"Boyfriend" | ||||
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Single by Mabel | ||||
Released | 26 February 2020 | |||
Recorded | 2019 | |||
Genre | Pop [1] | |||
Length | 3:46 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Steve Mac | |||
Mabel singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Boyfriend" on YouTube |
"Boyfriend" is a song by English singer Mabel, released on 26 February 2020. The song appears as a digital and streaming bonus track on Mabel's debut studio album High Expectations (2019). [2] "Boyfriend" samples "Remember Me" (1997) by Blue Boy which in turn sampled "Woman of the Ghetto" (1969) by Marlena Shaw. [3]
Mabel announced the song's release on 21 February 2020. [4] She described the song as "wanting someone in your life doesn't mean you can't still be dat bitchh". [5]
Musically, "Boyfriend" is an empowering upbeat pop anthem with a bumping production. [6] [7] [1] Lyrically, the song sees Mabel wanting a boyfriend, but saying how she doesn't necessarily need one "I want a boyfriend... Even though a man ain't something I need".
This song is written in the key of B minor and has a tempo of 100 beats per minute.
The song's accompanying music video was directed by Isaac Rentz and was released on 26 February 2020. [8] [9] According to Mabel the video for "Boyfriend" was inspired by late American singer Aaliyah. [10] It sees Mabel make her ideal boyfriend in an underground computer laboratory. [6] It is a gender-reverse flip of the 1985 film Weird Science . [6]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Boyfriend" | 3:46 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Boyfriend" (Endor Remix) | 2:51 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Boyfriend" (Digital Farm Animals & Franklin Remix) | 3:01 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Boyfriend" (Tiësto remix) | 2:57 |
2. | "Boyfriend" (220 Kid remix) | 3:14 |
3. | "Boyfriend" (Endor remix) | 2:51 |
4. | "Boyfriend" (Digital Farm Animals & Franklin remix) | 3:01 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Boyfriend" (acoustic) | 3:59 |
Credits adapted from Tidal. [16]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [33] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 26 February 2020 | Original | Polydor | [1] | |
United Kingdom | 28 February 2020 | Contemporary hit radio | [34] | ||
Australia | 2 March 2020 | Universal | [35] | ||
Italy | 6 March 2020 | [36] | |||
Various | 27 March 2020 |
| Tiësto Remix | Polydor | [11] |
3 April 2020 | Endor Remix | [12] | |||
10 April 2020 | Digital Farm Animals & Franklin Remix | [13] | |||
1 May 2020 | Remixes EP | [14] | |||
12 June 2020 | Acoustic | [15] |
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