"ON THE RUN"
This is a fast-paced rock-song, based on an instrumental track "E Minor Shuffle" for a James Newton Howard
album (a version of "E minor shuffle" can be found on the "Tribute to Jeff" album by David Garfield and friends).
"On the run" was performed by Toto during their 1991 summer-festival tour in Europe. It was said to be one of the
new songs on the then forthcoming album "Kingdom of desire", but for some reason it was not
included in the end.
In 1998, a live recording of "On the run" was included on => "Toto XX".
In a 1998 interview with Toto99, Toto commented on the song:
How did you come up with the idea of turning "E Minor Shuffle" into a hard rock song with lyrics?
Steve Lukather: That's what I wanna know!
David: I guess I'm the one to blame for that one. It always has just been a fun riff to play.
Steve Lukather: It was Jeff who really wanted to do that. He said write a verse and a chorus, so we did,
and => Fee Waybill wrote the words.
But it never ended up on "Kingdom Of Desire"?
Steve Lukather: We tried to cut it, but we just didn't get a take we liked and so we discarded it... it happens sometimes.
David: It's one of those tunes that feels better live for some reason than in the studio.