"Run with the Fox" is a 1981

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written, composed, produced, and performed by Chris Squire and Alan White, with

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co-writing lyrics. Both former

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members, Squire and White recorded the song after a new band ( XYZ with

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guitarist

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) seemed unlikely to happen, and released the single under their own names as a collaborative piece. Andrew Pryce Jackman, a childhood friend and frequent collaborator of Squire, was in charge of

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and since they had both been boy choristers with Barry Rose at St. Andrew's Church, Kingsbury, they contacted him to provide a boys choir to do the backing. By this time Rose was at

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, so it is the St Paul's boys who appear on the song. The B-side of the single, "Return of the Fox", is an instrumental variation of "Run with the Fox'. It features Dave Lawson (ex- Greenslade keyboardist) on keyboards, and Squire's then-wife Nikki on backing vocals. Following "Run with the Fox", both musicians collaborated again in the band Cinema which ultimately led to the reformation of Yes. The song would feature on Squire's festive album '' Chris Squire's Swiss Choir'' with another choir dubbed onto the track, but otherwise remaining the same. The melody includes elements of the classic Christmas song, "The Sussex Carol".

Personnel

* Chris Squire – lead vocals, bass guitar, production * Alan White – drums, piano, keyboards, backing vocals, production * The boys of

– choir * Unknown recorder player * Unknown orchestra – strings * Andrew Pryce Jackman –

* Nigel Luby – recording * Gregg Jackman – mixing

References

{{Authority control 1981 singles 1981 songs Atlantic Records singles British Christmas songs Songs written by Chris Squire Songs written by Alan White (Yes drummer) Songs with lyrics by Peter Sinfield