In February 2021, Nigerian singer, songwriter and actor Chike-Ezekpeazu Osebuka, popularly known by stage name CHIKE released a refix of his single ‘Running’. Enlisted on it was Vocal Prowess: Simi who added a fresh and delightful feel to it.
5 months later, the song’s visual as directed by Pinkline Films’ Pink on top of its continued commercial success and topping of charts has registered yet another W!
The music video for Chike’s Running alongside Simi has of today 26/07 surpassed 20 Million views on YouTube. This means that the heart string pulling track was enjoyed 20,000,000 times on the video streaming service; hence ranking it among the most-watched music videos released in 2021 by Nigerian artists with visuals for WizKid’s ‘Ginger’ featuring Burna Boy being ahead by about half a million views.
Chike took to social to share the exciting news of the milestone:
Woke up to 20 million views on #RunningToYou❤🏃🏾♂️🏃🏾♀️ with @SympLySimi
Thanks to #ChikeClan & #SimiArmy, for making this the most viewed music video of 2021 yet… Congratulations 🎊🥂🥳
Thanks to the entire cast & crew that worked effortlessly to bring this song to life 🌹 pic.twitter.com/EhSKELNa3a
— Chiké (@Officialchike) July 20, 2021
‘Running’ original appeared on the singer’s 2020 debut 13-track album ‘Boo of the Booless’; with Running (To You) and If You No Love (ft. Mayorkun) being the extra offerings as separate releases. Stream his latest Music Video ‘Roju’, which also collected 2 million views in just a month of outage.
