Boy Next Door (song)

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"Boy Next Door"
Jamelia - Boy Next Door (CD 1).jpg
Single by Jamelia
from the album Drama
Released2 October 2000
Recorded2000
Genre R&B
Length3:24(Radio edit)
3:38 (Album version)
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s) Jamelia Davis, R. Bennett, T. Harris
Producer(s) Rory Bennett
Jamelia singles chronology
"Call Me"
(2000)
"Boy Next Door"
(2000)
"Bout"
(2003)
Alternative cover
Jamelia - Boy Next Door (CD 2).jpg
UK CD: 2 single cover

"Boy Next Door" is a song by British R&B singer Jamelia. It was released as the fourth and final single from her debut album Drama . The song is one of two of Jamelia's singles to miss the UK Top 40, peaking at No. 42 and spending only two weeks inside the Top 75. [1] The version released as a single was a slight remix to the version that appears on the album and is also slightly shorter in length.

Contents

Track listing

UK CD 1

  1. "Boy Next Door" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Money" (Smokin Beats Club Mix Edit)
  3. "Boy Next Door" (Raw Soul Mix)
  4. "Boy Next Door" (Enhanced section – video & photos)

UK CD 2

  1. "Boy Next Door" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Boy Next Door" (Stush Mix)
  3. "Boy Next Door" (Code Blue Mix)

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [2] 61
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 42
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [4] 7

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