"Runnin' Away" is a song by American band Sly and the Family Stone.
It was released as a single in early 1972 and appears on their 1971 album, There's a Riot Goin' On.
Record World said that "though Sly the lead vocalist is not much in evidence here, Sly the innovator, the driving force, is omnipresent".
[3] In 1982, Scottish musician and former Josef K lead singer Paul Haig recorded his version of "Running Away".
[4] In Belgium, it was released on the independent record label, Les Disques Du Crepuscule.