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1965 song by the Beatles

"Run for Your Life" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was written primarily by John Lennon, though credited to Lennon–McCartney.

The song's lyrics establish a threatening tone towards the singer's unnamed girlfriend (referred to throughout the song as "little girl"), claiming "I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man." The line was taken from an early Elvis Presley song, "Baby Let's Play House" (written by Arthur Gunter).

"Run for Your Life" was the first song recorded for Rubber Soul, on 12 October 1965; "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" was also recorded later that day. The song has only one section, a verse refrain combination, with the guitar duet introducing a six bar blues. As with most other songs on Rubber Soul, McCartney sings the higher register of the three part harmony.

Rubber Soul was released on 3 December 1965, with "Run for Your Life" sequenced as the album's closing song. Since release, the song has garnered a mixed to negative response from music critics. Lennon designated it as his "least favourite Beatles song" in a 1973 interview. He also stated that it was one of George Harrison's favourites on Rubber Soul at that time, despite Lennon's dislike of it. Ian MacDonald criticised the vocal performance and added these comments about the guitar: "The guitar work, some of which is badly out of tune, is similarly rough, the piercingly simplistic blues solo suggesting that the player was not Harrison but Lennon himself." Thomas Ward of AllMusic similarly criticised the song, calling it "arguably the weakest" on Rubber Soul, and one of the "lesser items in the entire Lennon–McCartney songbook". Ward further criticised the song's lyrics, calling them "trite", and the melody, calling it "bland and uninteresting". The song was also recorded by Gary Lewis & the Playboys on their album She's Just My Style, which was released in March 1966. Johnny Rivers also released the song in 1966 on his live album And I Know You Wanna Dance. Herman Brood covered the song on his 1989 album Yada Yada. Thee Headcoatees also covered it on their album "Girlsville" in 1991.