"Runaway" is a song by British pop band Thompson Twins, released in 1982 as the second and final single from their second studio album Set.

Fred Dellar of Smash Hits described "Runaway" as a "laboured jog-trot" which is "hardly representative of Set, the quite tasty album from which it is culled".

He added, "Maybe the accompanying free live single will help shift a few extra copies.

"[1] John Shearlaw of Record Mirror remarked, "Another producer's special, this time giving a fairly ordinary album track a glossy mix, bringing Tom Dolby's persistent synth to the fore.

"[2] Paul Morley, writing for NME, commented, "When I hear such a single, I am in the middle of the sandy wasteland, and I am thinking of Edvard Munch's famous (scream) painting.