Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
“Runaway” is the lead single from Janet Jackson’s first greatest hits collection Design of a Decade 1986/1996. The single showed up just on the heels of “Scream,” her larger-than-life collaboration with brother Michael Jackson in May 1995.
In contrast to that, “Runaway” is a sunshiny, escapist roma...
[Intro]
Excuse me
There we go
[Verse 1]
I've seen the world, been to many places
Made lots of friends, many different races
I've had such fun around the world it's true
African skies with a Nairobi mood
I fell asleep in Tuscany and dreamed
The one thing missing was you
[Chorus]
Runaway with me, my love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Runaway with me, my love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
[Verse 2]
I woke up with an Australian breeze
And danced the dance with Aborigines
Oh, under the moon glow, down in Mexico
I dreamed, one thing was missing that's you
[Chorus]
Runaway with me, my love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Runaway with me, my love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
[Verse 3]
We'll sail the waters of many colors
Won't need no compass, love will guide our way
Don't need nobody, long as we got each other
No need to hurry, we've got everyday
I want to share the world with you, you see
Springtime in Paris feels so good to me
Oh, this is for me reality, so please
Make all my wishes come true
[Chorus]
Runaway with me, my love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
[Outro]
And I just know we'll have a good time, yeah
And I just know we'll have a good time, yeah
Oh, please come with me
And I just know we'll have a good time, yeah
It'll be fun walking in the rain in Spain
And I just know we'll have a good time, yeah
(Ooh, didn't quite hit the note!
That wasn't such a good time!)
And I just know we'll have a good time, yeah
Don't you think so? I do!
And I just know we'll have a good time, yeah
Runaway was written by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson.
Runaway was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson.
Janet Jackson released Runaway on Fri Aug 25 1995.
Jimmy Jam says it doesn’t, even when pressed by an insistent fan:
https://twitter.com/flytetymejam/status/514668803243122688
Even I don’t believe Jimmy here though. It sounds like the tongue trill from Michael’s “b-d-d-d-d-t dat dat dat” ad lib is looping in every single bar of the song’s sunshiny...