"Road Runner" is a 12-bar blues song performed by American rock and roll performer Bo Diddley, originally released as a single by Checker Records in January 1960,[1] and later released on the LP record Bo Diddley in the Spotlight.
[5] The early Canadian rock band the Count Victors released a cover version in 1963,[6] Coral 62356.
Many British Invasion artists have recorded "Road Runner": The song was also recorded as a part of the Backbeat soundtrack by a supergroup consisting of Dave Grohl, Dave Pirner, Thurston Moore, Mike Mills, Greg Dulli and Don Fleming.
[8] Starting in February 2012, the song was being used as the background music in a Mazda car commercial for their SkyActiv technology.
[9] The song was featured in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street.