Run With Us
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"Run With Us" is the theme song for the 1980s TV show The Raccoons
The Raccoons
The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series which was originally broadcast from 1985 to 1991 with four preceding television specials beginning in 1980. The series was created by Kevin Gillis, and produced at Atkinson Film-Arts first-hand from 1984 to 1985, then at Hinton Animation Studios...

. The song was originally recorded by Steve Lunt for the first season but was later covered by and is more associated with Lisa Lougheed
Lisa Lougheed
Lisa Lougheed is a Canadian singer and voice actor. She is probably best known for her role as Lisa Raccoon in the animated television series The Raccoons, as well as for singing the series' various songs, including the theme song "Run With Us".-History:As a teenager, Lougheed attended Etobicoke...

 and included on her first album Evergreen Nights
Evergreen Nights
Evergreen Nights is the first album by Canadian singer, Lisa Lougheed. It is also the soundtrack to the animated television series, The Raccoons. Other musical artists on this album include Curtis King Jr...

, as well as being heard at the end of every Raccoons episode from the second season until the show ended in 1991.

In 2006, "Run With Us" was covered by English band Spray
Spray (band)
Spray is a 21st century synthpop duo from England, consisting of Jenny McLaren and Ricardo Autobahn. Following the demise of their previous band, the Cuban Boys , McLaren and Autobahn released the album Living In Neon on Ninthwave Records in the USA. This was followed in 2003 by the extended single...

. The song was also praised on an episode of Channel Four's Three Minute Wonder, broadcast on September 9, 2009.

In 2011, "Run With Us" was included in the closing credits of Canadian filmmaker Jason Eisener's Hobo with a Shotgun. Starring Dutch cult favourite Rutger Hauer, and based on the 2007 mock trailer of the same name, the film pays tribute to many of the films and songs of the 1980s which Eisener grew up on.

The song was also covered by alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band The Morning After
The Morning After
The Morning After may refer to:* "The Morning After" , a 1937 song recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra*"The Morning After" , a 1969 episode of The Avengers* The Morning After , a 2010 album by James...

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Charts (Lisa Lougheed version)

  • Canadian Singles Chart (RPM): #69, 1988
  • Canadian Adult Contemporary Singles (RPM): #8, 1988
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