# Run Samson Run

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Run Samson Run
| cover      =Run Samson Run.jpg
|caption=US picture sleeve
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Neil Sedaka](/source/Neil_Sedaka)
| album      = [Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits](/source/Neil_Sedaka_Sings_Little_Devil_and_His_Other_Hits)
| B-side     = [You Mean Everything to Me](/source/You_Mean_Everything_to_Me_(song))
| released   = 1960
| format     =
| recorded   = 1960
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Pop](/source/Pop_music)
| length     =
| label      =
| writer     = Neil Sedaka <br> [Howard Greenfield](/source/Howard_Greenfield)
| producer   = [Al Nevins](/source/Al_Nevins)
| prev_title = [You Mean Everything to Me](/source/You_Mean_Everything_to_Me_(song))
| prev_year  = 1960
| next_title = [Calendar Girl](/source/Calendar_Girl_(song))
| next_year  = 1961
}}
"'''Run Samson Run'''" is a song written by [Neil Sedaka](/source/Neil_Sedaka) and [Howard Greenfield](/source/Howard_Greenfield) and sung by [Neil Sedaka](/source/Neil_Sedaka). It appears on his album ''[Neil Sedaka Sings Little Devil and His Other Hits](/source/Neil_Sedaka_Sings_Little_Devil_and_His_Other_Hits)''. The song was included in ''[Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits](/source/Neil_Sedaka_Sings_His_Greatest_Hits)'' (1959–1963).

==Chart performance== 
The single was released in 1960. It became a hit in US reaching number 28 on the US Billboard [Hot 100](/source/Hot_100) chart.<ref>{{cite book |title=  Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=748}}</ref> As with most of Sedaka's early recordings, Stan Applebaum provided the musical accompaniment. In Canada, the song was co-charted with the a-side 'You Mean Everything To Me' and they reached and No. 2 in [Canada](/source/CHUM_Chart).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chumtribute.com/60-10-17-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - October 17, 1960}}</ref>

==Cover versions==
*In 1963, [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) female singer [Chang Loo](/source/Zhang_Lu_(singer)) (張露) (1932–2009), covered this song, under title name of Run Samson Run/英雄美人, in alternate [English](/source/English_language) and [Mandarin Chinese](/source/Mandarin_Chinese) language, on her LP album ''An Evening With Chang Loo'' with [EMI Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Graphophone_Company).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Neil Sedaka}}

Category:1960 singles
Category:Neil Sedaka songs
Category:Songs written by Neil Sedaka
Category:Songs with lyrics by Howard Greenfield
Category:1960 songs

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