"Run Run Run" | |
---|---|
Promotional single by Tokio Hotel | |
from the album Kings of Suburbia | |
Released | 12 September 2014 |
Format | Digital download |
Recorded | 2014 |
Genre | Soft rock |
Length | 3:25 |
Label | |
Songwriter(s) |
|
Producer(s) |
|
"Run Run Run" | |
---|---|
Promotional single by Kelly Clarkson featuring John Legend | |
from the album Piece by Piece | |
Released | February 25, 2015 |
Format | Digital download |
Recorded | 2013 |
Genre | Soft rock |
Length | 4:32 |
Label | RCA |
Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) | Jason Halbert |
Run Run Run is a song originally written by Joacim Persson, Ry Cuming, and David Jost, recorded by the German recording band Tokio Hotel and American recording artist Kelly Clarkson featuring John Legend in separate versions for their respective studio albums Kings of Suburbia (2014) and Piece by Piece (2015). Produced by Tom Kaulitz and Bill Kaulitz, and Persson; with additional writing by Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, and Johan Alkenas, Tokio Hotel released their version as the first promotional single from Kings of Suburbia on 12 September 2014. Clarkson later released her version, produced by Jason Halbert with additional writing by Tim James and Antonina Armato of the musical duo Rock Mafia, as the third promotional single from Piece by Piece on February 25, 2015.
"Run Run Run" was originally written by Joacim Persson, Ry Cuming, and David Jost. A demo with Jost's vocals was pitched to Kelly Clarkson in 2013, who decided to put the song on hold for recording. During that time, the song was also being recorded by Tokio Hotel. In an interview with the German branch of Interview, Tokio Hotel band member Tom and Bill Kaulitz revealed that they recorded their version themselves, without the aid of any vocal producers. They also remarked that the song presented an uncharted territory for them.