![]() ![]() In VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80s, the song was listed at #2, with Mike Score's interview played again.Īlthough considered an '80s new wave classic, the song experienced somewhat of a revival in 2002 as the signature theme for the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, being played during the game's television commercials and during gameplay as one of the songs in the playlist for radio station Wave 103. "I Ran" was listed at #55 on the countdown. In an interview on the VH1 special 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s, Mike Score said that he resents the song, but plays it live because people enjoy it. ĭespite success in the US and Australia, the single did not enjoy similar success in the band's home country ( United Kingdom), failing to make the top 40. Subsequently, the album reached number 10 on the Billboard 200. As well as reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, "I Ran" peaked at number 3 on the Top Tracks chart and number 8 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The band toured the United States extensively to promote the single, supporting Squeeze on their 1982 tour. The video received heavy rotation on MTV in the summer of 1982, and helped the single to become a hit. The video is an homage to Brian Eno and Robert Fripp's (No Pussyfooting) album cover, which was also respectively portrayed by The Strokes for their single, " The End Has No End" two decades later. The cameras used to film the video are clearly visible in many of the background reflections, their stands also covered in foil. The single was promoted by a distinctive music video directed by Tony van den Ende in which the band members performed in a room covered in aluminum foil and mirrors. The radio edit (3:43) begins with a cymbal crash and loops the song's final chorus, fading out at the end.This version was featured on some pressings of A Flock of Seagulls. The video version (3:58) omits most of the introductory section and begins with a cymbal crash but retains the full ending of the long version.This version was featured on some pressings of A Flock of Seagulls and is featured on all CD versions of the album. It concludes with a guitar solo and comes to a full ending. The long version (5:07) features an introduction with swirling synthesizer noises which then segues into a lengthy instrumental passage by the band before leading into the song.Three different versions of the song exist: ![]()
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