Song · Paul Westerberg
“Runaway Wind” by Paul Westerberg
From the album 14 Songs (1993)
“Runaway Wind” by Paul Westerberg appears on 15 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1993 and 2014. It was first released in 1993 on the album 14 Songs. Its best result is #82 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #275 alternative song of 1993 and #1,709 alternative song of all time.
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"Runaway Wind" is one of the quieter corners of Paul Westerberg's 14 Songs, released in 1993, and it finds him doing what he does best: sounding battered and hopeful in the same breath. He wrote it alone, sings it, plays the guitars and produced it with Matt Wallace, the two of them mixing it together too.
Brian MacLeod on drums and John Pierce on bass keep the backing spare and patient, leaving plenty of air around that sandpaper voice. It's a song that rambles like a late-night drive with the window down, rueful, unhurried and quietly aching, and it has held on at a couple of stations for years.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 82 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1092 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1094 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1101 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1100 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1085 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1085 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1085 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1261 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1264 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1286 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1327 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1381 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1440 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1497 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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