Run 2

Run 2

Single infobox |
Name = Run 2


Artist = New Order
from Album = Technique
Released = 28 August 1989
Format = 12", 7"
Recorded = 1988
Genre = Alternative
Length = 3:45
Label = Factory - FAC 273
Producer = New Order
Chart position =

  • #49 (UK Singles Chart)

Last single = "Round & Round" (1989)
This single = "Run 2" (1989)
Next single = "World in Motion" (1990)
"Run 2" was New Order's third and final single from their 1989 album "Technique". It is remixed by Scott Litt from the version on "Technique", hence the appendage of "2" to the title. The main difference is that the song has been made more radio-friendly by replacing the long instrumental run-out with another repeat of the chorus. After the release, the folk singer John Denver sued the group, claiming the song, in particular the instrumental part, sounded too similar to his hit "Leaving on a Jet Plane". The case was settled out of court, and as a result the single has been out of print ever since. The track lists to "Singles" and the U.S. version of "The Best of New Order" claim to include the "2" version when in fact both are the album mix. The shorter "2" version does appear in the video however, which features a young girl juxtaposed with an old man. Peter Saville, the single's cover designer, claimed to have been inspired by the design of laundry powder packaging. The tiny print on the back of the sleeve says, "Cover by Peter Saville Associates after Bold."

The b-side is a song titled "MTO", speculated to be an acronym for "Mid Tempo One" or "Much Too Old" (though it is also quite possible that the initialism's usual meaning, "Made To Order", is implied as a self-deprecating joke by the group). "MTO" recycles the line "You've got love technique" from the group's previous hit single "Fine Time" (this is the only lyric in the track). Alternate mixes of both songs also make an appearance. Only 20,000 of the Factory 12" release were ever pressed, and had the catalogue number FAC 273. 500 7 inch records were also pressed, for promotional use.

Track listing

7" single FAC 273-7

# "Run 2" (3:45)
# "MTO" (3:43)

12" single FAC 273-12

# "Run 2" (3:45)
# "Run 2 [Extended Version] " (5:22)
# "MTO" (3:43)
# "MTO [Minus Mix] " (5:24)

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