"Run to Him" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Jack Keller and performed by Bobby Vee featuring the Johnny Mann Singers.[1] It was produced by Snuff Garrett,[2] and was featured on Vee's 1962 album, Take Good Care of My Baby.[3] One of the musicians on the song was session drummer Earl Palmer.[4]

"Run to Him"
Single by Bobby Vee
from the album Take Good Care of My Baby
B-side"Walkin with My Angel"
ReleasedOctober 27, 1961
RecordedOctober 24, 1961
GenrePop
Length2:07
LabelLiberty Records 55388
UK London
Songwriter(s)Gerry Goffin, Jack Keller
Producer(s)Snuff Garrett
Bobby Vee singles chronology
"Take Good Care of My Baby"
(1961)
"Run to Him"
(1961)
"Please Don't Ask About Barbara"
(1962)

Chart performance

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"Run to Him" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] It also reached No.6 in Canada, and No. 6 in the UK in 1961.[6]

The single's B-side, "Walkin' with My Angel", reached No. 53 on the Billboard chart and No. 89 in Canada.[7]

Charts

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Chart (1961) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 2
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)[9] 6

Other versions

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References

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  1. ^ Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  2. ^ Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  3. ^ Bobby Vee, Take Good Care of My Baby Retrieved July 11, 2014
  4. ^ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
  5. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
  6. ^ Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" Chart Positions Retrieved July 11, 2014
  7. ^ Bobby Vee, "Walkin with My Angel" Chart Positions Retrieved July 11, 2014
  8. ^ "Bobby Vee Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  9. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - December 18, 1961".
  10. ^ Ivo Robić, "Geh' Zu Ihm" EP release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  11. ^ Little Eva, "Makin' with the Magilla" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  12. ^ Jimmy Tarbuck, "Lucky Jim" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  13. ^ Beverly Bremers, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  14. ^ Susie Allanson, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
  15. ^ Labi Siffre, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014