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{{About |the album | |Runaway (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = The Runaways
| name = The Runaways
| type = studio
| type = studio
| artist = [[The Runaways]]
| artist = [[the Runaways]]
| cover = The Runaways (album).png
| cover = The Runaways (album).png
| released = {{start date|1976|3|16}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{Cite|lang=en|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/the-runaways-mr0002900628|title=The Runaways - 24-th Anniversary {{!}} Release Info|website=AllMusic|date=1976-03-16|archivedate=2010-03-16|access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref>
| released = {{start date|mf=yes|1976|03|16}}<ref name="Evelyn">{{cite book |last=McDonnell |first=Evelyn |author-link=Evelyn McDonnell |title=Queens of Noise |location=Boston, MA |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] |year=2013 |page=137 |isbn=978-0-306-82039-7}}</ref>
| recorded = February 1976<ref name="Buckley">{{cite book |last=Buckley |first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |publisher=Rough Guides |year=2003 |location=London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/893 893] |isbn=1-84353-105-4 |quote=THE RUNAWAYS was compressed heavy metal:… |url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock0003unse/page/893 |access-date=2024-03-25}}</ref>
| recorded = January 1976
| studio = * Fidelity Recorders ([[Studio City, Los Angeles|Studio City]])<ref name="Runaways">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Runaways |type=liner notes |author=[[The Runaways]] |publisher=[[Mercury Records]] |year=1976 |id=SRM-1-1090}}</ref><ref name="Henderson">{{cite web |last=Henderson |first=Alex |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-runaways-mw0000114829 |title=The Runaways – The Runaways review |work=AllMusic |access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref>
| studio =
* Criterion (Hollywood)<ref name="Runaways" /><ref name="Henderson" />
* Fidelity Recorders ([[Studio City, Los Angeles|Studio City]])
| genre = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]<ref name="Henderson" />|[[punk rock]]<ref name="Simels">{{cite magazine |author=Steve Simels |title=Popular Discs and Tapes: The Runaways: Punk Rock. The Runaways — ''The Runaways'' |magazine=[[Sound & Vision (magazine)|Stereo Review]] |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-HiFI-Stereo/70s/HiFi-Stereo-Review-1976-09.pdf |type=magazine |date=September 1976 |volume=37 |number=3 |pages=91 |place=New York |publisher=[[Ziff Davis|Ziff-Davis Publishing Company]] |issn=0039-1220 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111231452/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-HiFI-Stereo/70s/HiFi-Stereo-Review-1976-09.pdf |access-date=2024-03-21 |archive-date=2023-11-11}}</ref>|[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref name="Buckley" />|[[pop rock]]<ref name="Henderson" />}}
* Criterion (Hollywood)
| genre =
| length = {{duration|m=32|s=04}}
| label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
* [[Hard Rock]]<ref name="Steve Huey">{{cite web |last=Huey |first=Steve |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-runaways-p5321 |title=The Runaways |work=[[AllMusic]] |date=March 16, 2011 |accessdate=August 16, 2011}}</ref>
| producer = [[Kim Fowley]]
* [[Heavy metal music|Heavy Metal]]<ref name="Steve Huey" />
| next_title = [[Queens of Noise]]
| length = {{duration|m=34|s=02}}
| next_year = 1977
| label = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| misc = {{Singles
| producer = [[Kim Fowley]]
| next_title = [[Queens of Noise]]
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Runaways
| name = The Runaways
| type = studio
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Cherry Bomb (The Runaways song)|Cherry Bomb]]
| single1 = [[Cherry Bomb (The Runaways song)|Cherry Bomb]]
| single1date = 16 March 1976
| single1date = March 16, 1976
| single2 = Blackmail
| single2date = 1976
| single3 = Secrets
| single3date = November 25, 1976
}}
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Henderson" />
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Henderson">{{cite web |last=Henderson |first=Alex |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-runaways-mw0000114829 |title=The Runaways – The Runaways review |work=AllMusic |accessdate=December 11, 2018}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev2score = no rating<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Runaways: The Runaways |magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]] |date=May 1976 |last=Edwards |first=Ben |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-runaways-the-runaways-2 |access-date=2024-03-10}}</ref>
|rev2Score = C–<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|accessdate=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Record World]]''
| rev3score = no rating<ref>{{cite book |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/76/Record-World-1976-05-29.pdf |title=Album Picks: The Runaways — ''The Runaways'' |language=en |date=1976-05-29 |volume=31 |number=1510 |page=28 |place=New York |publisher=Record World Publications Inc. |issn=0034-1622 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521052731/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/76/Record-World-1976-05-29.pdf |archive-date=2023-05-21}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]''
| rev4score = no rating<ref>{{cite book |title=Album Reviews: The Runaways — ''The Runaways'' |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-06-05.pdf |date=1976-06-05 |volume=38 |number=2 |page=20 |place=New York |publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. |language=en |issn=0008-7289 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516230415/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-06-05.pdf |archive-date=2023-05-16}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Sound & Vision (magazine)|Stereo Review]]''
| rev5score = no rating<ref name="Simels" />
| rev6 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev6score = C−<ref>{{cite book |author=Robert Christgau |year=1981 |title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]] |publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]] |isbn=089919026X |chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70 |access-date=2019-03-12 |via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector’s Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev7score = 4/10<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Martin Popoff]] |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies |language=en |place=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |publisher=[[Martin Popoff|Collector’s Guide Publishing]] |date=October 2003 |page=[https://archive.org/details/collectorsguidet0000popo/page/234/mode/2up 235] |isbn=978-1-8949-5902-5}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Marc Coleman, [[Nathan Brackett]]; [[Christian Hoard]] |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA706 |edition=4 |place=New York |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2004 |language=en |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/706 706] |isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
| noprose = yes
}}
}}


'''''The Runaways''''' is the debut studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Runaways]]. It was released on 16 March 1976 by [[Mercury Records]].<ref name="Allmusic" />
'''''The Runaways''''' is the debut studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Runaways]], was released on March 16, 1976, through [[Mercury Records]].<ref name="Evelyn" />


[[AllMusic]] has praised the album (especially band members [[Cherie Currie]], [[Joan Jett]] and [[Lita Ford]]), comparing the band's music to material by [[Led Zeppelin]] and [[Aerosmith]].<ref name="Henderson" />
[[AllMusic]] has praised the album (especially band members [[Cherie Currie]], [[Joan Jett]] and [[Lita Ford]]), comparing the band's music to material by [[Led Zeppelin]] and [[Aerosmith]].<ref name="Henderson" />


According to multiple sources, including Cherie Currie (in her memoir ''Neon Angel''), the liner notes of the 2003 [[Cherry Red Records]] reissue of ''The Runaways'', and [[Jackie Fox]] herself, bassist [[Nigel Harrison]] played bass on the album, due to manager [[Kim Fowley]] refusing to let Fox play on the record.<ref name="Heatley">{{cite AV media notes |last=Heatley |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Heatley |year=2003 |title=The Runaways |others=[[The Runaways]] |type=reissue liner notes |location=London |publisher=[[Cherry Red Records]] |id=CDMRED 237}}</ref>
According to multiple sources, including Cherie Currie (in her memoir ''Neon Angel''), the liner notes of the 2003 [[Cherry Red Records]] reissue of ''The Runaways'', and [[Jackie Fox]] herself, bassist [[Nigel Harrison]] played bass on the album, due to manager [[Kim Fowley]] refusing to let Fox play on the record.<ref name="Heatley">{{cite AV media notes |author=Michael Heatley |year=2003 |title=The Runaways |others=[[The Runaways]] |type=reissue liner notes |location=London |publisher=[[Cherry Red Records]] |id=CDMRED 237}}</ref>


The documentary film ''[[Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways]]'' states that the album's first track "[[Cherry Bomb (The Runaways song)|Cherry Bomb]]" was written ad hoc during the audition of lead singer Cherie Currie and the title is a play on the pronunciation of Currie's first name. Currie was told to prepare a [[Suzi Quatro]] song for the audition; she picked "[[Fever (Little Willie John song)|Fever]]", a song the band did not know how to play. Instead, Jett and Fowley came up with the song and had Currie sing it for her audition.
The documentary film ''[[Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways]]'' states that the album's first track "[[Cherry Bomb (The Runaways song)|Cherry Bomb]]" was written ad hoc during the audition of lead singer Cherie Currie and the title is a play on the pronunciation of Currie's first name. Currie was told to prepare a [[Suzi Quatro]] song for the audition; she picked "[[Fever (Little Willie John song)|Fever]]", a song the band did not know how to play. Instead, Jett and Fowley came up with the song and had Currie sing it for her audition.


In January 2009, "Cherry Bomb" was ranked 52nd on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stosuy |first=Brandon |url=https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/franchises/list/ |title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=January 5, 2009 |accessdate=December 11, 2018}}</ref> A cover of "Cherry Bomb" is featured in the [[music video game]] ''[[Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]'' as a downloadable single track. The song also featured in the films ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'', ''[[RV (film)|RV]]'', ''[[Cherrybomb (film)|Cherrybomb]]'', ''[[The Runaways (2010 film)|The Runaways]]'', and ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', and is played in the opening scene of [[Margaret Cho]]'s stand-up comedy DVD "[[I'm the One That I Want (film)|I'm the One That I Want]]".
On January 5, 2009, "Cherry Bomb" was ranked 52nd on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stosuy |first=Brandon |url=https://www.stereogum.com/43591/vh1s_100_greatest_hard_rock_songs/franchises/list/ |title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=2009-01-05 |access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref> A cover of "Cherry Bomb" is featured in the [[music video game]] ''[[Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]'' as a downloadable single track. The song also featured in the films ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'', ''[[RV (film)|RV]]'', ''[[Cherrybomb (film)|Cherrybomb]]'', ''[[The Runaways (2010 film)|The Runaways]]'', and ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', and is played in the opening scene of [[Margaret Cho]]'s stand-up comedy DVD "[[I'm the One That I Want (film)|I'm the One That I Want]]".


"You Drive Me Wild" is featured in the 2010 [[The Runaways (2010 film)|film about the band]]. Actress [[Dakota Fanning]] covers "Cherry Bomb" as well as "Dead End Justice" with [[Kristen Stewart]], as they portray [[Cherie Currie]] and [[Joan Jett]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/02/26/the-runaways-soundtrack-boasts-stewart-and-fanning-plus-stooges-bowie-and-more/ |title="The Runaways" Soundtrack: Stewart and Fanning, Plus Stooges, Bowie and More |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 26, 2010 |accessdate=November 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301155230/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/02/26/the-runaways-soundtrack-boasts-stewart-and-fanning-plus-stooges-bowie-and-more/ |archivedate=March 1, 2010}}</ref>
"You Drive Me Wild" is featured in the 2010 [[The Runaways (2010 film)|film about the band]]. Actress [[Dakota Fanning]] covers "Cherry Bomb" as well as "Dead End Justice" with [[Kristen Stewart]], as they portray [[Cherie Currie]] and [[Joan Jett]], respectively.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/02/26/the-runaways-soundtrack-boasts-stewart-and-fanning-plus-stooges-bowie-and-more/ |title="The Runaways" Soundtrack: Stewart and Fanning, Plus Stooges, Bowie and More |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=2010-02-26 |access-date=2011-11-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301155230/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/02/26/the-runaways-soundtrack-boasts-stewart-and-fanning-plus-stooges-bowie-and-more/ |archive-date=2010-03-01}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''The Runaways''.<ref name="Runaways" />

{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = [[Cherry Bomb (The Runaways song)|Cherry Bomb]]

| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Joan Jett]]|[[Kim Fowley]]}}
| title1 = [[Cherry Bomb (The Runaways song)|Cherry Bomb]]
| extra1 = [[Cherie Currie]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Joan Jett]]|[[Kim Fowley]]}}
| length1 = 2:20
| extra1 = [[Cherie Currie]]
| title2 = You Drive Me Wild
| length1 = 2:18
| writer2 = Jett

| extra2 = Jett
| title2 = You Drive Me Wild
| writer2 = Jett
| length2 = 3:20
| title3 = Is It Day or Night?
| extra2 = Jett
| length2 = 3:22
| writer3 = Fowley
| extra3 = Currie

| length3 = 2:43
| title3 = Is It Day or Night?
| writer3 = Fowley
| title4 = Thunder
| writer4 = {{hlist|Mark Anthony|Kari Krome}}
| extra3 = Currie
| length3 = 2:45
| extra4 = Currie
| length4 = 2:35

| title5 = [[Rock & Roll (The Velvet Underground song)|Rock and Roll]]
| title4 = Thunder
| writer5 = [[Lou Reed]]
| writer4 = {{hlist|Mark Anthony|Kari Krome}}
| extra4 = Currie
| extra5 = Jett
| length4 = 2:31
| length5 = 3:14

| title5 = [[Rock & Roll (The Velvet Underground song)|Rock and Roll]]
| writer5 = [[Lou Reed]]
| extra5 = Jett
| length5 = 3:17
}}
}}


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| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title6 = Lovers

| writer6 = {{hlist|Jett|Fowley}}
| title6 = Lovers
| writer6 = {{hlist|Jett|Fowley}}
| extra6 = Jett
| extra6 = Jett
| length6 = 2:10
| title7 = American Nights
| length6 = 2:09
| writer7 = {{hlist|Anthony|Fowley}}

| extra7 = Currie
| title7 = American Nights
| length7 = 3:15
| writer7 = {{hlist|Anthony|Fowley}}
| extra7 = Currie
| title8 = Blackmail
| writer8 = {{hlist|Jett|Fowley}}
| length7 = 3:15
| extra8 = Jett

| length8 = 2:40
| title8 = Blackmail
| title9 = Secrets
| writer8 = {{hlist|Jett|Fowley}}
| writer9 = {{hlist|Currie|Fowley|Krome|[[Sandy West]]}}
| extra8 = Jett
| length8 = 2:41
| extra9 = Currie
| length9 = 2:47

| title10 = Dead End Justice
| title9 = Secrets
| writer9 = {{hlist|Currie|Fowley|Krome|[[Sandy West]]}}
| extra9 = Currie
| length9 = 2:43

| title10 = Dead End Justice
| writer10 = {{hlist|Scott Anderson|Currie|Fowley|Jett}}
| writer10 = {{hlist|Scott Anderson|Currie|Fowley|Jett}}
| extra10 = Jett and Currie
| extra10 = Jett and Currie
| length10 = 7:01
| length10 = 7:00
| total_length = 32:04
}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''The Runaways''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Runaways |type=liner notes |others=[[The Runaways]] |publisher=[[Mercury Records]] |year=1976 |id=SRM-1-1090}}</ref>
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''The Runaways''.<ref name="Runaways" />


===The Runaways===
{{col-begin}}
* [[Cherie Currie]] – vocals, piano {{small|(credited only)}}
{{col-2}}
'''The Runaways'''
* [[The Runaways]] – arrangements
* [[Cherie Currie]] – lead vocals, piano
* [[Joan Jett]] – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
* [[Lita Ford]] – lead guitar
* [[Lita Ford]] – lead guitar
* [[Sandy West]] – drums, vocals
* [[Joan Jett]] – rhythm guitar and vocals
* [[Jackie Fox]] – bass, vocals (only credited, did not perform on the album)
* [[Jackie Fox]] – bass and vocals {{small|(credited only)}}
* [[Sandy West]] – drums and vocals


'''Additional musicians'''
===Additional musicians===
* [[The Runaways]] – arrangements
* Scott Anderson – arrangements
* Scott Anderson – arrangements
* [[Kim Fowley]] – arrangements
* [[Kim Fowley]] – arrangements
* [[Rodney Bingenheimer]] – orchestration
* [[Rodney Bingenheimer]] – orchestration
* [[Nigel Harrison]] – bass (uncredited)
* [[Nigel Harrison]] – bass {{small|(uncredited)}}
{{col-2}}


'''Technical'''
===Technical===
* Kim Fowley – production, direction
* Kim Fowley – production, direction
* Andy Morris – sound
* Andy Morris – sound
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* Bill Jimmerson – recording
* Bill Jimmerson – recording
* Lawrence W. Wendelken – recording
* Lawrence W. Wendelken – recording

'''Artwork'''
* Tom Gold – photography
* Tom Gold – photography
* Desmond Strobel – design
* Desmond Strobel – design
{{col-end}}


==Charts==
==Charts==
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! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=261}}</ref>
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book |author=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |page=261}}</ref>
|align="center"|31
|align="center"|31
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|194|artist=The Runaways|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 11, 2018}}
{{album chart |Billboard200 |194 |artist=The Runaways |rowheader=true |access-date=2018-12-11}}
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
{{reflist}}


{{The Runaways}}
{{The Runaways}}

Latest revision as of 22:22, 12 December 2024

This article is about the album. For other uses, see Runaway (disambiguation).

The Runaways
Studio album by
the Runaways
ReleasedMarch 16, 1976 (1976-03-16)[1]
RecordedFebruary 1976[2]
Studio
Genre
Length32:04
LabelMercury
ProducerKim Fowley
The Runaways chronology
The Runaways
(1976) 		Queens of Noise
(1977)
Singles from The Runaways
  1. "Cherry Bomb"
    Released: March 16, 1976
  2. "Blackmail"
    Released: 1976
  3. "Secrets"
    Released: November 25, 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Soundsno rating[6]
Record Worldno rating[7]
Cashboxno rating[8]
Stereo Reviewno rating[5]
Christgau's Record GuideC−[9]
Collector’s Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]

The Runaways is the debut studio album by American rock band the Runaways, was released on March 16, 1976, through Mercury Records.[1]

AllMusic has praised the album (especially band members Cherie Currie, Joan Jett and Lita Ford), comparing the band's music to material by Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith.[4]

According to multiple sources, including Cherie Currie (in her memoir Neon Angel), the liner notes of the 2003 Cherry Red Records reissue of The Runaways, and Jackie Fox herself, bassist Nigel Harrison played bass on the album, due to manager Kim Fowley refusing to let Fox play on the record.[12]

The documentary film Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways states that the album's first track "Cherry Bomb" was written ad hoc during the audition of lead singer Cherie Currie and the title is a play on the pronunciation of Currie's first name. Currie was told to prepare a Suzi Quatro song for the audition; she picked "Fever", a song the band did not know how to play. Instead, Jett and Fowley came up with the song and had Currie sing it for her audition.

On January 5, 2009, "Cherry Bomb" was ranked 52nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list.[13] A cover of "Cherry Bomb" is featured in the music video game Rock Band as a downloadable single track. The song also featured in the films Dazed and Confused, RV, Cherrybomb, The Runaways, and Guardians of the Galaxy, and is played in the opening scene of Margaret Cho's stand-up comedy DVD "I'm the One That I Want".

"You Drive Me Wild" is featured in the 2010 film about the band. Actress Dakota Fanning covers "Cherry Bomb" as well as "Dead End Justice" with Kristen Stewart, as they portray Cherie Currie and Joan Jett, respectively.[14]

Track listing

[edit]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Runaways.[3]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Cherry Bomb"
Cherie Currie2:20
2."You Drive Me Wild"JettJett3:20
3."Is It Day or Night?"FowleyCurrie2:43
4."Thunder"
  • Mark Anthony
  • Kari Krome
Currie2:35
5."Rock and Roll"Lou ReedJett3:14
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."Lovers"
  • Jett
  • Fowley
Jett2:10
7."American Nights"
  • Anthony
  • Fowley
Currie3:15
8."Blackmail"
  • Jett
  • Fowley
Jett2:40
9."Secrets"
Currie2:47
10."Dead End Justice"
  • Scott Anderson
  • Currie
  • Fowley
  • Jett
Jett and Currie7:00
Total length:32:04

Personnel

[edit]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Runaways.[3]

The Runaways

[edit]

Additional musicians

[edit]

Technical

[edit]
  • Kim Fowley – production, direction
  • Andy Morris – sound
  • Scott Anderson – production coordination
  • Gilbert Kong – mastering
  • Bill Jimmerson – recording
  • Lawrence W. Wendelken – recording
  • Tom Gold – photography
  • Desmond Strobel – design

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1976/77) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[15] 31
US Billboard 200[16] 194

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b McDonnell, Evelyn (2013). Queens of Noise. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-306-82039-7.
  2. ^ a b Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. London: Rough Guides. pp. 893. ISBN 1-84353-105-4. Retrieved March 25, 2024. THE RUNAWAYS was compressed heavy metal:…
  3. ^ a b c d The Runaways (1976). The Runaways (liner notes). Mercury Records. SRM-1-1090.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Henderson, Alex. "The Runaways – The Runaways review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
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