You Keep Running Away

"You Keep Running Away" is a single from the American soul - and R & B group The Four Tops . Although the song was a hit for the group, made ​​it, like its predecessor " 7-Rooms Of Gloom ", the top ten on the pop chart no. In the United States it was increasing the number stabbing at # 19 and in Canada and the UK at # 26. Conversely knew "You Keep Running Away" have a top ten listing on the R & B list, where it remained at # 7 hang highest rating.

"You Keep Running Away" was like the aforementioned predecessor and songs like " Bernadette, "" Standing in the Shadows of Love "and" Reach Out, I'll Be There "in the same, more mature style written than earlier successes like " Something About You "and" Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) ". "You Keep Running Away" was also the last in this series. This was because the writing team of these songs, the trio Holland-Dozier-Holland, around this time, the record of the Four Tops, Motown , left to set up their own labels. After the departure of HDH brought the Four Tops increasingly successful singles on the Motown label out, to the success of " Still Water (Love)"from 1970 . The topic of "You Keep Running Away", coined by Eddie Holland, the lyricist of the three, is the lover of the narrator, lead singer of the Four Tops Levi Stubbs in this case, damages proud of him because she him time time to leave and he still has to beg her to come back to him. The musical part of the song was conceived by the other two members of Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland . This duo also produced the song.

"You Keep Running Away" the first single from The Four Tops had during their career at Motown that did not appear on a regular studio album of the group. Why did the song for the album "Greatest Hits Vol. 2". Like the A-side is the B-side of the single, the song called "If You Do not Want My Love" is not heard on a regular studio album.In addition, the song appeared, moreover, by no single album, this so unlike "You Keep Running Away".

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 * Lead: Levi Stubbs
 * Background: Abdul "Duke" Fakir , Lawrence Payton , Renaldo "Obie" Benson and The Andantes
 * Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers
 * Writers: Holland-Dozier-Holland
 * Production: Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier