We Won't Run (Sarah Blasko song)

"We Won't Run"
Single by Sarah Blasko
from the album As Day Follows Night
ReleasedAugust 2009 (2009-08)
Length4:00
LabelDew Process
SongwriterSarah Blasko
ProducerBjörn Yttling
Sarah Blasko singles chronology
"All I Want"
(2009)
"We Won't Run"
(2009)
"Bird on a Wire"
(2010)

"We Won't Run" is a song by Australian singer/songwriter Sarah Blasko. The song was released in August 2009 as the second single from her third studio album As Day Follows Night. The song peaked at number 44 on the ARIA Chart.

The song placed at number 28 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2009.[1]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2010, the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year.[2]

The single was released in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2010.[3]

Reception

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Music-News gave it 3/5 saying "Quite gentle acoustic sounds and a voice to die for. 'We Won't Run' is a very pleasant spring like track with great melody, highlighting Sarah's voice perfectly."[3]

Track listing

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Digital download and streaming
No.TitleLength
1."We Won't Run"4:00

Charts

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Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 44

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5] Platinum 70,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Triple J Hottest 100 Voting". Triple J. 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Voting Now Open For APRA's Song of the Year Award". Music Feeds. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Sarah Blasko We Won't Run". Music-News. March 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Sarah Blasko ARIA chart history to June 2025". ARIA. Retrieved 17 June 2025 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2025 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 14 November 2025.