The Avalanches - Running Red Lights (Official Video) ft. Rivers Cuomo, Pink Siifu 

hey all..hope yr safe and well ..

Avalanches have a thing for big guys breakin' it down with no shame.

I never saw Arthur again. But I bet wherever he's gone, he's having a damn good time.

As a big dude I wasn't sure about buying those leather skinny pants, but now I think I'll be alright.

Purple Mountains 💜 Rest in Power David.

The light of my life is going out tonight without a flicker of regret. RIP Dave

I think The Avalanches are the answer for people who have experienced the late 90s in their young life. They bring back this feeling of uniqueness - i could dance and sing to this song all day long, love it :)

Rivers Cuomo doesn’t get enough credit for his voice. 💕💕💕RIP David Berman.

I was an Avalanches fan about 20 years ago. Didn't know anything about their new music. I heard this song in the gym, loved it, memorised the lyrics, looked them up...and to my suprise it was the Avalanches! Bought all their new stuff and in love with them again!

I heard this song in treatment.. recovering alcoholic here... gives u a sense of hope.. 2020 sober

Suddenly the world doesn't seems so scary anymore.. thanks Avalanches. 💙

My boyfriend broke up with me yesterday on our 1 year. I was driving and crying in the car when this song came on. I pulled over and Shazzamed it. The Avalanches are one of our favourite groups. This song came into my life at the perfect time. Thank you.

The homage to purple mountains "darkness and cold" hits hard. Rip Berman

I teared up when the guy started reciting David Berman's song "Darkness and Cold" at 2:58

Today was one of the worst days of my life, I just feel lonely. I didn't know they had released new songs, I heard them and a little bit of light has come back into my life THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!

This is such a great piece. I'm biased cause I worked on it. I was the editor with director Greg, (Thanks for the credit Avalanches!) But it's really a great song and a wonderful video. Stay safe guys. Keep making music!

Burst out crying at that David Berman dedication. Thank you for the beautiful song and video Avalanches!

This song touches my heart in a way music hasn't in a while 🥰

Full respect to that dancer, Erik Cavanaugh. Not only does he have legs like tree trunks (not a dig, but rather an impressed observation), he must have balls of steel to be that free and confident in the face of all the shameful haters that might slight him.

Is it difficult to convey a sense of optimism through such melancholy and nostalgic music?

One detail I love about this MV is that when he is dancing in front of the cars, the lights are indeed red. Not only is this a nod to the song's title but it also grounds the music video in reality. It's possible to walk across the street and dance up on a car that's stopped at a red light; it's obviously impossible or at the very least dangerous to do this when the lights are green. I love this detail because it encourages the viewer to embrace this very sense of freedom and inhibition, without the unrealistic fanfare that is often chosen for spectacle's sake. We can indeed go outside and get flowers and dance around town like the protagonist does in this music video. Incredible song one of my favorites by the Avalanches

Does anyone else tend to cry when they watch Avalanches music videos?

I heard it first at "Nine perfect strangers" and I loved it from the first moment!!!

i just know im gonna end up being obsessed with this song

Never wrote any comments on videos. This song is insane. 2 years after everyone, I am discovering it, wondering how was I able to live without it. The video is awesome, very stunning visuals. The best part is the black cop... When she is humming, I could put that on repeat indefinitely.

Rivers Cuomo and Avalanches just seems like a surreal collab.

I've been a fan since a record seller in Brighton recommended the first album to me on the day of release. This is equal to their best work. Melancholy, sweet, and indefinable.

Avalanches + Rivers Cuomo = one of the best combos ever, thank you. Stay healthy, guys. Greetings from México. =One Love= -A

can we officially declare this as the song of the summer in lockdown?

Avalanches got a heavy-set guy dancing gracefully in Since I Left You video too. Works well.

Something about the story being told in this video gets me everytime, and it's just a heartbreak song! This track comes very CLOSE to how I reminisce over "Since I Left You" both track and video. I've been listening to this just as much as Since I Left You and they share similar yet simple dynamic of finding peace and freedom, just let loose. Thank you to both audience and producers of this music for keeping it alive. ❤️

One of my favorites songs. I found it on Spotify and I listen to this piece of art when I can. Thanks for being awesome. Stay safe 💚

In the midst of everything that's bringing us down as a society at the moment, I'm glad I can listen to this track and feel that everything's going to be alright. Defining pieces of music are rare, thank you, this is just what we needed ❤️

Coolest thing about living in Los Angeles is knowing all the places they shot in this video

Uhh... The Avalanches brought me here? They are a great group & have been for decades! But I'm not blasting y'all - I'm welcoming y'all & glad you're here. It's better late than never! 😎 Now do yourselves a favor & go listen to their other masterpieces.

This is defiently from the mid point of the new album. Reminds me of Harmony from Wildflower

I like Pink Siifu's delivery - reminds me of Maxi Jazz from Faithless back in the day. This whole track is teeming with 90s nostalgia. You know, back when the apocalypse wasn't happening? Ah, good times...

I am considerably older (probably waaaaaaty older) than the Avalanches demo group, but this song is about as close to perfect as anything I've heard. Rivers Cuomo and Pink Siifu's vocal layers on top of the music gives the whole project an ethereal, yet accessible, vibe. First heard bits of the song as the outro to an episode of Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers and scoured the net to find it. Well worth the search. Video is great as well.,

Nine perfect strangers brought me here!!

OG Avalanches fans waited 16 years for a sophmore album. I nearly tore my self apart waiting 8 hours for this to premire.

1:47 It's kicking in.

Damn great song. I just keep hitting play. Reminds me of playing GTAV.

Very interesting to hear Av go in such a pop direction, and pulling it off so well. And there's still a hint of the soundscapes and technicolors.

3:07 This part in the song always gets to me for some reason. For those few lines it just feels like the musical embodiment of falling asleep drunk, content with your life after a long, depressing night

Pretty much the most refreshing I've heard in years. So good to see Avalanches back.

This song touched me in a way I can't explain... my new favorite band

This song should have way more views. I'm addicted to it. Its okay to be addicted to music right?

Has to be great music In these tough times. Big Fan from NIGERIA🇳🇬🇳🇬Can't wait. 💪🏾

thanks to "nine perfect strangers" tv series, now this perfect music is in my playlist!

Nine Perfect Strangers brought me here. Wanted to hear the rest after the credits. Dope song.

Es Radio Doble Nueve 99.1FM Lima, Perú XD

This is my favorite song of the year. Always find myself coming back to it. THANK YOU The Avalanches!!!

Here after watching the latest Nine Perfect Strangers' episode... I'm addicted to this song!

Hi The Avalanches 🙏 I wanted to write this comment to put this message on the light: Thank you to all the doctors and nurses who give their time, their energy and their health for us to protect us and to defeat this coronavirus! We artists are not doctors but we try in our own way to be doctors of the heart and mind. For those who are interested, and if you don't know what to do at home, I invite you to listen to my songs. Good luck to all ❤️ Stay safe 🙏

Love that the dancer is wearing a Purple Mountains shirt. DCB forever 💜

This is warm, warm music. Lovely. So good to have them around.

The light in my life is going out tonight without a flicker of regret.

'Nine Perfect Strangers' episode 3

I’m not quite sure why I’ve resonated with this song so heavily recently. It is a great song, don’t get me wrong, but I’ve watched the music video maybe like 26 times already lol idk I really enjoy the freeness of the dancing tied into the loose narrative that wraps the whole thing up, the audio switch that happens after pink siifu’s spoken word part is so good to hear and watch as a transition to the cops point of view. prob in my top 20 fav music videos ever

Nine perfect strangers 🌈

Nine Perfect Strangers & A Perfect Song!

This song needs more views, it's so underrated.

This reminds me of my brother, I miss him every day! Thank you.

This song is beyond underrated.

The direction The Avalanches are going in is so good, Wild Flower now seems like a trailer for the path they're going on and I am ecstatic to hear it.

The way he dances and moves through the streets feels like a mood I'm often in x

Came to this by way of Nine Perfect Strangers...great song and good series!

"Have you been medicating us?"

I'm so glad I got my wish of more big bold beautiful bear dancers. Thanks, The Avalanches. Been a fan since Frontier Psychiatrist. Get 'em! ❤

I'm a simple man I see The Avalanches I click lol

david berman was so influential, i don’t think he ever realized his greatness. this album sounds like a beautiful tribute to me. may he rest in peace.

I love this song and I loved you guys ever Since 'You' Left 'Me'. It's a gloomy Monday and I'm staying indoors because life suddenly decided to switch the difficulty level from 'Hard' to 'Extreme', but this song lifted my spirits and literally put a smile on my face. Stay safe, everyone!

Already obsessed with the song ❤️

wtf this is so fucking underrated

Nine perfect strangers!

Who's here after 9 Perfect Strangers?

Personally, I interpret the “red lights” as signs form the person he loves that they were not interested in him. He “ran the red lights” (ignored their refusals), and he got punished by finding out the hard way they weren’t interested.

Thank you! PURPLE MOUNTAINS AND SILVER JEWS FORERVER. DCB ❤️

"Nine Perfect Strangers" E03, brought me here

Hi The Avalanches 🙏 I wanted to write this comment to put this message on the light: Thank you to all the doctors, nurses and all medical services who give their time, their energy and their health for us to protect us and to defeat this coronavirus! We artists are not doctors but we try in our own way to be doctors of the heart and mind. For those who are interested, and if you don't know what to do at home, I invite you to listen to my songs. Good luck to all ❤️ Stay safe 🙏

Rivers vocal is literally one of the most emotive vocals I have heard in so long. So much with so little! 😲

First my son singing samples on "We will always love you", now Rivers Cuomo on the second song? Love Weezer! Can't wait to see this, and what comes next for this album.

This is the most beautiful song to ever be perpetually stuck in my brain. And his dancing. Le Sigh. I heart you Avalanches.

Erik Cavanaugh slayed in this! Can't wait to add this song to my "dancing around my apartment because I'm under quarantine" playlist!

Just heard this on Nine Perfect Strangers, had to come search it

Beautiful tribute to David Berman, RIP you wonderful soul. Also thank you Avs for the tunes always

What?! I don’t have to wait 15 years for more music?! I’m so happy

God damn I love you guys. You've never failed to disappoint me musically or emotionally and you're from my hometown of Melbourne. Such love.

I have been a fan of them since their first album. I was born on March 18, the same day they premiered this song. It was literally the best birthday present.

[Chorus] Running, running red lights Red lights, red lights I been running red lights To get to you Running, running red lights Where you been running all night? I been running red lights Boom, boom, boom [Verse 1: Rivers Cuomo] I'm a thundercloud Ready to burst, like Schrodinger I'm crying in the car An invalid I'm off the grid [Pre-Chorus: Rivers Cuomo] Hans is looking for Liesel Living in Union Square Shoot this rabid canine Something's gone Horribly wrong [Chorus] Running, running red lights Red lights, red lights I been running red lights To get to you Running, running red lights Where you been running all night? I been running red lights Boom, boom, boom (lights, lights, lights lights, lights, lights, lights, lights) [Verse 2: Rivers Cuomo] I'm a thundercloud Ready to burst, like Schrodinger I'm crying in the car An invalid I'm off the grid [Pre-Chorus: Rivers Cuomo] Hans is looking for Liesel Living in Union Square Shoot this rabid canine Something's gone Horribly wrong [Chorus] Running, running red lights Red lights, red lights I been running red lights To get to you Running, running red lights Where you been running all night? I been running red lights Boom, boom, boom [Bridge: Pink Siifu, David Berman] The light of my life is going out tonight in a pink champagne Corvette The light in my life is going out tonight without a flicker of regret (Without a flicker of regret, dude) I sleep three feet above the street in a pink champagne Corvette Fly out into space, listen to the music the stars are making Without a flicker of regret [Outro: Rivers Cuomo] California life is alright with me (x2) We are, we are, we are, we are, we are all we have California life is alright with me (x3) We are, we are, we are, we are, we are all we have California life is all right with me Running, running red lights Red lights, red lights I been running red lights To get to you We are, we are, we are, we are, we are all we have I been running red lights Boom, boom, boom

The Avalanches have an energy in their music that breathes authenticity! They are always blowing me away.

When yo get chills from a music video you know they did it right! ❤️🙏🏻

OMG I LOVE THIS FREAKING SONG!! Especially from 02:50-3:40!!!!

Please come to Colombia 🇨🇴🇨🇴 ..... It's awesome see that avalanche after 20 years don't lost your own soul....... always "since I left you" and all in the discography

I love this song... but the music video makes me adore it even more ♥️

Purple Mountains 💜 Rest in Power David. Suddenly the world doesn't seems so scary anymore.. thanks Avalanches. 💙 Pinkerton: “That boy needs therapy.”

Looking forward to this upcoming album!

but...I love this cause you dont know for who the flowers are for exactly, they could be for any of the dancing two..awesome

Are you insane? You’ve lowered the volume on the best hook of the song! Amazing tune, wish the video was Spike Jonze’s though.

Hey guys, since 01 your tunes have been the soundtrack to my best times and helped me navigate the darkest. Your music has forged friendships and sparks memories. The world is an amazing place but we face so many challenges ahead, it's great that you're both creating these beautiful sounds to unify and inspire us. Peace!