Herbie Hancock

Released: April 15, 1982

Songwriter: Rod Temperton

Producer: Herbie Hancock

No place left to go? Got a feelin' you're dead?
Better find a groove to ride
Face down on the floor? But you ain't finished yet
Gonna show you all the light
This is the moment you've been waiting every day for
We've got the spirit and we're never gonna let it fade
There ain't no second place

Runnin' down the fun tracks
Everybody's givin' it up, livin' it up
Catch us runnin' down the fun tracks
We'll be out there bringin' this town to life tonite

Get you suited down in your finest of clothes
If you wanna do it right
No use holdin' back people, anything goes
Gotta step on out and shine
Get into training don't forget your sense of humor
This is a race for all the crazy folks around today
We need ya! We'll meet ya!

Runnin' down the fun tracks
Everybody's givin' it up, livin' it up
Catch us runnin' down the fun tracks
We'll be out there laughin' the night away
You know we're runnin' down the fun tracks
Everybody's givin' it up, livin' it up
Join us runnin' down the fun tracks
Gonna see you tearin' it up today

Pick up the challenge inside (you can make it happen)
Fill all the world with your lovin' and affection
Show all the others your smile and the race will be on
Let's run

Get into training, don't forget your sense of humor
This is a race for all the crazy folks around today
We're gonna set the pace

Runnin' down the fun tracks
Everybody's givin' it up, livin' it up
Catch us runnin' down the fun tracks
We'll be out there laughin' the night away
You know we're runnin' down the fun tracks
Everybody's givin' it up, livin' it up
Join us runnin' down the fun tracks
Gonna see you tearin' it up today

Herbert Jeffrey “Herbie” Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor from Chicago, Illinois.

In 1960 he began working with Donald Byrd and Coleman Hawkins. He recorded his first solo album “Takin' Off” for Blue Note Records in 1962. “Watermelon Man”. Thanks to the album he caught the attention of Miles Davis, who asks, in May 1963, Hancock to join his Second Great Quintet.

In the sixties he records two important albums in jazz “Empyrean Isles” (1964) and “Maiden Voyage” (1965), both for Blue Note. During this period, Hancock also composed the score to Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blowup (1966), the first of many film soundtracks he recorded in his career.

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