Baby Boy (Big Brovaz song)

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"Baby Boy"
Big Brovaz - Baby Boy (CD 1).jpg
Single by Big Brovaz
from the album Nu-Flow
B-side
  • "Anything"
  • "Party Over Here"
Released1 September 2003 (2003-09-01)
Studio Dairy (Brixton, England)
Length
  • 3:17 (radio edit)
  • 4:02 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Michael Mugisha
  • John Paul Horsley
  • Michael Brown
  • Cherise Roberts
  • Nadia Shepherd
  • Dion Howell
  • Abdul Bello
  • Temi Tayo Aisida
Producer(s) Skillz and Fingaz
Big Brovaz singles chronology
"Favourite Things"
(2003)
"Baby Boy"
(2003)
"Ain't What You Do"
(2003)

"Baby Boy" is a single released in 2003 by British hip hop-R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fourth single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, Nu-Flow . "Baby Boy" became Big Brovaz' fourth UK top-10 hit, peaking at number four and spending three months on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also their third top-10 hit on the Australian Singles Chart, peaking at number eight and receiving a platinum certification from the Australian Recording Industry Association. "Baby Boy" additionally reached number 10 in Ireland, number 13 in New Zealand, and number 29 in Flanders.

Contents

The video for the song parodies the popular sitcom Friends and was directed by Vaughan Arnell. [1] "Baby Boy" was released across two CD singles and featured two previously unreleased tracks, "Anything" and "Party Over Here".

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes. [2]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [16] Platinum70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Silver200,000

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

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom1 September 2003
  • CD
  • cassette
[18]
Australia3 November 2003CD [19]

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