For other uses, see You Better Run (disambiguation).
"You Better Run"
U.S. picture sleeve
Single by the Young Rascals
B-side
"Love Is a Beautiful Thing"
Released
May 30, 1966 (1966-05-30)
Recorded
May 9, 1966 (1966-05-09)
Studio
A&R, New York City
Genre
Rhythm and blues
blue-eyed soul
garage rock[1]
proto-punk[2]
Length
2:25
Label
Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Eddie Brigati
Felix Cavaliere
Producer(s)
The Young Rascals
Arif Mardin
Tom Dowd
The Young Rascals singles chronology
"Good Lovin'" (1966)
"You Better Run" (1966)
"Come on Up" (1966)
"You Better Run" is a song by the Young Rascals. Written by group members Eddie Brigati and Felix Cavaliere, it was released as the band's third single in 1966 and reached the top 20 in the United States. This song is noted for its repeated roller coaster musical chords in the bass guitar, going from C to B-flat to C to E-flat to B-flat to C.
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