Run Boy Run (song)

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"Run Boy Run"
Run-boy-run-by-woodkid.jpg
Single by Woodkid
from the album The Golden Age
B-side Instrumental (7")
Released21 May 2012
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:33
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
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 song by Yoann Lemoine, under his stage name Woodkid. It was released as the second single from his debut studio album, The Golden Age (2013). 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" was certified gold in Germany in 2014. [1]

Contents

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.

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) [23] 43
SNEP French Singles Chart [24] 52
UK Singles Chart 44
Austrian Singles Chart [25] 39
German Singles Chart [26] 11
Hungary (Single Top 40) [27] 10

Run Boy Run – Remixes (EP) position

Chart (2013)Peak
position
SNEP French Albums Chart [28] 31

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)Position
Germany (Media Control AG) [29] 85

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [30] Gold150,000^
Italy (FIMI) [31] Gold25,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [32] Gold400,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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