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Runaround Sue
Studio album by
Released1961
Genre
Length30:21
LabelLaurie
Dion chronology
Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts
(1960)
Runaround Sue
(1961)
Alone with Dion
(1961)
Singles from Runaround Sue
  1. "Somebody Nobody Wants/Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight"
    Released: July 1961
  2. "Runaround Sue/Runaway Girl"
    Released: August 1961
  3. "The Wanderer/The Majestic"
    Released: November 1961
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

Runaround Sue is the first solo album by Dion and was released in 1961 by Laurie Records.[3]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Runaround Sue"Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca2:40
2."Somebody Nobody Wants"George Goehring, Sylvia Dee2:35
3."Dreamlover"Bobby Darin2:18
4."Life Is But A Dream"Raul Cita, Sam Weiss2:33
5."The Wanderer"Ernie Maresca2:40
6."Runaway Girl"Barbara Baer, Eliot Greenberg, Robert Schwartz2:27
Total length:15:13
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Majestic"Brenda Lee Jones, Welton Young2:26
2."Little Star"Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa2:39
3."Lonely World"Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca2:11
4."In the Still of the Night"Fred Parris2:49
5."Kansas City"Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller2:39
6."Take Good Care of My Baby"Carole King, Gerry Goffin2:25
Total length:15:09

Chart positions

Chart (1961) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 11
Singles[4][5]
Year Single Chart Peak
position
1961 "Somebody Nobody Wants" US Pop 103
"Runaround Sue" 1
US R&B 4
UK 11
"The Majestic" US Pop 36
"The Wanderer" 2
UK 10

References

  1. ^ McGee, David (2004). "Dion". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 239–241. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  2. ^ Runaround Sue at AllMusic
  3. ^ Dion, Runaround Sue. Discogs.com, Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  4. ^ Dion Single Releases. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  5. ^ Dion Charting Singles. Retrieved May 9, 2023.