Run Boy Run (song)

Music video

In popular culture

• "Run Boy Run" was used in several O₂ adverts and in a Vodafone advert. 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 .
• 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 The Musketeers.
• 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 Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
• Played in an episode of MTV's Teen Wolf.
• Played in an episode of the CW's Reign.
• Played in an episode of the CW's Cult.
• The final minute of the song serves as music background for Discovery Channel Iberia promo campaign "My Territory is Discovery".
• 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.The instamental 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 America's Got Talent.
• 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.
• 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.
• It features in the 2015 trailer for Australia's SBS.
• The song later is used as a theme song for the film The Maze Runner.
• Part of the song is used in the BBC America trailer for series 9 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 The Shannara Chronicles.
• It was used in certain Cancer Research UK adverts throughout 2014–15.
• Dance troupe Khronos Agoria used the song for their semi-final performance on Britain's Got Talent in May 2016.
• On 10 July 2016 TV4 used the song in its final montage of UEFA Euro 2016.
• 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 RTÉ.
• It was used during a section reflecting on Team GB's success at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics during the 2016-17 New Year firework display in London with Clare Balding narrating over the song.
• It was used during The Wind Games 2017 by contestant whose performance won the Gold in Solo Freestyle.
• It is used by La Une in the closing credits of 7 à la Une.
• It was used in the third-season finale of How to Get Away with Murder.
• 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 Netflix show 13 Reasons Why
• It was used in episode 10 of the first season of Skam
• Angara Contortion group used the song for their audition on Britain's Got Talent in May 2017.
• Billy and Emily England used the song for their Judge Cuts performance in 2017 on season 12 of America's Got Talent.
• It was used in the Paris bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Paralympics 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 E3 2016 trailer.
• It was used in the trailer for the film "The Post" directed by Steven Spielberg.
• 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 Netflix show The Umbrella Academy. The episode was also titled Run Boy Run.
• A portion was used by the Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps 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 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil on every match before kick off.
• It was featured in a promotional video of the 2020 Audi RS 6 Avant for the United States and Canada.

  ''Run Boy Run – Remixes (EP)''

Track listing

1. "Run Boy Run" –
2. "Run Boy Run" –
3. "Run Boy Run" –
4. "Run Boy Run" –

   Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications