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| Single by Skye Sweetnam | ||||
| from the album How to Deal | ||||
| B-side | "Wild World" | |||
| Released | May 19, 2003 | |||
| Length | 2:15 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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"Billy S." is a song by Canadian musician Skye Sweetnam. It was released as her debut major label single in 2003. "Billy S." reached number 15 on the Canadian Singles Chart and also charted in France and the Flanders region of Belgium. The song was featured on the soundtrack to the movie How to Deal . [1]
The song's title, "Billy S." stands for Billy Shakespeare, a reference to William Shakespeare, whom Skye refers to throughout the song. The song contains numerous Shakespeare references including Juliet from Romeo and Juliet , Malvolio from Twelfth Night and the phrase "To be, or not to be" from Hamlet , which is changed to "To skip or not to skip, that is the question". Sweetnam thought that the title "Billy Shakespeare" was too long, and decided to shorten it.
The music video for "Billy S.", filmed in Southern California, features Skye Sweetnam recording herself singing into a handheld camera. The video then goes on to show Sweetnam editing the video on a computer. The video also features scenes from the movie How to Deal . Skye is also shown, while making her video, gathering a group of people for the purpose of throwing a party and ultimately skipping school, walking triumphantly past the (school) bus.
The video for "Billy S." received regular airplay on MuchMusic and YTV.
Canadian CD single [2]
European CD single [3]
French DVD single [4]
| Chart (2003–2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [5] | 3 |
| Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [6] | 15 |
| France (SNEP) [7] | 92 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| United States | May 19, 2003 | Contemporary hit radio | Capitol | [8] |
| July 22, 2003 | CD single | [9] | ||
| Germany | November 24, 2003 | EMI | [10] |
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