From '' Runaway ''Format: Vinyl, 7''Released: 1986Steve Zing solo, recorded with Mourning Noise members.------------------------Steve Zing (born Steven Paul Grecco June 29, 1964) drummed for Implosion, Mourning Noise, and The Undead before joining Samhain. He graduated from Lodi High School in 1982 with Eerie Von. Steve left Samhain in July 1985 shortly after the Unholy Passion EP was released. He was replaced by London May and returned briefly to The Undead in 1986. He later formed Chyna and played briefly for Rubella Umbrella in 1996.In 1999, Steve returned to Samhain for the reunion tour, playing the first half of the show on drums, and the second on bass. He later recorded with Son of Sam, which included AFI vocalist Davey Havok, then-Danzig guitarist Todd Youth and former Samhain and Tiger Army drummer London May. The album featured guest appearances by Glenn Danzig and then-Danzig drummer Joey Castillo.Steve now fronts his own horror punk/heavy metal hybrid band, Marra's Drug. The bands first album Down Below was released on Long Live Crime Records, an indie label in Los Angeles. The band originally used the name Doomtree, but the name was changed due to legal reasons.He also tours with Danzig playing bass, and the band occasionally plays Samhain songs live.------------------------"Runaway" was a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961.It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit.It is #466 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time from 2004.Original recordingSinger-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of "Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won a recording contract in 1960. Westover took the new stage name "Del Shannon", and Crook, who had invented his own clavioline-based electric keyboard called a Musitron, became "Maximilian"..Del Shannon re-recorded the song in 1967 under the name "Runaway '67".CoversIn 1977, Bonnie Raitt included a bluesy version of the song on her album Sweet Forgiveness. Also released as a single, it reached #57 on the U.S. Hot 100.The Sensational Alex Harvey Band recorded their strongly parodic version on their album The Penthouse Tapes in 1976.Del Shannon re-recorded the song for the NBC television series Crime Story. The lyrics were slightly changed and the signature organ solo replaced with an electric guitar.In the mid-1970s the British sessions band Huddersfield Transit Authority recorded a strong cover with the benefit of a full orchestral backing.Steve Goodman of Go Cubs Go fame did an acoustic version one Easter Sunday in the mid-1970s on WNEW-FM. This was later incorporated in the posthumously released Easter Tapes, a compilation of three separate Easter Sunday programs hosted by Vin Scelsa.Luis Cardenas made a rock cover for his solo album entitled Animal Instinct.The Traveling Wilburys released a version as the B-side of their single "She's My Baby". (Lead Wilbury Tom Petty also references the song in his 1989 hit "Runnin' Down a Dream", describing himself singing "Runaway" along with Shannon as he drives along listening to the radio.)Narvel Felts covered the song in 1978 and took it to #30 on the Hot Country Songs charts.A cover by Gary Allan also charted at #74 on the same chart in 2000, despite not being officially released as a single.Me First and the Gimme Gimmes recorded a punk version on their 2001 single titled "SHANNON".The Plain White T's recorded a live version at Horseshack studios on February 9, 2009. It is available for free on their website, Daytrotter.Rhythms del Mundo recorded a Latin version with the vocals sung by The Zutons on their July 2009 fundraiser album Rhythms del Mundo Classics.Queen + Paul Rodgers released a version of this song as an iTunes-exclusive download for their The Cosmos Rocks album.Misfits recorded a cover of the song on their 2003 album Project 1950.Sonata Arctica performed an acoustic cover on their "Days of Grays" 2011 tour, in the Italian Stage, in Milan, on 27 February 2011.Screeching Weasel recorded a version on their Boogadaboogadaboogada album.Blood for Blood recorded a version on their Serenity albumP. Paul Fenech, singer of The Meteors, covered this song on one of his solo albums, Screaming in the 10th key.