Artist
Del Shannon
Lyrics
As I walk along,
I wonder
What went wrong
With our love
A love that was so strong
And as I still walk on,
I think of
The things we've done
Together
While our hearts were young
I'm a walkin' in the rain
Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain
Wishin' you were here by me
To end this misery
And I wonder
I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder
Why
Why, why, why, why, why
She ran away
And I wonder
Where she will stay-ay
My little runaway
Run, run, run, run, runaway
I'm a walkin' in the rain
Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain
Wishin' you were here by me
To end this misery
And I wonder
I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder
Why
Why, why, why, why, why
She ran away
And I wonder
Where she will stay-ay
My little runaway
Run, run, run, run, runaway
Run, run, run, run, runaway
RS500_rank
466
Length
2:18
BPM
152.1
Released Year
1961
Genre Era
Genre
Key
A#m
Produced By
Harry Balk, Irving Micahnik
Released Info
March '61 on Big Top
Chart Weeks
17 weeks
Chart Top
No. 1
Musicbrainz ID
19037932-e3e6-4dc5-4c92-110cadd73fbf
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Shannon, Max Crook
Album
Greatest Hits (Rhino)
Song Status
As a kid growing up in Michigan, Shannon got his first guitar for five dollars. His truck-driver dad wasn't too happy about it. "'You get that goddamn guitar outta here' -- that's the exact words my father used," Shannon recalled. "However, my ma said, 'It's OK, son. You can sing for me.' " Shannon sang with raw emotion in this hit, as co-writer Crook played the historic solo on an early electronic keyboard called the Musitron.