Boys That Sing

"Boys That Sing"
Single by Viola Beach
from the album Viola Beach
Released	22 January 2016
Recorded	2015
Genre	Indie rock indie pop [1]
Length	3:13
Label	Fuller Beans
Songwriter(s)	Kris Leonard Jack Dakin River Reeves Tomas Lowe
Producer(s)	Ian Grimble
Viola Beach singles chronology
"Swings & Waterslides" (2015) "Boys That Sing" (2016)
Music video
"Boys That Sing" on YouTube

"Boys That Sing" is a song performed by English indie rock group Viola Beach. The song was released as a digital download on 22 January 2016 through Fuller Beans Records. It was to be the last single released by Viola Beach before their deaths in February 2016. Debuting at number 80 on the UK Singles Chart, the song later peaked at number 50 after the four band members and their manager Craig Tarry were killed in an incident on the E4 motorway bridge at Södertälje, southwest of Stockholm, Sweden on 13 February 2016. The song was included on their posthumous debut studio album. It peaked at number 50 after Coldplay covered the song as a tribute at the 2016 Glastonbury Festival. The song was written by Viola Beach and produced by Ian Grimble. The single also features a B-side titled 'Like A Fool'.

Music video

To mark the release of the group's self-titled album, a mixed-media animation video was released for the single in July 2016. ^{[2] [3]} The video includes a mixture of live action footage taken in Warrington, the group's hometown, with animated characters and footage of the group.

Track listing

Digital download

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Boys That Sing"	3:13
2.	"Like a Fool"	2:51

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC) [4]	50

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [5]	Silver	200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	22 January 2016	Digital download	Fuller Beans

References

1. Burrows, Marc (29 July 2016). "Viola Beach - Viola Beach". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
2. "Viola Beach - Boys That Sing (Official Music Video". YouTube. Viola Beach. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
3. "Viola Beach animated video for 'Boys That Sing'". Music-News.com. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
5. "British single certifications". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 26 October 2019.Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field.