{"id":482820,"date":"2019-02-28T08:02:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T15:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=800529"},"modified":"2019-02-28T08:02:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T15:02:46","slug":"song-you-need-to-know-guordan-banks-cant-keep-runnin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/song-you-need-to-know-guordan-banks-cant-keep-runnin\/","title":{"rendered":"Song You Need to Know: Guordan Banks, \u2018Can\u2019t Keep Runnin\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Guordan_Banks_PressPhoto_2019.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/rb\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rb\" data-tag=\"rb\">R&amp;B<\/a> singer Guordan Banks works with the precision of a surgeon on his new single \u201cCan\u2019t Keep Runnin:&#8217;\u201d He dissects the Gap Band\u2019s great ballad \u201cYearning for Your Love,\u201d locates the sterling melodies in the track\u2019s core, and transplants them into a mid-tempo groove.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a small change, but \u2014 when paired with a thunking 808 beat and a pointy guitar \u2014 it has a big impact. While the original \u201cYearning for Your Love\u201d was shimmery and flirtatious, \u201cCan\u2019t Keep Runnin&#8217;\u201d is pushy, verging on frustrated. \u201cI\u2019m patient, but you can\u2019t be playing,\u201d Banks sings. The Gap Band\u2019s Charlie Wilson seemed lost in adoration; Banks seems wary, twice-burned, keeping one eye on the exits.<\/p>\n<p>Banks got his start as a songwriter, penning tracks for R&amp;B mainstays like Keyshia Cole and Vivian Green. His breakout moment came in 2016, when he self-released the single \u201cKeep You in Mind.\u201d The track earned the admiration of programmers in the radio format known as Adult R&amp;B or Urban Adult Contemporary. \u201cSix major market radio stations were playing the record before we even hired a radio guy [to promote the track],\u201d Banks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/2016\/06\/30\/guordan-banks-keep-you-in-mind-adult-rnb-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said at the time<\/a>. \u201cKeep You in Mind\u201d eventually went all the way to Number One in the format, reaching around 11 million listeners a week at its peak.\u00a0It was a remarkable triumph for an independent act.<\/p>\n<p>Adult Programmers welcomed Banks\u2019 return: \u201cCan\u2019t Keep Runnin&#8217;\u201d increased by 110 plays last week, according to Nielsen BDS, which tracks radio activity. Only three singles saw a bigger increase in spins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/guordan-banks-cant-keep-runnin-800529\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The R&amp;B singer Guordan Banks works with the precision of a surgeon on his new single \u201cCan\u2019t Keep Runnin:&#8217;\u201d He dissects the Gap Band\u2019s great ballad \u201cYearning for Your Love,\u201d locates the sterling melodies in the track\u2019s core, and transplants them into a mid-tempo groove. It\u2019s a small change, but \u2014 when paired with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-482820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 17:52:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}