Keep On Running (The Real Milli Vanilli song)

"Keep On Running"
Single by Milli Vanilli / The Real Milli Vanilli
from the album The Moment of Truth
B-side"The End of Good Times"
ReleasedNovember 24, 1990
Recorded1990
GenreDance, hip hop, hip house
Length3:58
LabelHansa
Songwriter(s)Chris Kindt, Frank Farian, Franz Reuther
Producer(s)Frank Farian
Milli Vanilli / The Real Milli Vanilli singles chronology
"All or Nothing"
(1989) 		"Keep On Running"
(1990) 		"Too Late (True Love)"
(1991)
Alternative cover
With real voices of Milli Vanilli

"Keep on Running" is a song credited to German pop group Milli Vanilli before and during the lip-synching scandal and later credited to The Real Milli Vanilli after. It was released in 1990 and peaked at number two in Austria, number four in Germany, number six in Italy and number eight in Switzerland. The song was also released in France, but failed to enter the singles chart, as did "Too Late (True Love)".

"Keep on Running" would be the duo's final single as Milli Vanilli, and was the first single of the Real Milli Vanilli.

Critical reception

Gary Crossing from Record Mirror wrote, "It's nice to see these boys back in the forefront of the dance music scene after having their reputations sallied by some unsavoury accusations with regards to their vocal talents. Here they're in someone else's fine voices with this busy stonker of a floor filler, which occasionally lapses into a 'Dreadlock Holiday' stylee reggae lilt. I'm speechless."[1]

Track listings

  • CD maxi
  1. "Keep on Running" (Club Mix) — 6:40
  2. "The End of Good Times" — 4:09
  3. "Keep on Running" (Running Man Mix) — 5:45
  4. "Keep on Running" (Radio Version) — 4:04
  • 7" single
  1. "Keep on Running" — 3:58
  2. "The End of Good Times" — 3:45
  • 12" maxi
  1. "Keep on Running" (Club Mix) — 6:15
  2. "The End of Good Times" — 3:35
  3. "Keep on Running" (Running Man Mix) — 5:45
  4. "Keep on Running" (Radio Mix) — 3:58
  • "Real Voices of Milli Vanilli" CD maxi
  1. "Keep on Running" (Club Mix) — 7:50
  2. "The End of Good Times" — 3:39
  3. "Keep on Running" (Running Man Mix) — 5:45
  4. "Keep on Running" (Radio Version) — 4:04

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Keep On Running
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[14] Gold 25,000*
Germany (BVMI)[15] Gold 250,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Crossing, Gary (January 5, 1991). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 11. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 230.
  3. ^ "Milli Vanilli – Keep on Running" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ^ "Milli Vanilli – Keep on Running" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Milli Vanilli". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 172. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "Milli Vanilli – Keep on Running" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  7. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved June 7, 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Milli Vanilli".
  8. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Milli Vanilli" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. ^ "Milli Vanilli – Keep on Running" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  10. ^ "Milli Vanilli – Keep on Running". Swiss Singles Chart.
  11. ^ UK Singles Chart Official Charts Company (Retrieved August 19, 2008)
  12. ^ 1991 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at Archived 2008-06-10 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved August 19, 2008)
  13. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 1991" (PDF). Music & Media. 8 (51–52): 21. December 21, 1991. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via American Radio History.
  14. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Milli Vanilli – Keep On Running" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  15. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Milli Vanilli; 'Keep On Running')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved August 31, 2022.