Run Boy Run (song)

"Run Boy Run" is a song by Yoann Lemoine, under his stage name Woodkid. It was released as the second single from his debut studio album, The Golden Age (2012). It was written by Lemoine and Ambroise Willaume from the French band Revolver. The single was released on 21 May 2012, becoming his highest-charting single.

"Run Boy Run"
Single by Woodkid
from the album The Golden Age
B-sideInstrumental (7")
Released21 May 2012
Format
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:33
Label
Songwriter(s)
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

Single was certified gold in Germany in 2014.[1]

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 a shield, and put a horned helmet on his head. The video was directed by Lemoine himself.

  • "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.The instamental is also used in the film when Tris is running for the train, after choosing the Dauntless faction.
  • Acrobatic team AcroArmy performed their top 12 routine to it on America's Got Talent.
  • 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 Australia's 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 Britain's Got Talent in May 2016.[10]
  • On 10 July 2016 TV4 (Sweden) used the song in its final montage of UEFA Euro 2016.
  • It was used in many different gymnastics routines from 2016 Summer Olympics, mostly without vocals.
  • It was used at the end of the documentary Playing Straight on the Irish television network RTÉ.
  • It was used during a section reflecting on Team GB's success at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics during the 2016-17 New Year firework display in London with Clare Balding narrating over the song.
  • It was used during The Wind Games 2017 by contestant whose performance won the Gold in Solo Freestyle.[11][12][13]
  • It is used by La Une (Belgium) in the closing credits of 7 à la Une.
  • It was used in the third-season finale of How to Get Away with Murder.[14][15]
  • It was used in Episode 5 of the first season of Gatebil on TV2 Zebra in Norway.
  • It was used in the ending of Episode 2 of The Netflix show 13 Reasons Why [16]
  • It was used in episode 10 of the first season of Skam
  • Angara Contortion group used the song for their audition on Britain's Got Talent in May 2017.[17]
  • Billy and Emily England used the song for their Judge Cuts performance in 2017 on season 12 of America's Got Talent.
  • It was used in the Paris bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Paralympics without the vocals.
  • It was used in the 2017 racing game Gran Turismo Sport. The song's instrumental version was used in the game's E3 2016 trailer.[18]
  • It was used in the trailer for the film "The Post" directed by Steven Spielberg.[19]
  • It was used by Lock 'N LoL Crew for their Duel performance in 2018 on Season 2 of World of Dance
  • It was used in Episode 2 of the Netflix show The Umbrella Academy. The episode was also titled Run Boy Run.
  • A portion was used by the Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps in their 2019 program subTerra.[20]
  • An instrumental version of the song is used in the trailer for the 2019 film The Death & Life of John F. Donovan.[21]
  • It was played at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil on every match before kick off.
  • It was featured in a promotional video of the new 2020 Audi RS 6 Avant.

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.

Track listing
  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)

Charts

Single release

Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
Ultratip 40 Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[22] 43
SNEP French Singles Chart[23] 52
UK Singles Chart 44
Austrian Singles Chart[24] 39
German Singles Chart[25] 11
Hungary (Single Top 40)[26] 10

Run Boy Run – Remixes (EP) position

Chart (2013) Peak
position
SNEP French Albums Chart[27] 31

Year-end charts
Chart (2013) Position
Germany (Media Control AG)[28] 85

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[29] Gold 150,000^
Italy (FIMI)[30] Gold 25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] Silver 200,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References
  1. http://www.musikindustrie.de/datenbank/#topSearch
  2. "Woodkid - Run Boy Run (Official HD Video)". Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  3. "O2 Priority Sports - powered by Nike+". Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  4. "Mehr Power für Dich. Vodafone Werbung 2013 Ungekürzt". Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  5. Duong, Christine (26 December 2013). "Trailer: "The Musketeers" Comes to BBC One on Jan. 2014". popinsomniacs.com. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  6. Video on YouTube
  7. "POWER HORSE TVC MENA". YouTube. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  8. https://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. Wind Games 2017, Solo Freestyle Results https://www.windoor-realfly.com/en/windgames/2017/results#section_solo-freestyle
  12. Straits Times, 6 Feb 2017 http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/grandpa-inspires-indoor-skydiver
  13. Channel News Asia, 6 Feb 2017 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singaporean-kyra-poh-bags-another-2-indoor-skydiving-gold-medals/3495356.html
  14. http://www.tunefind.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/season-3/41247
  15. http://www.tunefind.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/season-3/41248
  16. http://www.tunefind.com/show/13-reasons-why/season-1/42511M
  17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq33NwLdrpE
  18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQAvaDhb8jo&t=54s
  19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrXlY6gzTTM&t=39s
  20. Scott (2019-05-31). "Mandarins 2019 Production "subTerra"". Sacramento Mandarins. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63vgOHam-kg
  22. Ultratop 40: Woodkid - "Iron" page (Belgium, Wallonia charts)
  23. LesCharts.com Woodkid - "Run Boy Run" page
  24. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Woodkid&titel=Run+Boy+Run&cat=s
  25. http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Woodkid&title=Run+Boy+Run&cat=s&country=de
  26. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  27. LesCharts.com Woodkid - "Run Boy Run" EP / album page (France)
  28. "Top 100 Singles Jahrescharts 2013" (in German). VIVA. Viacom International Media Networks. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  29. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Woodkid; 'Run Boy Run')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  30. "Italian single certifications – Woodkid – Run Boy Run" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 11 November 2019. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Run Boy Run" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli online" under "Sezione".
  31. "British single certifications – Woodkid – Run Boy Run". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

External links[1]
  1. Freud, Sigmund. Civilization and its discontents. ISBN 9781554811403. OCLC 921034461.
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