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Runaway Train is een nummer van de Amerikaanse band Soul Asylum uit 1993. Het is de derde single van hun zesde studioalbum Grave Dancers Union. Het nummer, een power ballad die gaat over depressie, werd in 1993 bekroond met een Grammy Award in de categorie Best Rock Song.

Het nummer werd in de westerse wereld een grote hit. In de Amerikaanse Billboard Hot 100 haalde het nummer de 5e positie, in de Nederlandse Top 40 de 3e en in de Vlaamse Radio 2 Top 30 de 8e.

"Runaway Train" is a song by American alternative rock band Soul Asylum, released in June 1993 by Columbia Records as the third single from their sixth album, Grave Dancers Union (1992). The power ballad became a success around the world, reaching numbers five and four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and climbing to the top position on the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. The single earned a gold sales certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after selling 600,000 copies in the US. Outside North America, it reached number two in New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland and peaked within the top five on the charts on several other European countries.

"Runaway Train" helped bring Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level and won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1994. Its accompanying music video, directed by Tony Kaye, is notable for featuring images of missing people, most of them young children and teenagers. Lead singer Dave Pirner has stated that the lyrics originally described his experience of depression.