“I’d argue that it was the single most important thing that happened in the history of MTV, because it saved young people’s lives”: The story of Soul Asylum’s classic ’90s hit Runaway Train and its amazingly powerful video

Soul Asylum.

It’s the song that gave American alternative rockers Soul Asylum their one big hit and their only Grammy award.

Runaway Train was released in 1993 as the third single from the band’s sixth album Grave Dancers Union.