Run Boy Run (song)

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B-sideInstrumental (7")
Released21 May 2012
Recorded2011
"Run Boy Run"
Single by Woodkid
from the album The Golden Age
B-sideInstrumental (7")
Released21 May 2012
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:33
Label
Songwriters
Producers
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] The song has been described as an LGBTQ anthem.[2]

The music video for "Run Boy Run" was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 2013 Grammy Awards.[3]

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.[3]

Use in politics

"Run Boy Run" was used at a demonstration against same-sex marriage by French anti-LGBTQ organization La Manif pour tous in 2016, which was criticized by Lemoine, who himself is a gay man. The song was later also used in a campaign video for the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign. In response Lemoine stated that the use of the song was never authorized and called upon his label Universal Music France to react against it.[2]

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

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[30] Gold 150,000^
Italy (FIMI)[31] Gold 25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Gold 400,000

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

References

See also

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