Run Boy Run (song)

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This article is about the Woodkid single "Run Boy Run" and the Woodkid concurrent release Run Boy Run - Remixes EP. For the Progressive Bluegrass band, see Run Boy Run (band). For the 2013 German, French and Polish film production, see Run Boy Run (film).
"Run Boy Run"
File:Run-boy-run-by-woodkid.jpg
Single by Woodkid
from the album The Golden Age
Released May 21, 2012
Recorded 2011
Genre Baroque pop, neofolk, experimental
Length 3:33
Label Universal Music
Writer(s) Yoann Lemoine, Ambroise Willaume
Producer(s) The Shoes, Woodkid
Woodkid singles chronology
"Iron"
(2011)		 "Run Boy Run"
(2012)		 "I Love You"
(2013)
Music video
"Run Boy Run" on YouTube

"Run Boy Run" is a single by Woodkid (real name Yoann Lemoine) taken from his album The Golden Age that was recorded in 2011 but released in 2012. It was written by Lemoine and Ambroise Willaume from the French band Revolver. The single was released on May 21, 2012, becoming his highest-charting single.

Run Boy Run - Remixes (EP)

The Run Boy Run - Remixes (EP) was also released in 2012 charting in its own right. It contains the original single as well as three other remixes.

Tracklist

  1. "Run Boy Run" (Album Version) (3:33)
  2. "Run Boy Run" (Sebastian Remix) (3:52)
  3. "Run Boy Run" (Tepr Remix) (5:52)
  4. "Run Boy Run" (Ostend Remix) (4:15)

Music video

The music video for Woodkid track "Run Boy Run" was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 2013 Grammy Awards. It shows a young boy running, surrounded by various beasts that pick him up when he falls, hand him a sword and put a horned helmet on his head. The video was directed by Lemoine himself.[1]

In popular culture

  • "Run Boy Run" was used in several O2 adverts (those voiced by Sean Bean)[2][3] and in a Vodafone advert.[4] It was used in the trailer for Now You See Me.
  • Part of the song was played during the MTV Movie Awards 2013. When Liam Hemsworth was announcing for the teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
  • It was used in the debut trailer for Techland's game Dying Light.
  • It was used in the trailer for 42.
  • It was used in advertisements for Assassin's Creed III.
  • It was used in the trailer for the BBC One series The Musketeers.[5]
  • It was used in the trailer for the final series of the BBC Three series Being Human.[6]
  • It was used in ads for the Power Horse energy drink in the Middle East and North Africa.[7]
  • Also used during several episodes of ITV's X Factor boot camp stages of the competition and RTL's Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
  • Played in an episode of MTV's Teen Wolf (2x11 Battlefield, during the lacrosse game).
  • Played in an episode of the CW's Reign (1x04 Hearts and Minds).
  • Played in an episode of the CW's Cult (1x02 In the Blood).
  • The final minute of the song serves as music background for Discovery Channel Iberia promo campaign "My Territory is Discovery" (2014)
  • The song was used during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014 feature with highlights from the 2014 Football World Cup.
  • It appears on the soundtrack of the 2014 film Divergent.
  • On 13 July 2014 BBC Sport prominently featured the song in their final montage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
  • On 2 September 2014 is used by Sky Italia for the promo of the auditions of X-Factor Italy.
  • The instrumental served as the soundtrack for the promotional video of the GoPro Hero 4.
  • It was used in trailer for McFarland, USA.
  • The song was used for a Paso Doble dance by Bethany Mota and Derek Hough on the show Dancing with the Stars.[8]
  • The song is used by Sky Sports in the opening of FL72, which covers Football League matches.
  • The song is also used in multiple adverts for Cancer Research UK.
  • It features in the 2015 trailer for SBS.
  • The song later is used as a theme song for the film The Maze Runner.
  • Part of the song is used in the BBC America trailer for series 9 of Doctor Who.
  • It was used in Sherpas Cinema film Into the Mind.
  • It is in the soundtrack of the last episode of the series The Shannara Chronicles (S01e10).
  • It was used in certain Cancer Research UK adverts throughout 2014/15.[9]
  • Dance troupe Khronos Agoria used the song for their semi-final performance on Britian's Got Talent in May 2016.[10]

Charts

Single release
Chart (2013/2014) Peak
position
Ultratip 40 Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[11] Tip43
SNEP French Singles Chart[12] 52
UK Singles Chart 44
Austrian Singles Chart[13] 39
German Singles Chart[14] 11
Hungary (Single Top 40)[15] 10
Run Boy Run - Remixes EP position
Chart (2013) Peak
position
SNEP French Albums Chart[16] 31

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Germany (Media Control AG)[17] 85

References

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  8. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKc7E2MMAlY
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GgWnw6gN_o&list=PLQZxm8Yyl3G5eseoH232LskOLvtWoxb6r
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tWaFZLdZoc
  11. ↑ Ultratop 40: Woodkid - "Iron" page (Belgium, Wallonia charts)
  12. ↑ LesCharts.com Woodkid - "Run Boy Run" page
  13. ↑ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Woodkid&titel=Run+Boy+Run&cat=s
  14. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Woodkid&title=Run+Boy+Run&cat=s&country=de
  15. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  16. ↑ LesCharts.com Woodkid - "Run Boy Run" EP / album page (France)
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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