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"Running Scared" is a 1961 American pop song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison. An operatic rock ballad, the song was released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in March 1961 and went to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached #9 in the UK chart. The song was included on Roy's 1962 album "Crying" as the final track on the album. Noted for being a song written without a chorus, the song builds in the lyrics, the arrangement and vocals to a climax that, without vibrato, demonstrates the power of Orbison's clear, full voice. It is written in the bolero style; Orbison is credited with bringing this to the rock genre. While "Running Scared" was an international hit, the B-side "Love Hurts" also picked up significant airplay in Australia. Consequently, chart figures for Australia show "Running Scared"/"Love Hurts" as a double A-side, both sides peaking at number five. This makes Orbison's recording of "Love Hurts" the first version to be a hit. "Love Hurts" later became better known in a version by rock band Nazareth, who had an international hit with it in 1975. ==Covers and popular culture== *Jack Scott, a Canadian born rockabilly singer from the same era, also had a minor 1962 hit with "Running Scared" *The Fools on their 1981 album ''Heavy Mental'', reaching #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 *Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 1986 album ''Kicking Against the Pricks'' *Brokeback on their 2001 album ''Morse Code in the Modern Age: Across the Americas'' *John Peel, the famous British BBC Radio DJ who died in 2004, listed "Running Scared" by Roy Orbison as one of the songs to be played at his memorial service *Jeff Lynne on his 2012 album ''Long Wave'' *Del Shannon recorded the song in the early 1960s and sang the finale "with me" just as Orbison had, in full voice, not falsetto *The song features heavily in the trailer for the upcoming Tom Hardy film Legend, a biopic of the Kray Twins. *Soundtrack of the 2015 short film Outlaws staring David Beckham. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Running Scared (Roy Orbison song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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