Runaround Sue (album)

Runaround Sue
Runaround Sue
Studio album by Dion
Released	1961
Genre	Rock and roll; teen pop; doo-wop;
Length	30:21
Label	Laurie
Dion chronology
Singles from Runaround Sue
	"Somebody Nobody Wants/Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight"; Released: July 1961; "Runaround Sue/Runaway Girl"; Released: August 1961; "The Wanderer/The Majestic"; Released: November 1961;

Runaround Sue is the first solo album by Dion and was released in 1961 by Laurie Records.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Track listing edit

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Runaround Sue"	Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca	2:40
2.	"Somebody Nobody Wants"	George Goehring, Sylvia Dee	2:35
3.	"Dreamlover"	Bobby Darin	2:18
4.	"Life Is But A Dream"	Raul Cita, Sam Weiss	2:33
5.	"The Wanderer"	Ernie Maresca	2:40
6.	"Runaway Girl"	Barbara Baer, Eliot Greenberg, Robert Schwartz	2:27
Total length:			15:13

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Majestic"	Brenda Lee Jones, Welton Young	2:26
2.	"Little Star"	Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa	2:39
3.	"Lonely World"	Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca	2:11
4.	"In the Still of the Night"	Fred Parris	2:49
5.	"Kansas City"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	2:39
6.	"Take Good Care of My Baby"	Carole King, Gerry Goffin	2:25
Total length:			15:09

Chart (1961)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	11

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1961	"Somebody Nobody Wants"	US Pop	103
	"Runaround Sue"	US Pop	1
		US R&B	4
		UK	11
	"The Majestic"	US Pop	36
	"The Wanderer"	US Pop	2
	"The Wanderer"	UK	10

^ McGee, David (2004). "Dion". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 239–241. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Runaround Sue at AllMusic
^ Dion, Runaround Sue. Discogs.com, Retrieved May 9, 2023.
^ Dion Single Releases. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
^ Dion Charting Singles. Retrieved May 9, 2023.

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