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{{Infobox album
{{unreferenced|date=September 2012}}
| name = Runaway Love
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Runaway Love
| type = ep
| Type = ep
| artist = [[En Vogue]]
| Artist = [[En Vogue]]
| cover = Runawayloveepenvogue.jpg
| Cover = Runawayloveepenvogue.jpg
| alt =
| Released = September 21, 1993
| released = September 21, 1993
| Recorded = September 1991 - August 1993 |
| recorded = September 1991 – August 1993
| Genre = [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| venue =
| Length =
| studio =
| genre =
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| Label = [[East West Records|'''east'''''west'']]
| length = 24:22
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| Producer = [[Thomas McElroy]], [[Denzil Foster]]
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| label = [[East West Records|East West]]
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| Last album = ''[[Funky Divas]]'' <br /> (1992)
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| producer = {{hlist|[[Thomas McElroy]]|[[Denzil Foster]]}}
| This album = '''''Runaway Love''''' <br /> (1993)
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| prev_title = [[Funky Divas]]
| Next album = ''[[EV3]]'' <br /> (1997)
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = [[EV3]]
| next_year = 1997
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Runaway Love
| type = EP
| single1 = [[Runaway Love (En Vogue song)|Runaway Love]]
| single1date = August 26, 1993
| single2 = [[Whatta Man]]
| single2date = December 2, 1993
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{{Album ratings
'''''Runaway Love''''' is an [[Extended play|EP]] by American recording group [[En Vogue]]. It was released by [[East West Records]] on September 21, 1993, in the United States. The EP followed their multi-platinum hit album ''[[Funky Divas]]'' in 1992. The EP contains the title track, "[[Runaway Love (En Vogue song)|Runaway Love]]" featuring FMob, known as Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster.
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| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r190261|pure_url=yes}} link]
==Critical reception==
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| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
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{{Music ratings
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| rev2Score = A- [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=En+Vogue link]
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r190261 |tab=review |label=En Vogue - ''Runaway Love EP'' review |first= |last= |accessdate=October 11, 2016}}</ref>
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| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
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| rev2Score = A−<ref>Review By Christgau, R. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=En+Vogue CG Review: En Vogue Albums]. American Rock Critics</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = A- [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308084,00.html link]
| rev3Score = A−<ref name="ew">Reviewed By Hardy, E, James. [http://www.ew.com/article/1993/09/24/runaway-love En Vogue - ''Runaway Love EP'' Album]. Entertainment Weekly</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|first=Dennis|last=Hunt|title=In Brief|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 24, 1993|page=|accessdate=January 21, 2023|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-24-ca-49068-story.html}}</ref>
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://books.google.com/books?id=lRgtYCC6OUwC&pg=PA280&dq=En+Vogue+Runaway+Love&lr= link]
| rev5 = ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]''
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5Score = Favorable [http://books.google.com/books?id=QCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT113&dq=En+Vogue+Runaway+Love&lr= link]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>Reviewed By Brackett, Nathan [https://books.google.com/books?id=lRgtYCC6OUwC&dq=En+Vogue+Runaway+Love&pg=PA280 ''Rolling Stone'' Album Guide, En Vogue Albums Review]. ''Rolling Stone''.</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]''
| rev6Score = (favorable)<ref>Reviewed By Gonzales, A. Michael. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QCgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=En+Vogue+Runaway+Love&pg=PT113 Review: "Runaway Love EP" By En Vogue]. ''Vibe'', October,1993</ref>
| noprose = yes
| noprose = yes
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[[AllMusic]] editor [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] found that "apart from the great title track, there is little in this collection of filler and remixes of interest to anyone but dedicated fans."<ref name="AllMusic"/> James Earl Hardy from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote: "Even on an EP, the ladies have got it goin’ on. The remixes of "Hip Hop Lover," "Desire," and "What Is Love" are smokin’, while the new tunes [...] prove these divas have more in common with [[The Emotions]] and [[The Sweet Inspirations]] than with [[The Supremes]]."<ref name="ew"/>


==Commercial reception==
'''''Runaway Love''''' is a 1993 [[Extended play|EP]] by [[En Vogue]], which followed their breakthrough album, ''[[Funky Divas]]'', from the year before. The EP contains the title track, "[[Runaway Love (En Vogue song)|Runaway Love]]", as well as collaboration with [[Salt-N-Pepa]] on "[[Whatta Man]]". The EP also includes a remix of the vocal [[house music]] track, "[[What Is Love (En Vogue song)|What Is Love]]", from the ''Funky Divas'' album.
''Runaway Love'' debuted at number 57 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number 17 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart in the week of July 5, 1993, with first-week sales of 17,500 copies.<ref name="billboard_July 5, 1993">{{cite web|first=Datu|last=Faison|title=Rhyhthm Section |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQ4EAAAAMBAJ|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=July 5, 1993|accessdate=August 23, 2022}}</ref> It eventually peaked at number 49 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 16 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.<ref name="Artist Chart History - En Vogue"/><ref name="Billboard2"/> The self-titled lead single from ''Runaway Love'' quickly became a hit on US Pop and R&B: Also included is the hit collaboration with [[Salt-N-Pepa]], titled "[[What a Man (song)|Whatta Man]]", a top five hit on Billboard's Hot 100 and Top R&B Songs.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/artist/301747/en-vogue/chart?f=367 En Vogue - Chart Singles history]. ''Billboard''</ref> The EP also features new remixes of "[[What Is Love (En Vogue song)|What Is Love]]", "Desire", and "Hip Hop Lover" from the ''Funky Divas'' album.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs written and produced by '''Denzil Foster''' and '''Thomas Elroy''', except where noted.
All songs written and produced by Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, except noted otherwise.
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| writing_credits = yes

| title1 = Runaway Love (E.P. Version)
| title1 = Runaway Love (E.P. Version)
| writer1 = {{Flatlist |
| note1 = featuring [[FMob]]
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| writer1 =
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}}
| extra1 = {{Flatlist |
| extra1 =
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| length1 = 4:58
| length1 = 4:58


| title2 = [[What a Man (song)#Salt-n-Pepa and En Vogue version|Whatta Man]]
| title2 = [[What a Man (song)#Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue version|Whatta Man]]
| note2 = Salt-N-Pepa - featuring En Vogue
| note2 = [[Salt-N-Pepa]] featuring En Vogue
| writer2 = {{Flatlist |
| writer2 = {{Flatlist |
*[[Cheryl James]]
*[[Cheryl James]]
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| title3 = Hip Hop Lover (Hip Hop Remix)
| title3 = Hip Hop Lover (Hip Hop Remix)
| writer3 = {{Flatlist |
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| extra3 = {{Flatlist |
}}
| length3 = 4:18
| length3 = 4:18


| title4 = Desire (Dancehall Remix)
| title4 = Desire (Dancehall Remix)
| writer4 = {{Flatlist |
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| extra4 = {{Flatlist |
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| length4 = 3:57
| length4 = 3:57


| title5 = What Is Love (Club Mix)
| title5 = What Is Love (Club Mix)
| writer5 = {{Flatlist |
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| extra5 = {{Flatlist |
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| length5 = 5:35
| length5 = 5:35


| title6 = Runaway Love (Extended Version)
| title6 = Runaway Love (Extended Version)
| writer6 = {{Flatlist |
| note6 = featuring FMob
| writer6 =
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| extra6 = {{Flatlist |
| extra6 =
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| length6 = 5:36
| length6 = 5:36
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==Credits and personnel==
==Credits and personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Runaway Love''.<ref name="booklet afrodisiac">{{cite AV media notes |title=Runaway Love|others=En Vogue|date=1993|type=CD liner |publisher=[[East West Records]]}}</ref>
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{{col-2}}
*Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Cindy Herron, Dawn Robinson, Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones
*Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Cindy Herron, Dawn Robinson, Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones
*Arranged – Thomas McElroy And Denzil Foster
*Arranged – Thomas McElroy And Denzil Foster
*Coordinator [Production] – Angela Skinner, Marie McElroy
*Production – Angela Skinner, Marie McElroy
*Guitar – Marlon McClain
*Guitar – Marlon McClain
*Flute – Lewis Taylor
*Backing Vocals – 3 Feet
*Keyboards, Drum Programming – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy
*Keyboards, Drum Programming – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy
*Management – David Lombard
*Rap Vocals – Kam
*Keyboards – Leroy Romans
*Bass – Wycliff "Steelie" Johnson
*Rap Vocals – FMob
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*Art Direction – Jean Cronin
*Art Direction – Jean Cronin
*Mastered [EP] – Tony Dawsey
*Mastered [EP] – Tony Dawsey
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*Executive-Producer – Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster
*Executive-Producer – Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster
*Producer – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy
*Producer – Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy
{{col-end}}


==Charts==
<small>Credits from EP liner notes</small><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/En-Vogue-Runaway-Love/release/1616441 "En Vogue - Runaway Love" (CD EP)]. Discogs</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

==Chart performance==
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Runaway Love''
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! scope="col"| Chart (1993)
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! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
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{{album chart|Billboard200|49|artist=En Vogue|rowheader=true|access-date=August 19, 2022|refname="Artist Chart History - En Vogue"}}
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! Chart (1993)
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! Peak<br>position
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| U.S. ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="Artist Chart History - En Vogue">{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=en vogue|chart=all}}|title=Artist Chart History - En Vogue|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
| align="center"| 49
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| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums<ref name="Artist Chart History - En Vogue">{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=en vogue|chart=all}}|title=Artist Chart History - En Vogue|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
| align="center"| 16
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{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|16|artist=En Vogue|rowheader=true|access-date=August 19, 2022|refname="Billboard2"}}
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003A96PMK/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp CD, MP3: "En Vogue - Runaway Love EP Album" - amazon]


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Latest revision as of 17:41, 15 October 2024

Runaway Love
EP by
En Vogue
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1993
RecordedSeptember 1991 – August 1993
Length24:22
LabelEast West
Producer
En Vogue chronology
Funky Divas
(1992) 		Runaway Love
(1993) 		EV3
(1997)
Singles from Runaway Love
  1. "Runaway Love"
    Released: August 26, 1993
  2. "Whatta Man"
    Released: December 2, 1993

Runaway Love is an EP by American recording group En Vogue. It was released by East West Records on September 21, 1993, in the United States. The EP followed their multi-platinum hit album Funky Divas in 1992. The EP contains the title track, "Runaway Love" featuring FMob, known as Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster.

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Vibe(favorable)[6]

AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine found that "apart from the great title track, there is little in this collection of filler and remixes of interest to anyone but dedicated fans."[1] James Earl Hardy from Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Even on an EP, the ladies have got it goin’ on. The remixes of "Hip Hop Lover," "Desire," and "What Is Love" are smokin’, while the new tunes [...] prove these divas have more in common with The Emotions and The Sweet Inspirations than with The Supremes."[3]

Commercial reception

[edit]

Runaway Love debuted at number 57 on the US Billboard 200 and number 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the week of July 5, 1993, with first-week sales of 17,500 copies.[7] It eventually peaked at number 49 on the Billboard 200 and 16 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[8][9] The self-titled lead single from Runaway Love quickly became a hit on US Pop and R&B: Also included is the hit collaboration with Salt-N-Pepa, titled "Whatta Man", a top five hit on Billboard's Hot 100 and Top R&B Songs.[10] The EP also features new remixes of "What Is Love", "Desire", and "Hip Hop Lover" from the Funky Divas album.

Track listing

[edit]

All songs written and produced by Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, except noted otherwise.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Runaway Love (E.P. Version)" (featuring FMob)  4:58
2."Whatta Man" (Salt-N-Pepa featuring En Vogue)
4:54
3."Hip Hop Lover (Hip Hop Remix)"  4:18
4."Desire (Dancehall Remix)"  3:57
5."What Is Love (Club Mix)"  5:35
6."Runaway Love (Extended Version)" (featuring FMob)  5:36

Credits and personnel

[edit]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Runaway Love.[11]

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for Runaway Love
Chart (1993) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 49
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[9] 16

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b En Vogue - Runaway Love EP review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Review By Christgau, R. CG Review: En Vogue Albums. American Rock Critics
  3. ^ a b Reviewed By Hardy, E, James. En Vogue - Runaway Love EP Album. Entertainment Weekly
  4. ^ Hunt, Dennis (October 24, 1993). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  5. ^ Reviewed By Brackett, Nathan Rolling Stone Album Guide, En Vogue Albums Review. Rolling Stone.
  6. ^ Reviewed By Gonzales, A. Michael. Review: "Runaway Love EP" By En Vogue. Vibe, October,1993
  7. ^ Faison, Datu (July 5, 1993). "Rhyhthm Section". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "En Vogue Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "En Vogue Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  10. ^ En Vogue - Chart Singles history. Billboard
  11. ^ Runaway Love (CD liner). En Vogue. East West Records. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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