Lady Antebellum - I Run To You (Official Music Video)

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Song Background: "This profession of love was written by Tom Douglas together with the three members of Lady Antebellum. Douglas' resume includes credits for "Let It Go" by Tim McGraw and "How Cool is That" by Andy Griggs.
Co-Producer Paul Worley said on the album's liner notes: "The song is an expression against hate, prejudice, negativity, running the rat race, but ultimately the redemption of love! And it has an irresistible melody and a head-bobbing groove. What could be better?"
This was Lady Antebellum's first #1 on the Hot Country Songs Chart. The track took 26 weeks to climb to the top, the longest ascent since James Otto's "Just Got Started Lovin' You" stepped up to the summit in its 29th week, on the May 17, 2008 list.
Tom Douglas told AOL's The Boot, the story of the song: "We got together in the fall of 2007 at my house. We'd never met before, although I'd certainly heard their demos and knew they were real singers and songwriters. When you write with artists like that, they're looking for certain slots for certain songs. Dave and Charles are great writers and we just started kicking around the idea. I'm not sure who had the idea - it might have been me, because I had run in a race a few days before we got together. There was a guy running in front of me, and he had this thing on his T-shirt that said 'I run this town.' I put that idea in the back of my mind. I told them about the T-shirt because I thought it was an interesting concept - I run. So then we started talking about 'I run this' and 'I run that.'

The thing that's interesting about Lady Antebellum, there are some words in the song like 'pessimist,' 'prejudice' and 'hate.' A lot of artists would be reluctant to use those words. Even though they roll off the tongue, they're kind of message-y. But Lady Antebellum was willing to embrace those concepts. That's probably what I loved most about the song - they're willing to say some things that are difficult to say. Most people will tell you to write for the quintessential guy on the bar stool, and not get above his head. I think that guy is a lot smarter than we give him credit for. This song has a pretty intelligent, mature lyric and I think the guy on the bar stool got it. Our experiences are pretty universal, and I think he wants to run from prejudice and pessimists just like I do. You don't have to have an MBA from Harvard to feel that kind of thing, it's all pretty universal.

I heard the song soon after they recorded it. The reason I'm writing songs today is because of Paul Worley, who is their producer. He called me and had me come by the studio and he played a rough mix of it for me. I was knocked out because of the unusual approach of the introduction and the B-3 organ. The whole thing is a different sounding record to me, but that is the magic of Paul Worley. The song sounded nothing like the demo. It was a good song but Paul made it a great record. And the group's members are great singers, great writers and they look great. So as long as you've got that as a collaborator, that's the best of all worlds to have. It's always a thrill to be part of someone's early success like this, and being part of their first #1 has been a lot of fun."
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I Run to You written by Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood and Tom Kelley
Lyrics
"I run from hate
I run from prejudice
I run from pessimists
But I run too late
I run my life
Or is it running me
Run from my past
I run too fast
Or too slow it seems
When lies become the truth
That's when I run to you
This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you
I run to you baby
And when it all starts coming undone
Baby you're the only one I run to
I run to you
We run on fumes
Your life and mine
Like the sands of time
Slippin' right on through
And our love's the only truth
That's why I run to you
This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you
I run to you baby
And when it all starts coming undone
Baby you're the only one I run to
I run to you
This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you
I run to you baby
And when it all starts coming undone
Baby you're the only one I run to
I run to you, I run to you yeah."

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Great song, Kerry. Thank you.

Lady Antebellum - I Run To You (Official Music Video)
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