Runaway Love (Linda Clifford song)

"Runaway Love"
Single by Linda Clifford
from the album If My Friends Could See Me Now[1]
B-side	"Broadway Gypsy Lady"
Released	1978 (1978)
Genre	Disco
Length	3:28 (7" version) 9:44 (12" version) 7:04 (Album version)
Label	Curtom
Songwriter(s)	Gil Askey
Producer(s)	Gil Askey

"Runaway Love" is a 1978 disco single written and produced by Gil Askey,[2] and performed by Linda Clifford.

Background and chart performance

The single was from Clifford's album, If My Friends Could See Me Now, and along with the tracks "If My Friends Could See Me Now" and "Gypsy Lady" reached number one on the US dance chart for five weeks.[3] and peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.[4] The single also peaked at No. 76 on the Billboard Hot 100

Chart (1978)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	76
US Billboard Disco Top 80	1
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles	3

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 1978 (U.S.)

References

1. "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
2. "www.discogs.com". www.discogs.com. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 60.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 123.
5. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 174.