{"id":13850,"date":"2014-07-27T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riffsandbeats.com\/non-categorise\/run-air\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T07:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T06:08:09","slug":"run-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riffsandbeats.com\/fr\/chroniques\/titres\/run-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Air – Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Revolvair, Paris, 2003: their voices, Godrich’s mix, no guest vocal<\/h3>\n

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In 2003, Nicolas Godin and Jean-Beno\u00eet Dunckel recorded Run<\/em> at their own place, Revolvair studio in Paris, with engineer Yann Arnaud on the first passes. It became track three of Talkie Walkie<\/em>, four minutes and twelve seconds, placed after Cherry Blossom Girl<\/em> and before Universal Traveler<\/em>. Source and Virgin released the album on 26 January 2004. After the crowded guest list of 10 000 Hz Legend<\/em>, they played and sang this one themselves. The two voices stay close, almost spoken, asking someone to stay.<\/p>\n

Nigel Godrich joined for additional recording, production, and the mix at Ocean Way in Hollywood. Darrell Thorp assisted. Bob Ludwig mastered at Gateway. Michel Colombier arranged strings for the album, though Run<\/em> stays closer to piano, soft drums, and those two voices than to a full orchestra. The lyric is plain and repeated: a \u00ab\u00a0holy girl\u00a0\u00bb is asked not to get up, not to run, to stay in bed. There is no guest singer to hide behind. The vocal stays with the duo, dry and close to the mic.<\/p>\n

Godin and Dunckel told Magnet, just before release, that they had been unsure about singing in English with French accents. Godrich told them that was what English listeners already liked. He also pushed them to drop the habit of calling in outside vocalists. Cherry Blossom Girl<\/em> still uses extra voices, and Surfing on a Rocket<\/em> brings in Jason Falkner and Lisa Papineau, but Run<\/em> does not. The lead vocal is the duo, close to the mic. The album’s three singles were Cherry Blossom Girl<\/em>, Surfing on a Rocket<\/em>, and Alpha Beta Gaga<\/em>. Run<\/em> was not one of them. It still left the record. It was not issued as a single, and the lead vocal is still the duo.<\/p>\n

Godrich\u2019s mix leaves space around the duo\u2019s own vocals instead of covering them with a guest singer. The track sits mid-album, quieter than the electronic pieces around it. Live, Air often stretched the pulse without turning it into a showcase solo.<\/p>\n

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We were a little bit unsure about our French accents in the songs. Nigel told us that that’s what English people like about us: ‘They like your French way of speaking. They like your French accent.’<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Jean-Beno\u00eet Dunckel, Magnet, December 2003)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Critics treated Talkie Walkie<\/em> as a return to clearer songs after the harder shapes of 10 000 Hz Legend<\/em>. Metacritic averaged 75 from 29 reviews. Rob Sheffield in Rolling Stone called the album excellent and said Air were back to soundtrack music for films that did not exist. Run<\/em> then turned up in films that did. It plays in the 2004 French movie Lila Says<\/em> and in the Veronica Mars episode \u00ab\u00a0Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner.\u00a0\u00bb Alone in Kyoto<\/em>, from the same album, had already been in Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation<\/em> in 2003. The record was already placed in films before it was a year old.<\/p>\n

Godin credited Godrich with the nerve to make \u00ab\u00a0drastic choices,\u00a0\u00bb including the choice to sing. Run<\/em> is one of those choices: a short plea, a dry vocal, no featured name on the sleeve. The accent stays in the English vocal. The guest list does not. The lyric asks the holy girl not to get up, not to run, and to stay in bed. The title says run. Godrich’s mix keeps the two voices forward, between louder cuts on Talkie Walkie<\/em>. The song was not one of the three singles.<\/p>\n

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