Song · Collective Soul
“Run” by Collective Soul
From the album Dosage (1999)
“Run” by Collective Soul appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1999 and 2021. It was first released in 1999 on the album Dosage. Its best result is #63 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #314 alternative song of 1999 and #6,797 alternative song of all time.
"Run" was the second single from Dosage, the fourth Collective Soul album, which Atlantic released in February 1999, and it's Ed Roland's song through and through: he wrote the words and music, sang lead and produced it. Tom Lord-Alge mixed it, and Greg Archilla and Sean Grove engineered.
It had a big act to follow. "Heavy" had camped out at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for a then-record 15 weeks, but "Run" picked up broad mainstream airplay of its own and landed on the soundtrack of the 1999 film Varsity Blues. The album's name, for the record, came from a catchphrase the band used for the burnout they felt coming off their previous tour.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 63 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 102 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 851 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2021 | 252 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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