We'll Run Away

"We'll Run Away" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1964 album All Summer Long. Written by Brian Wilson and Gary Usher, the song is a doo-wop ballad in 12/8 time. The lyrics are about a young couple wishing to elope, and their respective parents are warning them against such an impulse.

"We'll Run Away"
Song by the Beach Boys
from the album All Summer Long
Released	July 13, 1964 (1964-07-13)
Recorded	April 29 – May 18, 1964
Studio	Western, Hollywood
Genre	Doo-wop
Length	2:02
Label	Capitol
Songwriters	Brian Wilson, Gary Usher
Producer	Brian Wilson

Recording

The song was recorded on April 29 and May 18, 1964 at United Western Recorders. Historian Andrew Doe notes that the April 29 date may have been erroneously labelled.^[1]

Critical reception

Music journalist Nick Kent wrote that, with "We'll Run Away", Wilson and Usher "zeroed in" on a certain type of teen angst that would culminate more fully in Wilson's "Wouldn't It Be Nice".^[2] Jonny Abrams of Rocksucker wrote: "'We'll Run Away' is such a languid, pretty little thing that it’s easy to overlook but repeated listens reveal it to be the kind of innocently romantic pop marvel that so frequently punctuated The Beach Boys’ early output."^[3]