Won at the New York and Cannes Film Festivals; has cameo appearances by Donny Osmond, famed publicist Norman Winter and the last appearance of Del Shannon.
Del Shannon appears as a cop in the last few moments in what turned out to be his last performance prior to his death.
This music video was filmed in 70mm and animated with stop motion animation at a cost of $1,000,000, making it the most expensive music video in history at the time.
Prior to the release of Luis Cardenas' solo album, Animal Instinct, that spawned the Runaway video, there was a widespread rumor that Cardenas was going to leave Renegade. During filming of the final scenes, Cardenas asked the director Tony Christopher to write in something that would signify that the band was continuing on. As a result, the other members of Renegade come running up to Luis and say "Look, we got the gig" and the unified band run off together, signifying the continuing nature of Renegade.