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 time. The lyrics are about a young couple wishing to elope, and their respective parents are warning them against such an impulse.

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.

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". 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."