The Avalanches teamed up with Rivers Cuomo for this bittersweet slice of cosmic pop. Over the Australian duo's dreamy soundscape, a melancholic Cuomo sings of being uncertain about the future of a relationship. "Something's gone horribly wrong," the Weezer frontman croons, as he speeds through the "red lights" to get to his woman.
The Avalanches' Tony Di Blasi explained to Apple Music that Cuomo's assistant sent them a spreadsheet with three different lyrical ideas. They asked to hear the melodies that go along with them, so he sang all three melodies and told them, "Let us know which ones you want." The Avalanches replied they wanted to see all three.
The Avalanches released "Running Red Lights" as the second single from We Will Always Love You. Robbie Chater from the duo explained it didn't start out as a "defining moment; 'a single' as it were." He added: "Rivers responded to our fuzzed-out Spacemen 3 inspired jam with such open heartedness, that we soon dropped all pretence and got down to the heart of the matter... loss. We love that wide eyed, elated, almost evangelical Los Angeles sense of possibility that he tapped into."
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