Covers and Popular Culture
- Jack Scott, a Canadian born rockabilly singer from the same era, also had a minor 1962 hit with "Running Scared."
- The song was covered by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on the album Kicking Against the Pricks and by Brokeback on the album Morse Code in the Modern Age: Across the Americas.
- John Peel, the famous British BBC Radio DJ who died in 2004, listed "Running Scared" by Roy Orbison as one of the songs to be played at his memorial service.
- Jeff Lynne recorded the song for his album Long Wave (2012)
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