For a riveting and chilling experience, go immediately to your VCR and watch the video, which gets my vote as best of the year! A song that truly deserves to become a runaway hit." Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report commented, "Groups like Soul Asylum don't come around very often and neither do songs like this one. David Howell from Edmonton Journal deemed it "a melancholy song about hopelessness and despair". Deserves immediate play." The Daily Vault's Christopher Thelen felt the song was "too sappy and slow". Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Acoustic-anchored midtempo tune has a sweet, string-lined undercurrent that is the perfect embodiment of the song's cinematic, romantic lyrics." He added, "Icing on top is a restrained lead vocal and pillowy harmonies. Producer Michael Beinhorn talking to Spin about the song. It reminded of a classic country-western song in that way." It all added up to a very intense mood, as well as something that was easy for anyone to relate to who has ever felt lost in their life. Every sentiment, every lyric was so beautifully employed and placed. It felt like the naked expression of this desperately sad person. "I distinctly recall first hearing 'Runaway Train', not least of all because it was the very first song on the demo cassette they sent me.
The song helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union, to a multi-platinum level and won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1994.
Outside North America, it reached number two in New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland and peaked within the top five on the charts on several other European countries. It reached number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and climbed to the top position on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart, earning a gold sales certification from the Recording Industry Association of America and selling 600,000 copies in the US. "Runaway Train" was released in June 1993 as the fourth single from the band's 1992 album, Grave Dancers Union, and became a success around the world. Lead singer Dave Pirner has stated that the lyrics originally described his experience of depression. Its music video is notable for featuring images of missing people, most of them young children and teenagers. " Runaway Train" is a power ballad by American rock band Soul Asylum. 1993 single by Soul Asylum "Runaway Train"
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