Run with Us

"Run with Us"
Single by Lisa Lougheed
from the album Evergreen Nights
B-side"Hold Back Tomorrow"
ReleasedNovember 1987
Recorded1987
GenreDance-rock
Length4:29
Label
SongwritersKevin Gillis, Jon Stroll, Steve Lunt
ProducersKevin Gillis, Jon Stroll
Lisa Lougheed singles chronology
"Run with Us"
(1987)		 "Ain't No Planes"
(1988)
Music video
"Run with Us" on YouTube

"Run with Us" is the end theme song for the 1980s television series The Raccoons. It was written by Kevin Gillis, Jon Stroll and Steve Lunt.

The song was originally recorded by Steve Lunt for the first season in 1985 but was later covered by and is more associated with Lisa Lougheed and included on her first album Evergreen Nights, as well as being heard at the end of every Raccoons episode from the second season until the series ended in 1991. The song featured in several episodes of the series.

The song was made available to streaming services in April 2026, through 604 Records, as part of the franchise's 40th anniversary, and the planned rollout of soundtrack reissues. A cover from Vancouver band Fionn was included as a bonus track on the digital reissue of Evergreen Nights, released on June 5 of the same year.

Notable uses

References

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  2. ↑ "Top 50 90s kids' TV themes". Den of Geek. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Beloved Canadian Classic The Raccoons Returns as Digital Debut of Long-Lost Music and New Covers Kicks Off Franchise Revival". 604 Records. March 2026. Archived from the original on 25 April 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Nerd Culture Interviews Kevin Gillis". YouTube. 20 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021. We're gonna release the Lisa Lougheed version, and also my co-writer at the time, Steven Lunt, from the UK [...] He did a version in the first season that was never released, and we're gonna, we've just remastered it, it sounds spectacular. But yes, both versions will...will...will end up out there.
  5. ↑ Hayes, Sean. "Jason Eisener on His Heroic Hobo". CBC News. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.