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the band's follow-up.

Although " How Sweet It Is ( To Be Loved By You )" surpassed it in two out of three charts, "( I'm a ) Road Runner " is regarded as a superior offering from Junior Walker & The All-Stars, one of three songs by the band ( along with " Way Back Home " and " Shotgun " included in 1999's Da Capo Press publication The heart of rock & soul: the 1001 greatest singles ever made.

Ranking it second of the three at # 467, music critic David Marsh, identifying Junior Walker as " the one gutbucket star in Motown's heaven ", says " even ...< nowiki >< nowiki ></ nowiki > never saw the like of this blend of booming bass, tanked-up tambourine, and gritty guitar.

Much less Walker's fractured saxophone.

" Sometimes known as " I'm a Road Runner ", the song has been covered by a number of rock bands, including Fleetwood Mac ( on album Penguin ) and Peter Frampton ( on I'm in You ), and also by comedian Bill Cosby on Bill Cosby Sings Hooray For the Salvation Army Band!