Boyfriend (Lou Bega song)

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"Boyfriend"
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Single by Lou Bega
from the album Free Again
Released7 May 2010
Genre Pop
Length2:51
Label DA Records
Songwriter(s) Achim Kleist , Lou Bega , Lucas Finn , Max Lengert , Wolfgang V. Webenau
Producer(s) Syndicate Musicproduction
Lou Bega singles chronology
"Conchita"
(2007)
"Boyfriend"
(2010)
"Sweet Like Cola"
(2010)

"Boyfriend" is a single by Lou Bega from his fourth album Free Again.

Contents

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Boyfriend" - 2:51
  2. "Lucky Punch" - 2:31

Chart performance

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts) [1] 71
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [2] 19

Music video

The music video for "Boyfriend" is directed by Dave Coba and recorded in Berlin in the old Film Noir style. Lou Bega stated that playing a double role in the video “...hasn’t been easy”. [3] [4]

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