"Run for Cover" is a song performed by English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 girl group

Girl group

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 the Sugababes

Sugababes

The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...

. The 'Babes, Jony Lipsey, Cameron McVey and Paul Simm

Paul Simm

Paul Simm is an English musician, composer and record producer, known for his work with Amy Winehouse, The Sugababes and Neneh Cherry.-Biography:...

 all co-wrote the song for the band's debut album

Studio album

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 One Touch (2000). It was released as the album's third single during the second quarter of 2001 (see 2001 in music

2001 in music

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) and reached the top 20 in Germany and on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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Song information

The song was produced by Lipsey, McVey and Simm. It received strong reviews from music critic

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s. The track is one of the group's darkest and most haunting singles to date. The lyrics describe escaping from the reality and harshness of the world, possibly an abusive relationship (you never seem to wonder/how much you make me suffer). It was released as the third single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from the group's debut album One Touch in the spring of 2001

2001 in music

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 and sold 64,242 copies. Siobhán Donaghy

Siobhán Donaghy

Siobhán Emma Donaghy is an English singer-songwriter of Irish descent. She was a founding member of girl group the Sugababes, although she left in August 2001 and was replaced by Heidi Range. Donaghy left the group after one album...

 did not have any solo vocals in this track, although producers have cited her as writing the majority of the lyrics to the song. In 2007, Czech singer Tereza Kerndlová

Tereza Kerndlová

Tereza Kerndlová is a singer in the Czech Republic. She rose to fame as a member of the trio Black Milk since 2001...

 covered the song as "Zhasis" for her album Orchidej.

Track listing

UK CD Single

1. "Run for Cover" - 3:47
2. "Don't Wanna Wait" - 4:42
3. "Run for Cover" [Zero Gravity Suga & Spice Mix] - 5:51

UK DVD Single

1. "Run for Cover" [Video]
2. "Overload" [Nick Faber Mix]
3. "Overload" [Video]
4. "New Year" [Video]

Australian CD Single

1. "Run for Cover" - 3:47
2. "Don't Wanna Wait" - 4:42
3. "Run for Cover" [J-Walk Mix] - 4:45
4. "Run for Cover" [Zero Gravity Suga & Spice Mix] - 5:51

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	36
Austrian Singles Chart	38
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	49
German Singles Chart	20
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	35
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	49
Swiss Singles Chart	36
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 ...	13

Official versions and appearances

These are the official versions and remixes and the release they appear on, of "Run for Cover":

Version	Release appearance
Album Version	"Run for Cover" single One Touch Overloaded: The Singles Collection Overloaded: The Singles Collection Overloaded: The Singles Collection is a compilation album by British girl group the Sugababes. It was released by Island Records on 13 November 2006 in the United Kingdom. The main version of the album was a 15-track collection of 13 Sugababes singles and two new tracks...
Zero Gravity Suga & Spice Mix	"Run for Cover" single
J-Walk Mix
Video	"Run for Cover" single Overloaded: The Videos Collection
Live at Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...	"Soul Sound Soul Sound "Soul Sound" is a R&B/soul song performed by English group Sugababes. It was co-written by Charlotte Gordon Cumming, Ron Tom and Sam Harley for the band's debut studio album One Touch and released as its fourth single in the summer of 2001.... " single
G4orce All Things Nice Dub	Overloaded: The Remix Collection

External links

• Sugababes.com — official website.