The song is an upbeat number with English lyrics which advise the narrator's "babe" to be more open minded in his life's vision: "just runaway to the stars / I'll be waiting above".

[2] The studio recording of "Runaway" was produced by Erik Bernholm [sv]: the background vocals were performed by Sahlene with one of her Eurovision backing vocalists Lena Olsson-Björkén.

On the night of May 25, 2002 at the Eurovision Song Contest mounted at Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, "Runaway" was the eighth entrant performed, following Russia's Prime Minister with "Northern Girl" and preceding Macedonia's Karolina with "Od nas zavisi".

Sahlene performed in a white leather outfit she'd designed with lyricist Jana Hallas: she wore a midriff baring sleeveless shirt with a plunging v-neck and a fringe over one arm, a slotted skirt and high boots.

Although Sahlene's performance at Eurolaul two months previous had featured a chorale of Estonian vocalists: specifically Kaire Vilgats, Dagmar Oja, Pearu Paulus and Johannes Lõhmus, her backing ensemble for Eurovision featured only two vocalists, one Estonian, Jelena Juzvik, and one Swedish, Lena Olsson-Björkén.