Runnin' Away (track)
by Sly & The Family Stone
Year: 1971
From the album There's A Riot Goin' On (track #11)
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Runnin' Away appears on the following album(s) by Sly & The Family Stone:
- There's A Riot Goin' On (track #11) (this album) (1971)
- Spaced Cowboy: The Best Of Sly & The Family Stone (track #18) (compilation) (2009)
- Anthology (track #15) (compilation) (1981)
- The Essential Sly & The Family Stone (track #23) (compilation) (2002)
- Higher! (track #63) (compilation) (2013)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/06/2025 04:41 | plasmicmist | 7,590 | 91/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 21:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 184,668 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2025 18:50 |  ExTeaSea | 13,402 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.9/100, a mean average of 83.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.7.
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neilgee 09/24/2015 18:18 | #150378
Always one of my favourite Sly songs, simple but effective.
