"Runaway" is a song by

Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn, bass ...

. It is the sixth track from their debut album, ''

Hybrid Theory ''Hybrid Theory'' is the debut studio album by American Rock music, rock band Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000, by Warner Bros. Records. Recorded at NRG Recording Studios, NRG Recordings in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, North Hollywo ...

''. The song was also remixed for their first remix album '' Reanimation'', titled "Rnw@y". The song was written by the band and Mark Wakefield. A 1998 demo of the song, titled as "Stick and Move" (which was originally titled as "Stick N Move" that appeared on Xero's 4-track sampler tape ''Xero'' in 1996), was released on the band's ninth Linkin Park Underground extended play '' LP Underground 9.0''. It is one of three songs on ''Hybrid Theory'' to have been written by the band's original lead vocalist, Mark Wakefield.

Critical reception

David Fricke of ''

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'' noted the "tumbling funk" of Bourdon in the song, as well as the way that Shinoda and Bennington "shoot and share rhymes ... their bodies rocking with spasms of conviction." Writing of Linkin Park's remixing of the track for their album ''Reanimation'', David Browne of ''

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'' called "Rnw@y" "more sonically expansive" than the original version had been. He wrote that "Rnw@y" (along with a few others on the album) made Linkin Park sound like "experimental DJs.""Review: Linkin Park rewarms, serves 'Reanimation'"
, by David Browne, for ''Entertainment Weekly'', 14 August 2002.

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{{Authority control 2000 songs Linkin Park songs Songs written by Mike Shinoda Songs written by Brad Delson Songs written by Chester Bennington