This was the group’s third and final #1 hit. It remained on top for three weeks.

This song was reportedly recorded as an afterthought in two takes and
featured unique muted rhythm guitar by Keith Hopwood and heavily
accented vocals by Peter Noone with backing from Karl Green and
Keith Hopwood.

“Runaway” is #466 on Rolling Stone‘s list of The 500 Greatest
Songs of All Time from 2004. Del Shannon re-recorded it in
1967 as "Runaway ’67". This version was issued as a single
but failed to make the Hot 100.

Bobby Vinton

The most popular recording of the song “Blue Velvet” was recorded by
Bobby Vinton. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September
21, 1963, and held the top spot for three weeks and also spent eight
weeks atop the Middle-Road charts.