"Run Devil Run" is a song by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. The original Korean version was released on March 17, 2010 as a single from Run Devil Run (2010), the reissue of their 2010 studio album Oh!. A Japanese version was released digitally on January 25, 2011 by Nayutawave Records, and was later released as a double A-side single with "Mr. Taxi" on April 23, 2011 as the third single from their Japanese self-titled debut studio album.

"Run Devil Run" was written by Alex James, busbee, and Kalle Engström. In 2008, American singer Kesha recorded a demo of the song. Later, the song was pitched to Girls' Generation and Kesha's version was never released. In 2011, Girls' Generation recorded a Japanese version of "Run Devil Run", which was released as a double A-side with "Mr. Taxi".

The song has been noted to use the schaffel beat.

Its first number one on network television was on KBS's Music Bank, where it won over Kara's "Lupin" and 2AM's "Jalmot Haesseo" (English: "I Was Wrong"). Moreover, "Run Devil Run" was ranked at number one on the Gaon Singles Chart for two weeks.

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