{{Infobox song | name = Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) | cover = <!--just the file name--> | alt = | type = single | artist = Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus | album = | B-side = (Poor Old) Mr. Jensen | released = September 1968 | recorded = 1968 | studio = | genre = Bubblegum pop | length = 2:23 | label = Buddah | writer = Joey Levine and Artie Resnick | producer = | prev_title = <!--for a singles chronology--> | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} "'''Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)'''," is a bubblegum pop ballad, written by Joey Levine and Artie Resnick and performed by the Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/kasenetz-katz-super-circus/quick-joey-small-run-joey-run-poor-old-mr-jensen/|website=Rate Your Music|title=Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) / (Poor Old) Mr. Jensen}}</ref>
A cover version by Irish group The Real McCoy was a success in Ireland.
==Lyrics== The lyrics describe a prisoner who escapes over a wall while weighed down with a ball and chain. He is pursued by a sheriff with hounds. Joey Small's lover, Mary Jane, had sent him a file baked inside a cake; the song ends with the sheriff going to Mary Jane's house — what happens next is left ambiguous.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishshowbands.net/lyrics_quickjoeysmall.htm|title=Lyrics - Quick Joey Small|website=www.irishshowbands.net}}</ref> ==Song history==
The version reached #25 in the US charts.<ref>Benarde, S. R. (2003:149). ''Stars of David : rock'n'roll's Jewish stories''. Germany: Brandeis University Press, published by University Press of New England.</ref> It reached No. 17 in New Zealand. <ref>https://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qsongid=1744#n_view_location search Listener</ref>
A cover version by Irish showband group Real McCoy was number one on the Irish Singles Chart for two weeks in January 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://irishnumberones.com/2024/08/19/real-mccoy-quick-joey-small-run-joey-run/|title=Real McCoy – 'Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)'|first=Aidan|last=Curran|date=August 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishrock.org/irodb/bands/realmccoy.html|title=Irish Rock Discography: Real McCoy|website=www.irishrock.org}}</ref> The B-side was "Happiness Is Love" by Sons & Lovers.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{YouTube|2-ngMU-E-P4|Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus version}} *{{YouTube|-DG83bO5KbM|Real McCoy version}}
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Category:Songs written by Joey Levine Category:Songs written by Artie Resnick Category:1968 singles Category:Bubblegum pop songs Category:Buddah Records singles Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles