The Spencer Davis Group Version
| "Keep on Running" | ||||
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| Single by The Spencer Davis Group | ||||
| B-side | "High Time Baby" | |||
| Released | November 1965 | |||
| Format | 7", 45 rpm | |||
| Label | Fontana TF632 (UK) Atco 45-6400 (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Jackie Edwards | |||
| Producer | Chris Blackwell | |||
| The Spencer Davis Group singles chronology | ||||
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The song was most successfully recorded by The Spencer Davis Group and released as a single in November 1965 on Fontana Records, backed with "High Time Baby". At the time, Chris Blackwell, who produced the recording, was trying to get his Island label established in the UK and was managing the Spencer Davis Group. He was lent funding from Scala Brown Associates for the single by offering a sizable share of his label as security; The success of the single meant that he was quickly able to repay the loan. It was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart in January 1966. In the United States it reached number 76.
This version was included in the soundtrack of the 1988 film Buster and was used during the film's opening sequence that saw "Buster Edwards" (Phil Collins) steal a suit from a shop window for a friend's funeral. The song was not included on the CD release of the soundtrack, but did appear on the cassette and vinyl formats.
It was also playing on the radio on the soap opera Coronation Street when character Val Barlow was killed by electrocution in 1971.
The song was also included in the 2007 romantic comedy Run Fatboy Run directed by David Schwimmer.
In 2009 the song was in Susan Nickson's Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps as the title to the eighth episode of series 8 and the soundtrack when Gaz tries to find the woman he wants (Donna).
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