Del Shannon "Runaway" from Crime Story. Del Shannon re-recorded the song for the television series Crime Story. The lyrics were slightly changed and the signature clavioline solo replaced with an electric guitar. The story in the song is told from the point of view of a man whose female lover has run away. Mostly she is referred to in the third person, but she is briefly addressed in the second person, "wishin' you were here by me". "Runaway" was a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit. It is #466 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time from 2004. "Runaway" was released in February 1961 and was immediately successful. On April 10th of that year, Shannon appeared on Dick Clark's American Bandstand helping to catapult it to the number one spot on the Billboard charts where it remained for four weeks. Two months later, it also reached number one in the UK. Elvis Presley covered the song in 1969, appearing on the album On Stage. Crime Story was created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson, it premiered in 1986 and ran for two seasons . The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left his other series Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and direct the film Manhunter. The show premiered with a two hour pilot and was watched by over 30 million viewers. Set in the early, pre-Beatles 1960s, the series depicted two men Lt. Mike Torello ...