Running Back (Jessica Mauboy song)

"Running Back"
Single by Jessica Mauboy featuring Flo Rida
from the album Been Waiting
B-side	"Magical"
Released	1 October 2008 (2008-10-01)
Studio	The Sound Academy, Sydney, New South Wales
Genre	R&B
Length	3:45
Label	Sony
Songwriter(s)	Jessica Mauboy Sean Ray Mullins Audius Mtawarira
Producer(s)	Audius Mtawarira
Jessica Mauboy singles chronology
"Running Back" (2008) "Burn" (2008)
Flo Rida singles chronology
"In the Ayer" (2008) "Running Back" (2008) "Cause a Scene" (2009)
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"Running Back" on YouTube

"Running Back" is the debut single of Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy, featuring American rapper Flo Rida. The track was written by Mauboy, Audius Mtawarira, and Sean Ray Mullins, and was produced by Audius. "Running Back" was released for digital download on 19 September 2008 as the lead single from Mauboy's debut studio album, Been Waiting. Mauboy felt "so excited and honoured" to work with Flo Rida, calling it a dream come true.

The song peaked at number three on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), for shipments of 140,000 units. In 2009, "Running Back" won 'Highest Selling Single' at the ARIA Music Awards, where it was also nominated for 'Breakthrough Artist Single'. It also won 'Urban Work of the Year' at the APRA Awards and 'Single Release of the Year' at the NT Indigenous Music Awards. The music video was directed by Fin Edquist, and portrays a fictional relationship between Mauboy and Flo Rida. The video has garnered over 1 million views on Vevo.^[1] The song has been performed live at the 2008 Sydney New Year's Eve event and on Australian Idol, where Mauboy was a former contestant of the show in 2006.