Run Rudolph Run

Album: released as a single (2024)
Charted: 31 78
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Songfacts®:

  • If there's one thing Christmas demands, it's a bit of festive adrenaline, and Mark Ambor's take on Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolph Run" delivers it in sleighfuls. Released as part of the Spotify Singles Holiday 2024 series on October 15, 2024, the song has become a hit, entering the charts worldwide.
  • Originally penned and recorded by Chuck Berry in 1958 - though credited to Johnny Marks and M. Brodie thanks to some trademark maneuvering - "Run Rudolph Run" tells the story of Santa Claus and his reindeer, particularly Rudolph, racing to deliver gifts on Christmas Eve. Ambor's version stays true to the original's raucous energy, but he infuses it with a modern polish.
  • The accompanying music video shows Ambor and his band performing the song in a festively decked-out set.

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