"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, ''

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'' (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.

Music video

The music video for Woodkid track "Run Boy Run" was nominated for

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at the

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. 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.

In popular culture

* "Run Boy Run" was used in several O₂ adverts (those voiced by

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) and in a

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advert. It was used in the trailer for '' Now You See Me''. * The music has been featured in the introduction of the 2013 follow-up film ''What happened to KONY 2012?. * 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 the trailer for the BBC One series ''

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''. * It was used in the trailer for the final series of the BBC Three series '' Being Human''. * It was used in ads for the Power Horse energy drink in the Middle East and North Africa. * Also used during several episodes of ITV's X Factor boot camp stages of the competition and RTL's

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. * Played in an episode of MTV's '' Teen Wolf'' (2x11 ''Battlefield'', during the lacrosse game). * Played in an episode of the CW's ''

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'' (1x04 ''Hearts and Minds''). * Played in an episode of the CW's ''

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'' (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

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of the 2014 film '' Divergent''.The instrumental 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 ''

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''. * On 13 July 2014

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prominently featured the song in their final montage of the

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. * On 2 September 2014 is used by

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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 ''

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''. * The song was used for a

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dance by

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and Derek Hough on the show ''

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''. * The song is used by

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in the opening of FL72, which covers

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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 ''

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''. * Part of the song is used in the BBC America trailer for

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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 ''

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'' (S01e10). * It was used in certain

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adverts throughout 2014–15. * Dance troupe Khronos Agoria used the song for their semi-final performance on ''

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'' in May 2016. * On 10 July 2016

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used the song in its final montage of

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. * 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

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. * It was used during a section reflecting on

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's success at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics during the 2016-17 New Year firework display in London with

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narrating over the song. * The song was used by the dancing group, Malevo, for their live show on the 11th season of

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whose performance won the Gold in Solo Freestyle. * It is used by La Une (Belgium) in the closing credits of ''7 à la Une''. * It was used in Episode 14 of the third season of

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. * 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

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* It was used in episode 10 of the first season of Skam * Angara Contortion group used the song for their audition on ''

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and the

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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

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trailer. * It was used in the trailer for the film " The Post" directed by

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. * 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

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in their 2019 program subTerra. * An instrumental version of the song is used in the trailer for the 2019 film '' The Death & Life of John F. Donovan''. * It was played at the

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in the

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before kick off. * It was played at the

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on every match before kick off. * It was played at the

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during every match after the national anthems. *It was used in the

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in Week 10 of Season 17 of

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on the BBC * It was featured in a promotional video of the 2020 Audi RS 6 Avant for the United States and Canada. * An excerpt from the song was played before men's and women's football matches at the 2020 Summer Olympics in

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in 2021. * It was used in Episode 5 of the

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as the pre-match kickoff song for Gold Cup and Nations League matches. * It was used in the introduction for the

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broadcast of the Wimbledon Championship for the 100 year

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celebration in 2022. **Used in a training video by the Israeli army 2022 ** * In the popular game ''

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'', a player known as "Jakerz95" made a level titled "Woodkid" that uses a version of this song. This caused copyright issues. ** **

Track listing

#"Run Boy Run" (album version) – (3:33) #"Run Boy Run" (

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remix) – (3:52) #"Run Boy Run" (Tepr remix) – (5:52) #"Run Boy Run" (Ostend remix) – (4:15)

Charts

Single release ''Run Boy Run – Remixes (EP)'' position

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

*{{Discogs master, master=544400, name=Run Boy Run, type=single 2012 singles 2011 songs Woodkid songs Universal Music Group singles