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“I Ran (So Far Away)” by A Flock of Seagulls

Released 1982

“I Ran (So Far Away)” by A Flock of Seagulls appears on 49 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1982. Its best result is #2 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #6 alternative song of 1982, #349 alternative song of all time and #102 of the '80s.

49countdowns
18stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"I Ran (So Far Away)" came out in March 1982, lifted from A Flock of Seagulls' self-titled debut, and it sounds like the future as seen from the dance floor: chiming, echo-soaked guitar, synths glittering like running lights on a flying saucer, and a beat that never lets up. The whole band, Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds, shares the writing credit, and Mike Howlett produced.

At home in England it stalled at 43, though it still went silver, but abroad it flew: number one in Australia, top 10 in New Zealand and America. When Parke Puterbaugh surveyed the new British Invasion for Rolling Stone, he credited the video, and its singer-synth player's jaw-dropping haircut, with breaking the band in the States.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 2 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 56 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 133 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 205 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 53 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 39 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1991 121 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1992 32 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 104 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 89 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 96 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 89 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 147 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 107 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 47 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 221 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 736 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 94 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 249 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 412 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 454 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 466 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 454 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 455 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 479 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 499 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 455 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 573 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 472 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 455 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 78 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 483 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 455 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 464 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 457 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 87 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s 96
2006 468 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 89 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 1610 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1580 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1601 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1643 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1706 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1725 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1677 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 18 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2022 290 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 163 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2026 140 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498

Also listed as: I Ran.

Charting alongside it in 1982

Best songs of 1982 →
  1. 1Town Called MaliceThe Jam
  2. 2Rock the CasbahThe Clash
  3. 3Should I Stay or Should I Go?The Clash
  4. 4Promised You a MiracleSimple Minds
  5. 5TemptationNew Order
  6. 7Sex DwarfSoft Cell

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