Run Boy Run (song)
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" | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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"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 2013. 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
- "Run Boy Run" (Album Version) (3:33)
- "Run Boy Run" (Sebastian Remix) (3:52)
- "Run Boy Run" (Tepr Remix) (5:52)
- "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 new game Dying Light.
- It was used in the trailer for 42 (film).
- 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]
- 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.[7]
- 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.
A shortened version of the song is used for the reveal trailer for 2015 video game Dying Light. The song later is used as a theme song for the film The Maze Runner (2014 film).
Charts
- Single release
| Chart (2013/2014) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Ultratip 40 Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[8] | Tip43 |
| SNEP French Singles Chart[9] | 52 |
| UK Singles Chart | 44 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[10] | 39 |
| German Singles Chart[11] | 11 |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[12] | 10 |
- Run Boy Run - Remixes EP position
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| SNEP French Albums Chart[13] | 31 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2013) | Position |
|---|---|
| Germany (Media Control AG)[14] | 85 |
References
- ↑ "Woodkid Run Boy Run". http://theinspirationroom.com. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Woodkid - Run Boy Run (Official HD Video)". Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ↑ "O2 Priority Sports - powered by Nike+". Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ↑ "Mehr Power für Dich. Vodafone Werbung 2013 Ungekürzt". Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Duong, Christine (26 December 2013). "Trailer: "The Musketeers" Comes to BBC One on Jan. 2014". popinsomniacs.com. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ↑ Video on YouTube
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKc7E2MMAlY
- ↑ Ultratop 40: Woodkid - "Iron" page (Belgium, Wallonia charts)
- ↑ LesCharts.com Woodkid - "Run Boy Run" page
- ↑ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Woodkid&titel=Run+Boy+Run&cat=s
- ↑ http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Woodkid&title=Run+Boy+Run&cat=s&country=de
- ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
- ↑ LesCharts.com Woodkid - "Run Boy Run" EP / album page (France)
- ↑ "Top 100 Singles Jahrescharts 2013" (in German). VIVA. Viacom International Media Networks. Retrieved 12 January 2014.