"Who Will You Run To" is a song recorded by American rock

Rock music

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 band Heart

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Heart is an American rock band who first found success in Canada. Throughout several lineup changes, the only two members remaining constant are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The group rose to fame in the 1970s with their music being influenced by hard rock as well as folk music...

. It was composed by Diane Warren

Diane Warren

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 and released as the second single from Heart's ninth studio album Bad Animals

Bad Animals

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. It is an uptempo rock number in which singer Ann Wilson

Ann Wilson

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 warns a departing lover that there will be no one else who could care for and support him in the way that she has.

"Who Will You Run To" is one of a very long list of hit songs written by Warren, who is one of the most prolific and successful songwriters of the 1980s and 1990s. Heart's version of her song became the band's eighth U.S. top-ten single, peaking at number seven.

It also climbed to number thirty in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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, where it was also available as a 12" single, and also as Heart's first UK CD single release, featuring an extended 'rock' version, running at 5:05.

It was covered and released as a single by American Idol

American Idol

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contestant Kimberly Caldwell

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Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	62
Canadian Singles Chart	19
Irish Singles Chart	18
UK Singles Chart	30
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	7
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart	2