Runaround Sue – Dion

I was reminded of this song the other day, I was speaking to some younger American co-writers whilst on a week long songwriting course. The tutor set us up in bands using Greek gods names, ours happened to be called Dionysos and I mentioned this track as my only reference to the name Dion. They’d never heard of him or this hit, I suppose it’s not very PC anymore, but I thought it would be well known as rock n roll standard.

This is another song that was on all my compilation albums, it was played at every party and was a great sing along. The great opening line "Here's my story, it's sad but true", sets this up to be a real teenage heart breaker, I think it's great that Sue was the one having the fun.

Dion's other big song 'The Wander’ was another favourite, listing off his many girlfriends, as a teenage boy I used to be very envious. Status Quo covered that one and I love their rocker version. 

I thought it was funny how in 'The Wander', Dion was the one breaking hearts whereas in this song it’s Sue that’s giving him the runaround. The great beat and scratchy rhythm of this track sounds like a train, the vocal is amazing and it just sums up the time perfectly. Stay away from that girl.

Favourite lyric : Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows