Tags: Eurovision Song Contest Entry.
Runner in the Night written by Maureen Darbyshire and composed by Brian Wade was the United Kingdom’s entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 performed by the sextet Ryder led by Maynard Williams.Ryder won the right to perform at Bergen by winning the UK national final A Song for Europe where they were the sixth act to perform. At Bergen the song was performed fifth on the night after Norway’s Ketil Stokkan with Romeo and before Iceland’s debut effort Gleðibankinn by ICY.