<P> "I Ran (So Far Away)", also released as "I Ran", is a song by English new wave band A Flock of Seagulls . It was released in 1982 as their third single and it was the second single from their self - titled debut album . It was the band's most successful single, topping the chart in Australia, and reaching numbers seven and nine in New Zealand and the United States respectively . </P> <P> Lead vocalist Mike Score says that there were two main sources of inspiration for "I Ran (So Far Away)". The members of A Flock of Seagulls would regularly visit Eric's Club in Liverpool, where one of the bands had a song called "I Ran". Score noted that because A Flock of Seagulls would rehearse right after returning from Eric's, the song title and chorus may have gotten stuck in his head . Another idea came from a poster at a Zoo Records office . The band had gone there with the intent of securing a recording contract, and they wanted to use the poster, which featured a man and a woman running away from a flying saucer, as the cover for their first album, A Flock of Seagulls (1982). This depiction also helped spark the song's unusual space - like lyrics . </P> <P> "I Ran (So Far Away)" was recorded at Battery Studios in London with producer Mike Howlett . It is a new wave and synth - pop song, with a run time of five minutes and seven seconds . According to the sheet music, the song moves at a quick tempo of 145 beats per minute . With a chord progression of A-G-A-G in the verses and F-G-A in the choruses, the song is written in the key of A minor . During the song's introduction and musical interludes, short guitar riffs are played, which give the sense of an echo . Guitarist Paul Reynolds had joined the band after the music was already written, so the short guitar riffs were added for Reynolds to play . Lyrically, "I Ran (So Far Away)" is about a man who sees an attractive woman and attempts to run away from his feelings . Before this happens, the man sees an aurora in the sky, and he and the woman are abducted by aliens . </P> <Ol> <Li> "I Ran"--3: 43 (U.S. 7' ' Version) </Li> <Li> "Pick Me Up"--3: 06 </Li> </Ol>

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