![]() ![]() It is a new wave and synth-pop song, with a run time of five minutes and seven seconds. "I Ran (So Far Away)" was recorded at Battery Studios in London with producer Mike Howlett. ![]() This depiction also helped spark the song's unusual space-like lyrics. The band had gone there with the intent of securing a recording contract, and they wanted to use the poster, which featured a man and a woman running away from a flying saucer, as the cover for their first album, A Flock of Seagulls (1982). Another idea came from a poster at a Zoo Records office. ![]() Score noted that because A Flock of Seagulls would rehearse right after returning from Eric's, the song title and chorus may have got stuck in his head. ![]() The members of A Flock of Seagulls would regularly visit Eric's Club in Liverpool, where one of the bands had a song called "I Ran". Lead vocalist Mike Score says that there were two main sources of inspiration for "I Ran (So Far Away)". In an article for Rolling Stone titled, Anglomania: The Second British Invasion, Parke Puterbaugh wrote of the impact of the song's music video on its US chart success, "Fronted by a singer-synth player with a haircut stranger than anything you'd be likely to encounter in a month of poodle shows, A Flock of Seagulls struck gold on the first try." Recording and composition However, the song was certified silver by the BPI. In the band's home country of the United Kingdom it reached number 43. It was not successful in Europe and only reached number 31 in Germany. It topped the chart in Australia, and reached number seven in New Zealand and number nine in the United States. It was released in 1982 as their third single and it was the second single from their self-titled debut album. " I Ran (So Far Away)", also released as " I Ran", is a song by English new wave band A Flock of Seagulls. The inclusion of five remixes (of the new versions) by a rotating cast of nobodies only adds length to this physical manifestation of the word "unnecessary.Problems playing this file? See media help. Why bother? The prototypes were classic decade-rendered snapshots of forward-thinking pop that transcended much of the garbage being thrown back into the cupboards of the mid-'80s Top 40 charts, and to hear them reduced to what should have been a late-night project fueled by nostalgia and a few too many beers - but was somehow green lit for release - is insulting to the wild-eyed romanticism that was uncorked at their inception. His reverence for the material is obvious, as nary a note nor drum fill has been altered from the originals, yet the limp production, flat, factory synth patches, and uninspired vocals make the whole endeavor an exercise in bowling-alley karaoke. Flock leader Mike Score, who from the looks of the cover art had spent the last few years immersed in endless games of Grand Theft Auto and Miami Vice reruns, has re-recorded nine of the group's best-loved tracks for the deceptively titled I Ran: The Best Of. For their tenth "greatest hits" package - one was an album of remixes - they offer their fans a vanity project. The Liverpool, England, new wave scenesters captured the faux-science fiction vibe of the '80s with echo-laden rock anthems, chilly love songs, and a unique, post-glam fashion sense. A Flock of Seagulls were the missing link between Gary Numan and Duran Duran. ![]()
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