"Who Will You Run To"
Single by Heart
from the album Bad Animals
B-side"Magic Man (live)"
ReleasedAugust 1987
GenreRock[1]
Length4:05
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Diane Warren
Producer(s)Ron Nevison
Heart singles chronology
"Alone"
(1987) 		"Who Will You Run To"
(1987) 		"There's the Girl"
(1987)

"Who Will You Run To" is a song recorded by American rock band Heart. It was composed by Diane Warren and released as a single from Heart's ninth studio album, Bad Animals.

"Who Will You Run To" is one of a long list of hit songs written by Warren.[2] Heart's version of her song became the band's eighth U.S. top-ten single, peaking at number seven.[3] It also climbed to number thirty in the UK Singles Chart, where it was also available as a 12" single. An extended rock version of the song was Heart's first UK CD single release.[4]

Cash Box called it a "powerful melodic rocker."[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Who Will You Run To"
Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 63
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] 19
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[8] 78
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 18
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 30
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 7
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[12] 2
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles[13] 6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Who Will You Run To"
Chart (1987) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 88
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[15] 8

References

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (March 1, 2021). "The Number Ones: Heart's "Alone". Stereogum. Retrieved October 13, 2023. ...the band followed it with the Diane Warren-written rocker "Who Will You Run To," another hit.
  2. ^ "The Ballad of Diane Warren, Songwriter". Los Angeles Times. November 26, 1994.
  3. ^ "Heart Who Will You Run To Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  4. ^ "HEART | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  5. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. August 15, 1987. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 136. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0890." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "European Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 4, no. 40. October 10, 1987. p. 20. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Who Will You Run To". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  10. ^ "Heart: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  11. ^ "Heart Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  12. ^ "Heart Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending October 17, 1987". Cash Box. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  14. ^ "Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  15. ^ "1987 The Year in Music & Video – Top Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 99, no. 52. December 26, 1987. p. Y-31. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books.


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