"Running Scared" is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison. An operatic rock ballad. Released on Monument Records in March 1961, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Running Scared" also reached No.9 on the UK Singles Chart. It sold over one million copies in the US alone. The song was included on Orbison's 1962 album Crying as the final track.

Noted for being a song written without a chorus, the song builds in the lyrics, arrangement, and vocals to a climax that, without vibrato, demonstrates the power of Orbison's clear, full voice.

Fred Foster, producer of the session and of Monument Records, did not want the powerful high note that ends the song to end in falsetto but in full or natural voice. According to Foster, the last note that ends the song is G above (G5), high C (C5) in full natural voice. The note is actually a tenor high A (A4), above Middle C (C4).

Here is my cover of a song by who I think is the best male singer of all time. Thank you for listening and for your comments.