Run Like Hell
Pink Floyd
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Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run You better make your face up in Your favorite disguise With your button down lips and your Roller blind eyes With your empty smile And your hungry heart Feel the bile rising from your guilty past With your nerves in tatters When the conch shell shatters And the hammers batter Down your door You'd better run Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run You better run all day And run all night Keep your dirty feelings Deep inside And if you're taking your girlfriend Out tonight You'd better park the car Well out of sight 'Cause if they catch you in the back seat Trying to pick her locks They're gonna send you back to mother In a cardboard box You better run "Hey, open up!" "Hammer, hammer"
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Written by: David Jon Gilmour, George Roger Waters
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9 facts about this song
Release Details"Run Like Hell" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd.
- The track is included in the band's eleventh studio album "The Wall", released in 1979.
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Composition and Production"Run Like Hell" was co-written by Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and David Gilmour.
- It is highly noted for its distinctive pulsating riff, one of Gilmour's most recognizable guitar lines.
- The song is famous for its complex, multilayered sound design and was produced by Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour, James Guthrie, and Roger Waters.
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Use in "The Wall" ConceptThe song is integral to the concept of "The Wall", a rock opera telling the story of a character named Pink.
- "Run Like Hell" is used as rally music for Pink's hallucinated vision in which he becomes a fascist dictator and incites his audience into becoming a violent mob.
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Lyrics and ThemesThe lyrics are dark and threatening, designed to instill fear, representing the inner thoughts of the character Pink.
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Live Performances"Run Like Hell" was regularly performed during Pink Floyd's live shows.
- It featured a much more extended intro, an additional guitar solo from David Gilmour, and a disco-like atmosphere.
- During Roger Waters’ solo tours, it was usually played closer to the original album version with some changes in the lyrics.
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Cover VersionsThe song has been covered by several artists over the years, including the Canadian rock band Kittie and American band Velvet Revolver.
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Song LegacyIt is one of Pink Floyd's best-known songs and is frequently played on classic rock radio stations.
- Despite its popularity, it did not chart as a single.
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Album Success"The Wall" is considered as one of Pink Floyd's signature albums.
- It topped the Billboard 200 chart for 15 weeks and in 1999, was certified 23x platinum.
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Impact on Roger Waters' CareerThe thematic elements of "Run Like Hell" would become recurrent in Roger Waters' solo career, which often explored political and psychological concepts.
- He continued to perform the song in his live shows after leaving Pink Floyd in the mid-1980s.
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