"Run Boy Run" | ||||
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Single by Woodkid | ||||
from the album The Golden Age | ||||
B-side | Instrumental (7") | |||
Released | 21 May 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
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Length | 3:33 | |||
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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]
The music video for "Run Boy Run" was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 2013 Grammy Awards.[ citation needed ]
The music video 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.
Single release
Chart (2013–14) | Peak position |
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Ultratip 40 Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) [19] | 43 |
SNEP French Singles Chart [20] | 52 |
UK Singles Chart | 44 |
Austrian Singles Chart [21] | 39 |
German Singles Chart [22] | 11 |
Hungary (Single Top 40) [23] | 10 |
Run Boy Run – Remixes (EP) position
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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SNEP French Albums Chart [24] | 31 |
Chart (2013) | Position |
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Germany (Media Control AG) [25] | 85 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Germany (BVMI) [26] | Gold | 150,000^ |
Italy (FIMI) [27] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |