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Out of the 36 Children Featured in Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train”, 26 of Them Have been Found

Soul Asylum’s smash hit Runaway Train was popularly known for featuring images of 36 missing children. Soul Asylum lead singer Dave Pirner stated that the song was not composed with missing children in mind. They created the piece while suffering from a deep, dark depression. But despite this, the music video helped locate 26 of […]

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The American version of the music video for Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” features 36 images of missing children. The music video helped resolve 26 of those cases.

Runaway Train (Soul Asylum song) According to Kaye, 26 missing children were found after being featured in the video. In 2006, guitarist Dan Murphy stated in an interview with Pasadena Weekly that some of the cases featured in the video had ended in tragedy: “Some weren’t the best scenarios. I met a fireman on the

The American version of the music video for Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” features 36 images of missing children. The music video helped resolve 26 of those cases. Read More »