiam in September 2019.
* "Stuck on You", "Using You" and "Runaway Runaway" are the only songs still on iTunes from the original band.

## References

1. ↑ u/tsinclair (February 15, 2013). "Hello, I am Titanic Sinclair. I made this song by sticking an iPhone into a grand piano and looping it in Logic". *Reddit*. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
2. ↑ u/tsinclair (February 15, 2013). "Hahaha thanks. I love VHS. We found this super old deck and it worked perfectly... (cont.)". *Reddit*. Archived from the original. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
3. ↑ grocerybagdottv (November 11, 2011). "What Do You Love?". *YouTube*. Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
4. ↑ Daniela Cillo. (November 21, 2011). ""@marsargo: I wish I was a dumb pop star."". *Twitter*. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
5. ↑ "Mars Argo CD". *Big Cartel*. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
6. ↑ Mau Quintanilla (November 18, 2012). "Me enamoré @AnaEngelll @Elcondemacula". *Twitter*. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
7. ↑ Josué Grotesco (November 18, 2012). "I favorited a @YouTube video from @marsargo Mars Argo - Runaway Runaway". *Twitter*. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
8. ↑ little sunny bite : YOPPY'S CUP OF TEA (September 17, 2014). "little sunny bite meets valerie phillips ♡". *YouTube*. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
9. ↑ shouldicleanmyroom (February 14, 2013). "Mars Argo - Runaway Runaway (Official)". *YouTube*. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
10. ↑ Shriya Samavai (February 14, 2013). "Mars Argo are Done Being Cool - Watch Their New Video for Runaway, Runaway". *Vice*. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
11. ↑ Tony Katai (March 30). "its transfered to vhs... (cont.)". *Twitter*. Archived from the original. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
12. ↑ XVTVI (December 27, 2016). "ReaL". *YouTube*. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
13. ↑ Blue Bones (May 24, 2022). "Tony Katai - ReaL (reupload)". *YouTube*. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
14. ↑ u/tsinclair (February 15, 2013). "About the rabbit: everyone in Hollywood is wearing a mask". *Reddit*. Archived from the original. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
15. ↑ marhsugho (August 10, 2021). "a clip of runaway runaway rough cut, katai logo is missing along with some effects". *Instagram*. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
16. ↑ Tube And You (September 24, 2017). "Mars Argo - Runaway Runaway (Full Instrumental Demo)". *YouTube*. Retrieved April 30, 2022.