Bop Bop Baby

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"Bop Bop Baby"
Westlife Bop Bop Baby.jpg
Single by Westlife
from the album World of Our Own
Released20 May 2002 (2002-05-20)
Studio Rokstone (London, England)
Length
  • 4:22 (LP version)
  • 4:30 (single remix)
Label BMG, RCA, S
Songwriter(s) Brian McFadden, Shane Filan, Graham Murphy, Chris O'Brien
Producer(s) Steve Mac
Westlife singles chronology
"World of Our Own"
(2002)		"Bop Bop Baby"
(2002)		"Unbreakable"
(2002)
Music video
"Bop Bop Baby" on YouTube

"Bop Bop Baby" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife and it was released on 20 May 2002 as the third and final single from their third studio album, World of Our Own (2001). The single peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart; during an interview, the band claimed this was due to the obscure choice of single, as they would have much preferred to release "Why Do I Love You", for which they had recorded a video. It is the band's 18th-best-selling single in paid-for sales and in combined sales in the United Kingdom as of January 2019. [1] Billboard named the single one of the "Top 15 Underrated Boy Band Jams" in 2015. [2]

Contents

Background

The song was written by band members Brian McFadden and Shane Filan alongside Graham Murphy and Chris O'Brien. [3] This is their first song co-written by the band members that was released as a single. McFadden said that he got inspired to write the lyrics after watching a Beach Boys documentary.[ citation needed ] It was composed in the traditional verse–chorus form in D major, with McFadden, Filan, and Mark Feehily's vocals ranging from the chords of G3 to A5. [4]

Music video

The video for "Bop Bop Baby" was initially to be directed by Vaughn Arnell and was to feature the band in front of the Irish skyline. Instead, the video was directed by Max & Dania. [5] The video was supposed to have Naomi Campbell as the leading lady, but she cancelled her participation at the last minute, and Leah Wood took over. The video was filmed at the University of Hertfordshire and took 32 hours to film. There were 25 extras on set, seven stuntmen, two horses, and Janty Yates (the costume designer for Russell Crowe's box office smash Gladiator ).

The video is set during the Medieval times. At the start of the video, it is said that a beautiful maiden wishes to marry for love, but her father wants her to marry Duke Vincent (Vinnie Jones), the vilest man in the kingdom for money. The band members serve as Musketeers who are imprisoned in a dungeon by the Duke. McFadden attempts to approach a nearby prisoner but is scared off. The five members then break free, riding on horses, they arrive at the wedding and battle the Duke's men. At one point, Kian Egan and Feehily nearly slash each other, screaming in the process before they got attacked by the Duke. The band members then attack the Duke before fleeing the church with the maiden with the Duke in pursuit. Billboard called the video "unintentionally hilarious" as well as a "riotous masterpiece". [2]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1 album booklet. [3]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
Sweden20 May 2002CD [30] [31]
United Kingdom
  • CD
  • cassette
 [32]
Australia15 July 2002CD [33]
New Zealand5 August 2002 [34]

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