Boyfriend (Mabel song)

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"Boyfriend"
Mabel - Boyfriend.png
Single by Mabel
Released26 February 2020 (2020-02-26)
Recorded2019
Genre Pop [1]
Length3:46
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Steve Mac
Mabel singles chronology
"Loneliest Time of Year"
(2019)		"Boyfriend"
(2020)		"West Ten"
(2020)
Music video
"Boyfriend" on YouTube

"Boyfriend" is a song by English singer Mabel, released on 26 February 2020. The song appears as a digital reissue 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]

Contents

Background

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]

Composition

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.

Music video

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]

Track listing

Digital download [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Boyfriend"3:46
Digital download - Tiësto Remix [11]
No.TitleLength
1."Boyfriend" (Tiësto Remix)2:57
Digital download - Endor Remix [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Boyfriend" (Endor Remix)2:51
Digital download - Digital Farm Animals & Franklin Remix [13]
No.TitleLength
1."Boyfriend" (Digital Farm Animals & Franklin Remix)3:01
Digital download – Remixes EP [14]
No.TitleLength
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
Digital download – Acoustic version [15]
No.TitleLength
1."Boyfriend" (acoustic)3:59

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [16]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [33] Gold35,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [34] Gold20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [35] Platinum600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various26 February 2020Original Polydor [1]
United Kingdom28 February 2020 Contemporary hit radio [36]
Australia2 March 2020 Universal [37]
Italy6 March 2020 [38]
Various27 March 2020
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Tiësto RemixPolydor [11]
3 April 2020Endor Remix [12]
10 April 2020 Digital Farm Animals & Franklin Remix [13]
1 May 2020Remixes EP [14]
12 June 2020Acoustic [15]

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