We'll Run Away
"We'll Run Away" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Gary Usher for the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on their 1964 album All Summer Long. The song is a doo-wop ballad in 12/8 time. The lyrics are about a young couple wishing to elope, and their respective parents are warning them against such an impulse.
| "We'll Run Away" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Beach Boys | |
| from the album All Summer Long | |
| Released | July 13, 1964 |
| Recorded | April 29–May 18, 1964 United Western Recorders, Hollywood |
| Genre | Doo-wop |
| Length | 2:02 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Songwriter(s) | Brian Wilson, Gary Usher |
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson |
Composition
Nick Kent wrote that with "We'll Run Away", Wilson and Usher "zeroed in" on a certain type of teen angst that would culminate more fully in Wilson's "Wouldn't It Be Nice".[1] Online publication Rocksucker wrote: "'We'll Run Away' is such a languid, pretty little thing that it’s easy to overlook but repeated listens reveal it to be the kind of innocently romantic pop marvel that so frequently punctuated The Beach Boys’ early output."[2]
Recording
The song was recorded on April 29 and May 18, 1964 at United Western Recorders. Historian Andrew Doe notes that the April 29 date may have been erroneously labelled.[3]
References
- Kent, Nick (2009). "The Last Beach Movie Revisited: The Life of Brian Wilson". The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music. Da Capo Press. p. 17. ISBN 9780786730742.
- Abrams, Jonny (October 25, 2011). "Ten Underappreciated Beach Boys LPs: All Summer Long". Rocksucker.
- Doe, Andrew G. "GIGS64". Bellagio 10452. Endless Summer Quarterly.