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The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1980 album Hi Infidelity. It was the first REO Speedwagon single to break the top 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , reaching the number-one spot for one week in March 1981. [ 4 ]
"Take It on the Run" is a song by American rock band REO Speedwagon off the band's ninth studio album Hi Infidelity (1980). The song was written by lead guitarist Gary Richrath. "Take It on the Run" was the follow-up single behind the group's number-one hit, "Keep On Loving You". The single went gold on April 17, 1989.
The sound of a band has to come from the band itself. That's when we decided to fire our producer and start producing ourselves. There's a million ways you can play any song. One way seems to use the way the song wants to be. [9] In 2021, REO Speedwagon's home state of Illinois used the song as "Time for Me to Drive" for a tourism campaign. [10]
[10] [11] According to REO Speedwagon drummer Alan Gratzer, the song is about a relationship Cronin had, and it took Cronin several years to come up with all the lyrics. [12] According to Cronin, the inspiration for the song was the hurt he felt when he became attracted to a woman who was part of his friend group.
"In Your Letter" is a song written by Gary Richrath that was first released on REO Speedwagon's 1980 album Hi Infidelity.It was released as the fourth single from the album and just made the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #20. [1]
"157 Riverside Avenue" is a song by REO Speedwagon from their first album, REO Speedwagon, released in 1971. It was written by all five band members at the time, Terry Luttrell, Gary Richrath, Gregg Philbin, Neal Doughty, and Alan Gratzer.
"Don't Let Him Go" is a song written by Kevin Cronin. It was originally released as the opening song for REO Speedwagon's #1 album Hi Infidelity. It was also released as a single, reaching #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [2] "Don't Let Him Go" has appeared on several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums. [3]
"I Do' Wanna Know" is a song written by Kevin Cronin that was the lead single from REO Speedwagon's 1984 album Wheels Are Turnin'.It was more of a rocker reminiscent of the songs REO Speedwagon had released in the 1970s than the ballads the band had been successful with in the early 1980s.