"Runaway" is a song by Nuyorican Soul, a project by the American house-garage production and remix team of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez.

It features Puerto Rican singer and songwriter India and was released in 1996 by Mercury Records and Talkin' Loud as the first and lead single from their debut album, Nuyorican Soul (1997).

The song features refreshingly live strings conducted by the original Salsoul architect, Vince Montana, as well as an appropriately unfettered (and bilingual) vocal by the Latin siren India, the only vocalist to be revered in house, freestyle, and salsa circles.

"[4] Larry Flick from Billboard stated that "as clubland continues to salivate for the onset of the full-length debut from Nuyorican Soul, the act offers this wonderfully faithful rendition of the Loleatta Holloway disco classic with fierce Latin/dance diva India in the vocal seat.

"[5] Pan-European magazine Music & Media declared it as "a perfect drivetime record, with Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez and Louie Vega packing in every gramme of sunshine they've soaked up during years of fusing latino beats and New York club vibes.

"[7] A reviewer from People Magazine noted that the current "queen of salsa", India, "tears into" the disco standard,[8] while Judson Kilpatrick from Vibe deemed it an "soaring remake".

[11] American singer Janet Jackson once told MTV News that her inspiration to write her 1997 hit "Together Again" came from "Runaway" by Nuyorican Soul, as the song reminded her of being in Studio 54 in New York when she was a child.