Running the Endless Mile is the second album by John Parr

John Parr

John Parr is an English musician, best known for his 1985 US #1 hit single "St. Elmo's Fire". Parr has sold 10 million albums worldwide.-Biography:...

, released in 1986. The lead single "Blame It on the Radio" reached U.S. #88, the only song to reach the U.S. singles charts. The first track on the album, "Two Hearts", was taken from the soundtrack to the film "American Anthem

American Anthem

American Anthem is a 1986 American film produced by Lorimar Motion Pictures and released in North America by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Albert Magnoli, and starred Mitch Gaylord and Janet Jones. The subject of the film was a football player turned gymnast that was seeking to join the...

". However, an earlier soundtrack hit, Parr's #1 hit of the previous summer

1985 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985.-January–March:*January 1 - The newest music video channel, VH-1, debuts on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV...

 "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

"St. Elmo's Fire " is a song recorded by John Parr. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 7 September 1985 and peaked at number six in the UK, Parr's home country....

" from the film of the same title

St. Elmo's Fire (film)

St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 American coming-of-age film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film, starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham, is a prominent movie of the Brat Pack genre, and revolves around a group of friends that have...

 (and also on the Atlantic label) was not included on this album, which may have limited its sales (the album failed to crack the Top 200 in the U.S.). Instead, a song that was on his first album

John Parr (album)

John Parr is a self-titled debut album by the artist of the same name released in 1984. It contains 3 Billboard Top 100 songs, the hit "Naughty Naughty" #23, "Magical" #73 and "Love Grammar" #89.-Track listing:...

, "Don't Leave Your Mark on Me" was repeated in a different version.

Track listing

All songs written by John Parr unless noted.

1. "Two Hearts (American Anthem)" - 6:09
2. "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" - 4:05
3. "King of Lies" - 4:08
4. "Running the Endless Mile" - 4:19
5. "Don't Leave Your Mark on Me (Mark 2)" - 4:19
6. "Scratch" - 4:39
7. "Do It Again" - 4:08
8. "Blame It on the Radio" - 4:16
9. "Story Still Remains the Same (Vices)" - 3:52
10. "Steal You Away (Flight of the Spruce Goose)" - 5:30

Personnel

• John Parr
  John Parr
  John Parr is an English musician, best known for his 1985 US #1 hit single "St. Elmo's Fire". Parr has sold 10 million albums worldwide.-Biography:...
  
   - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Pete Bonas - guitar
• Craig Jones - guitar
• Michael Landau
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   - guitar
• Christopher Marra - guitar
• Bruce Laing - bass
• Brad Lang - bass
• Steve Bodicker - keyboards
• John Cook - keyboards
• Richard Cottle - keyboards
• Julia Downes - keyboards
• Randy Kerber
  Randy Kerber
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   - keyboards
• Tony Mitman - keyboards
• Neil Richmond - synthesizer, programming
• Peter-John Vettese
  Peter-John Vettese
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   - keyboards
• Martin Dobson - saxophone
• Jerry Hey
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   - horn
• Tony Beard - drums
• Graham Broad
  Graham Broad
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   - drums, percussion
• Peter Hammond - drums, percussion, engineer
• Jeff Porcaro
  Jeff Porcaro
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   - drums, percussion
• Roddy Matthews - backing vocals
• Lee Matty - backing vocals
• Chuck Kirkpatrick - backing vocals
• Gareth Mortimer - backing vocals
• Gill O'Donovan - backing vocals
• John Sambataro - backing vocals
• Karen Sambrooke - backing vocals
• Chris Thompson - backing vocals
• Marty Thompson - backing vocals
• Will Gosling - engineer