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title: "Walk Don't Run"

meaning: "The Ventures surf instrumental as Moonlight Beach opener: Encinitas beach-pop claiming the local boardwalk before the originals kick in."

year: 2023
release: "Moonlight Beach"
releaseType: "album"

artist: "Scoobert Doobert"
artistId: "#scoobert"

cover: true
coverOf: "The Ventures"

spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/track/1G8wtDWTgS0fBKquvGpMIC"

themes: ["Moonlight Beach", "cover", "Encinitas", "surf"]

isrc: QZES62358095
isrcSource: soundexchange
draft: false

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Opener on [*Moonlight Beach*](/albums/moonlight-beach/), Scoobert’s cover of **The Ventures’** 1960 surf-guitar standard **“Walk Don't Run.”** The LP essay frames the record as a place-record: named Encinitas geography, covers, guests, and songs built to play outside. Starting with a Ventures pass signals beach-guitar lineage before the originals (*Feels So Good*, *Ocean View*, etc.).

Public radio logs show [FIP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIP_(radio_station)) plays for this cover alongside *Dancing in the Moonlight (Beach)*: part of the French/German radio traction around the *Moonlight Beach* era.

DistroKid cover: Luke did not write the original. Streaming links only; no lyrics.

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