Run with Us

"Run With Us" is the theme song for the 1980s television series The Raccoons. It was written by Kevin Gillis, Jon Stroll and Steve Lunt. The song was originally recorded by Steve Lunt for the first series in 1985 but was later covered by and is more associated with Lisa Lougheed and included on her first album Evergreen Nights, as well as being heard at the end of every Raccoons episode from the second series until the show ended in 1991.

Covers and popular culture

In 2006, "Run With Us" was covered by English band Spray. The song was also praised on an episode of Channel Four's Three Minute Wonder, broadcast on September 9, 2009.

In 2011, "Run With Us" was included in the closing credits of Canadian filmmaker Jason Eisener's Hobo with a Shotgun. Starring Dutch cult favourite Rutger Hauer, and based on the 2007 mock trailer of the same name, the film pays tribute to many of the films and songs of the 1980s which Eisener grew up on.^[1]

The song was also covered by alternative rock band The Morning After.

In 2014 the song was featured on Cover Boy, an EP of cover songs by British singer Matt Fishel. "Run With Us" was promoted from Cover Boy as a music video released on August 10, 2014 on Fishel's YouTube channel.^[2] The video is a compilation of clips and footage taken from The Raccoons series, re-edited together in time to the music as an homage to the show, with scenes matching the song's lyrics. The video was created by Fishel, with permission from Kevin Gillis.^[3]

Charts

Lisa Lougheed version

• Canadian Singles Chart (RPM): Peaked at #69, 1988
• Canadian Adult Contemporary Singles (RPM): Peaked at #8, 1988
• Canadian Content Top Ten "CANCON" (RPM): Peaked at #2, 1987

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