Fox on the Run (Manfred Mann song)

For the Sweet song, see Fox on the Run (Sweet song).

"Fox on the Run"
Single by Manfred Mann
B-side	"Too Many People"
Released	November 29, 1968 (1968-11-29)
Studio	Olympic, London[1]
Genre	Rock
Length	2:43
Label	Fontana 985
Songwriter(s)	Tony Hazzard
Producer(s)	Gerry Bron Manfred Mann[1]
Manfred Mann singles chronology
"My Name Is Jack" (1968) "Fox on the Run" (1968) "Ragamuffin Man" (1969)

"Fox on the Run" is a song written by Tony Hazzard, first recorded by the English band Manfred Mann, and released as a single on 29 November 1968.^[2] It reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in late January 1969.^[3][4]

Charts

Chart (1968–69)	Peak position
Australia (Go-Set)[5]	3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6]	13
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7]	97
Ireland (IRMA)[8]	2
New Zealand (Listener Chart)[9]	1
Norway (VG-lista)[10]	6
UK Singles (OCC)[11]	5
West Germany (GfK)[12]	7

Other versions

• It was introduced to bluegrass music by Bill Emerson^[13] and quickly became a bluegrass favorite.^[14]
• The song was recorded in 1969 by the Czech group Golden Kids with only Václav Neckář singing, released on the Supraphon label in 1970 (CD release in 1993). The Czech lyrics were written by Eduard Krečmar, titled "Šel sen kolem nás".^[15]
• It was covered by American country music singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall. His version was released as a single in 1976 and peaked at No. 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and No. 12 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.^[16]
• Tony Hazzard and Richard Barnes released a version of the song as a single in 1976 in the United Kingdom, but it did not chart.^[17]

References

1. "BI's Chart Fax" (PDF). Beat Instrumental (2): 17. February 1969.
2. Manfred Mann discography, accessed 4 May 2009
3. "Official [U.K.] Singles Chart Top 50: 29 January 1969—04 February 1969". The Official U.K. Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
4. Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The complete book of the British charts: singles & albums. Omnibus Press. p. 690. ISBN 978-1-84449-058-5. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
5. "Go-Set Australian charts - 2 April 1969". www.poparchives.com.au.
6. "Manfred Mann – Fox on the Run" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
7. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5890." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
8. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Fox on the Run". Irish Singles Chart.
9. "Manfred Mann (search)". Flavour of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
10. "Manfred Mann – Fox on the Run". VG-lista.
11. "Manfred Mann: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Manfred Mann – Fox on the Run" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
13. Bill Emerson homepage, accessed 4 May 2009
14. Gerome, John (9 July 2006). "Bluegrass artists pick on classic rock with tribute albums". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 15 August 2010. "Most people today think of 'Fox on the Run' as a bluegrass standard, but it actually started as a British rock song," Dan Hayes, executive director of the International Bluegrass Music Association, says of the 1960s hit by Manfred Mann.
15. "Golden Kids – Golden Kids – Supraphonline.cz".
16. "Country Playlist" (PDF). RPM. December 25, 1976.
17. Tony Hazzard and Richard Barnes, "Fox on the Run" single release Retrieved 24 June 2015