"You Keep Running Away" is a Holland-Dozier-Holland composition originally recorded in 1967 by the

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. The song appears on their 1971 LP Four Tops Greatest Hits Vol. 2. ''

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'' described the single as a "solid easy heat rocker that moves from start to finish has all the ingredients for another chart topper."

Background

As in many of their other songs,

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augmented the background vocals. This was one of the last few HDH releases by the Four Tops.

Chart history

"You Keep Running Away" went to number seven on the R&B charts and number nineteen on the

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References

Four Tops songs 1967 songs Motown singles Songs written by Holland–Dozier–Holland Song recordings produced by Brian Holland Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier 1967 singles {{1960s-R&B-song-stub