Rebel Run
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"Rebel Run" is the thirteenth UK single by the band Toyah
, fronted by Toyah Willcox
, and was released in September 1983, over a year after the band's previous single. The single reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart
, Spending a total of 5 weeks on the chart. It became 'Toyah's' seventh and last top 30 hit as a band before Toyah went solo. 'Rebel Run' has become a Toyah fan favourite.
The track was taken from the fifth full length Toyah studio album, Love Is the Law, which failed to match the success of its predecessors. The 12" single featured an additional b-side, and both of these bonus tracks appeared on the 2005 reissue of Love Is the Law, and the compilation album The Safari Singles Collection Part 2: 1981-1983, released the same year.
The video for Rebel Run is featured as a bonus video on the Toyah dvd 'Wild Essence- TOYAH Live in the 21st century'
Toyah appeared on several television programmes to promote Rebel Run, including a fantastic outdoor performance filmed at Alton Towers for the TV show 'Hold Tight', when the band also performed a remade version of their hit 'Ieya'.
Catalogue Number: SAFE 56
Catalogue Number: SAFE LS56
Produced by Nick Tauber.
Published by Sweet 'n' Sour Songs Ltd.
Both sides of all releases ran at 45RPM.
Toyah (band)
Toyah is the name of the band fronted by Toyah Willcox between 1977 and 1983. The only other consistent band member throughout this period was Joel Bogen, Willcox's principal co-writer and guitarist.-Background :...
, fronted by Toyah Willcox
Toyah Willcox
Toyah Ann Willcox is an English actress and singer. In a career spanning more than thirty years Toyah has had 13 top 40 singles, released 22 studio albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays and ten feature films, as well as voicing and presenting numerous television shows...
, and was released in September 1983, over a year after the band's previous single. The single reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, Spending a total of 5 weeks on the chart. It became 'Toyah's' seventh and last top 30 hit as a band before Toyah went solo. 'Rebel Run' has become a Toyah fan favourite.
The track was taken from the fifth full length Toyah studio album, Love Is the Law, which failed to match the success of its predecessors. The 12" single featured an additional b-side, and both of these bonus tracks appeared on the 2005 reissue of Love Is the Law, and the compilation album The Safari Singles Collection Part 2: 1981-1983, released the same year.
The video for Rebel Run is featured as a bonus video on the Toyah dvd 'Wild Essence- TOYAH Live in the 21st century'
Toyah appeared on several television programmes to promote Rebel Run, including a fantastic outdoor performance filmed at Alton Towers for the TV show 'Hold Tight', when the band also performed a remade version of their hit 'Ieya'.
7" Vinyl
- A: Rebel Run [Willcox/Darlow]
- B: To the Mountains High [Willcox/Bogen Arr. Bogen/Darlow]
Catalogue Number: SAFE 56
12" Vinyl
- A: Rebel Run [Willcox/Darlow]
- B1: To the Mountains High [Willcox/Bogen Arr. Bogen/Darlow]
- B2: Baptised in Fire [Willcox]
Catalogue Number: SAFE LS56
Produced by Nick Tauber.
Published by Sweet 'n' Sour Songs Ltd.
Both sides of all releases ran at 45RPM.
Personnel
- Toyah Willcox : vocals
- Joel Bogen : guitar
- Brad Lang : bass
- Andy Duncan : drums
- Simon Darlow : keyboards