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Runaway (Devlin song)

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Now I know. It's because he can come up with a line like "burning rubber over gravel until we see the English channel" in the middle of a song like this. A song which is - musically at least - not that startling. Just another four-chord churnaround based loosely on those Pachelbel changes N-Dubz used
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I'll admit to feeling a little sceptical about this fella at first. For all that it was only supposed to be a calling-card, 'Brainwashed' didn't really showcase Devlin's story-telling skills, and apart from a couple of sharp one-liners, it wasn't clear why exactly he was as good as he said he was.
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A-list three weeks before release. Yasmin commented on working with Devlin, about the song and about the A-list: "I’m thrilled. It’s amazing. The beauty of the song is that everyone on it did their own part. I’ve known the producers for ages, Devlin wrote all his lyrics, I wrote my chorus, so it
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feels like we all own a bit of the song. It feels a bit more special when it’s really your work that’s up there. I’m so excited. It shows a lot of support and belief from Radio One that they put it straight onto the C-List, the next week up to the B-List and the next up to the A-List."
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But given the benefit of Dev's precision wordplay, and his urgent delivery, it's transformed into something darkly optimistic, quietly brilliant, and poetic in a really unpoetic way.
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on 10 September 2010. The video starts off with a man burning pictures. Devlin is then seen around the neighborhoods of
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Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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Yasmin by Emil Nava 546: 487: 29: 20: 304:gave the song a positive review stating: 617: 614: 595: 422:"Runaway" (Megabits Jazz Club Radio Mix) 377: 273:The song premiered on 28 August 2010 on 654: 579: 472:was simultaneously at number 21 on the 439: 277:'s show, and is the second single from 51: 36: 18:2010 single by Devlin featuring Yasmin 440: 7: 458:Runaway debuted at number 15 in the 411:"Runaway" (Nu:Tone + Logistics Mix) 14: 478:Scottish Singles and Albums Chart 319: 768:"Official Singles Chart Top 100" 353:The music video was directed by 338: 333: 328: 323: 318: 134:J. Devlin, DJ Yasmin, Future Cut 700:"Devlin ft. Yasmin - 'Runaway'" 688:X-Media Online, 7 October 2010 676:Soul Culture, 9 September 2010 384: 1: 980:You Need Me, I Don't Need You 789:British Phonographic Industry 726:Promo News, 20 September 2010 738:. 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Index


Single
Devlin
Yasmin
Bud, Sweat and Beers
Genre
British hip hop
grime
Label
Universal Music Group
Island
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Devlin
Brainwashed
Game Over
Yasmin
On My Own
single
British
MC
Devlin
Yasmin
MistaJam
Devlin
Bud, Sweat and Beers
BBC Radio 1
Emil Nava
YouTube
Dagenham

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