Run2me

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"Run2me"
Single by The Smashing Pumpkins
Album
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Spotify
ReleasedOctober 22, 2015
Studio sessions
GenreSynth-pop, alternative rock
Length4:09
LabelBMG, Martha's Music
Songwriter(s)Billy Corgan
Producer(s)Billy Corgan, Jeff Schroeder, Howard Willing
The Smashing Pumpkins singles chronology
"Drum + Fife"
(2014) 		"Run2me"
(2015) 		"Solara"
(2018)
  1. Tiberius
  2. Being Beige
  3. Anaise!
  4. One and All
  5. Run2me
  6. Drum + Fife
  7. Monuments
  8. Dorian
  9. Anti-Hero

"Run2me" is the fourth single from The Smashing Pumpkins' ninth studio album Monuments to an Elegy. The accompanying music video was premiered on Vulture.com on October 22, 2015.[1]

Song description[edit | edit source]

Most music critics noted the song's deviating from the band's traditional guitar sound. In his review of the album, Spin's Andrew Unterberger compared the song to the work of synthpop duo Erasure.[2] Speculating on possible influences, the Rolling Stone's Dan Hallman characterised the song as "Killers-ish".[3] In similar vein, Drowned In Sound's Andrzej Lukowski described the track as a "blippy homage to Corgan’s beloved New Order".[4] In contrast, Consequence of Sound's Michael Roffman likened the track to the band's previous album Oceania.[5]

Background and recording[edit | edit source]

The song was featured on several preliminary track listings for the album posted on the band's website.[6][7][8][9]

The final version that appears on the album seems to be considerably different from its early demo version. In an update on the recording process posted on the band's website on April 14, 2014, Billy Corgan described the song's sound as being more Big Country than The Smashing Pumpkins, with producer Howard Willing criticising the "80s drums" on the track, triggering a process of "deconstruction".[10] In a later update on May 16, Corgan described "stripping away previous guitars so that all that was left were [..] drums and [...] bass", then adding an "arpeggiated figure" reminiscent of The Who's "Baba O'Riley" as well as strings reminiscent of the band's own song "Tonight, Tonight".[11] On June 18, 2014, Corgan announced the song as being "done" in another recording update on the band's website.[12]

Music video[edit | edit source]

Directed by longtime Corgan collaborator Linda Strawberry, the music video features "magical orbs, eerie incantations, and mysterious hooded women".[13] Strawberry elaborated on the video's narrative: "The Magician is symbolic of transition and inspiration, while the protagonist in the video is afraid of who she is about to become, she learns, accepts and then lets go of whatever was holding her back."[1]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Run to me, run to me, run to me, run to me
Where the sun never leaves
Run to me, my special one, run to me

Find first obsessions before yourself
A candlesong for where you are
You can't escape this, like someone else
Your love remains

Run to me, run to me, run to me
My special one, run to me
Run to me, my lover strange
Run to me, you who can't be changed
Run to me, yeah
Run to me

Where the frost spoils the leaf
Run to me, run to me
As the desert rose, desert dreams
Run to me, my tender sage
Run to me

Disavow affection, maybe hold against your hold?
Move to that light in every window
Without exception, and no one's left
You can't be kept from your turn
From your turn,
Run to me, my lover strange
Run to me
Run to me, my silent page
Run to me, you that can't be named
Run to me, yeah
Run to me
Run to me, run to me
Run to me, no other door sets us free
Run to me
Run to me
Run to me, my lover strange
Run to me, my lover strange
Run to me, my lover strange
Run to me

Reception[edit | edit source]

The Guardian's Kitty Empire noted the song "glides past appealingly" while "[crying] out for a Euro-rave remix".[14] In similar fashion, Drowned In Sound's Andrzej Lukowski described the song as "gorgeous".[4] Consequence of Sound's Michelle Geslani even called the song a "standout" of the album.[13]

Release[edit | edit source]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Run2Me"Billy Corgan4:09
Released Label Catalog ID Format Country External sites
October 22, 2015 Self-released Digital Worldwide [1]

Personnel[edit | edit source]

The Smashing Pumpkins
Additional musicians

Availability

TitleType
Monuments to an ElegyStudio
Run2meSingle

Tour stats

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mapes, Jillian (October 22, 2015). "Watch the Smashing Pumpkins' Tarot-Inspired 'Run2Me' Video". Vulture. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Unterberger, Andrew (December 9, 2014). "Review: Smashing Pumpkins' Satisfyingly Unambitious 'Monuments to an Elegy'". Spin. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ Hallman, Dan (December 18, 2014). "Monuments to an Elegy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lukowski, Andrzej (December 8, 2014). "Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy". Drowned In Sound. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ Roffman, Michael (November 25, 2014). "The Smashing Pumpkins – Monuments to an Elegy". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ Corgan, William 'Billy' (April 10, 2014). "Catch The Rainbow". The Panopticon - The Official Smashing Pumpkins Nexus. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Corgan, William 'Billy' (April 17, 2014). "Why Am I So Tired? / SP Album Update". The Panopticon - The Official Smashing Pumpkins Nexus. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ Corgan, William 'Billy' (April 22, 2014). "Doom Is Not A Video Game Anymore / SP Album Update". The Panopticon - The Official Smashing Pumpkins Nexus. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ Corgan, William 'Billy' (April 29, 2014). "Kiss This / SP Album Update". The Panopticon - The Official Smashing Pumpkins Nexus. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ Corgan, William 'Billy' (April 14, 2014). "Mr Moog and the Magik Hand / Sp Album Update". The Panopticon - The Official Smashing Pumpkins Nexus. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ Corgan, William 'Billy' (May 16, 2014). "Echoes / Sp Album Update". The Panopticon - The Official Smashing Pumpkins Nexus. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ Corgan, William 'Billy' (June 17, 2014). "Energy. Focus. Endurance. Power. / SP Album Update". The Panopticon - The Official Smashing Pumpkins Nexus. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Geslani, Michelle (October 22, 2015). "Smashing Pumpkins unveil mystical, tarot card-inspired video for "Run2Me" — watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  14. ↑ Empire, Kitty (December 7, 2014). "The Smashing Pumpkins: Monuments to an Elegy review – tuneful love songs and swirling guitars". The Guardian. Retrieved November 19, 2015.

External links[edit | edit source]

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