"Keep On Running" is a song written and first recorded by Jackie Edwards. It became a hit in the UK for The Spencer Davis Group; their version reached number one in the charts.
Recordings
"Keep On Running" was written by Jamaican singer-songwriter Jackie Edwards, who as well as having a singer, worked in the UK for Island Records as a songwriter. The song was recorded by Edwards for his album Come on Home, released in 1965, and he recorded it again in the mid-1970s for his album Do You Believe in Love.
The song was recorded by the Spencer Davis Group and released as a single in November 1965 on Fontana Records, backed with "High Time Baby". At the time, Chris Blackwell, who produced the recording, was trying to establish his Island label in the UK and was managing the Spencer Davis Group. He was lent funding from Scala Brown Associates for the single by offering a sizable share of his label as security; the success of the single meant that he was quickly able to repay the loan. It was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart in January 1966. In the United States it reached number 76. ;Personnel
This version was included in the soundtrack of the film Buster and was used during the film's opening sequence that saw "Buster Edwards" steal a suit from a shop window for a friend's funeral. The song was included on the cassette and vinyl formats of the soundtrack, but omitted from the CD version for "legal reasons". The song was also included in the 2007 romantic comedyRun Fatboy Run directed by David Schwimmer.
Other versions
In 1966, Patrick Samson and Les Phéniciens realized a cover in Italian titled Chi può dirmi with lyrics by Maurizio Vandelli for the 1998 compilation Beat 600 - 60's & 70's golden nuggets tracks."Keep On Running" has also been recorded by other artists including Robben Ford, The Romantics, and Queen's drummer Roger Taylor, during the recording session of his second solo albumStrange Frontier in 1984. The Spanish beat and rock group Los Salvajes, created a version of this song, titled "Corre, Corre", in 1966. It was also a UK hit for John Alford in 1996, released as a double A-side with "If", and peaking at number 24.
