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Running From Paradise

Escape with Hall & Oates' driving 1979 rock track, "Running From Paradise." A powerful cut...
BAND | Hall & Oates

"Running From Paradise"

Last updated 📅 2025-04-20

Escape with Hall & Oates' driving 1979 rock track, "Running From Paradise." A powerful cut from their X-Static album, this song blends energetic rock instrumentation with the duo's signature pop hooks and R&B/soul vocal harmonies for a compelling sound.

  • TITLE: Running From Paradise
  • BAND: Hall & Oates
  • GENRE: Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock
  • RELEASEDAY: October 01
  • YEAR: 1979

Featured on the 1979 album X-Static, "Running From Paradise" showcased a dynamic rock edge for Daryl Hall and John Oates. Its driving beat, prominent guitars, and impassioned vocals create a sense of urgency that complements the song's theme of seeking freedom from a gilded cage.

This energetic 1979 rock track demonstrates the duo's versatility, merging powerful rock arrangements with their sophisticated pop and R&B/soul sensibilities. "Running From Paradise" remains a strong album cut, highlighting their musicianship and lyrical depth beyond their smoother mega-hits.

SONG MEANING: The song describes the feeling of needing to escape a situation or relationship that, while seemingly perfect or idyllic ("paradise"), feels stifling, inauthentic, or prevents personal growth ("Got to get away somehow / Before I lose my mind"). It's about breaking free from a comfortable but ultimately unfulfilling "gilded cage."

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"Hall & Oates"

As music's all-time best-selling duo, these artists masterfully blended rock and roll, R&B, and soul into an irresistible sound dubbed "blue-eyed soul." Their sophisticated songwriting, catchy hooks, and smooth vocal harmonies generated countless hits and defined an era of popular music.
  • TITLE: Hall & Oates
  • ACTIVE: 1970–2024 (1970)
  • BAND: Hall & Oates
Throughout a career spanning decades from nineteen seventy onwards, their sound evolved while maintaining a signature quality. The period around nineteen seventy-nine, for example, saw them further honing their influential fusion of polished pop appeal, soulful vocals, and driving rock energy on critically noted albums featuring dynamic tracks about relationship complexities...
HALL & OATES: Running From Paradise
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