DEF: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band “Runner”

Johannesburg-born musician Manfred Mann has appeared on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twelve times — six as a solo artist and then six as the leader of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. The last of those appearances, and the only one to occur in the 1980s, came with the song “Runner,” which on this date in 1984 climbed to a peak position of number 22. “Runner” by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band is today’s Daily Eighties Flashback.