Australian singles charts:
Keep on Running entered the Kent charts on 5 February 1966 and peaked at #21.
Album:
The song is on the 1966 album by The Spencer Davis Group called The Second Album.
Songwriters:
Jackie Edwards
Producer:
Chris Blackwell
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
Songfacts:
Island Records impresario Chris Blackwell had brought his Jamaican Ska artist Wilfred “Jackie” Edwards over to England and introduced him to The Spencer Davis Group. Blackwell asked him if he had anything suitable for them to record. He played them a Ska record he had written, Keep on Running, which Steve Winwood reworked to a more rock sound on the piano. The band’s bass guitarist Muff Winwood (Steve’s brother) added a fuzz guitar.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-spencer-davis-group/keep-on-running
Personnel:
Steve Winwood – lead guitar, lead vocals
Spencer Davis – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Muff Winwood – bass guitar
Pete York – drums, percussion
Lyrics:
Keep on running, keep on hiding
One fine day I’m gonna be the one
To make you understand
Oh, yeah, I’m gonna be your man.
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