Little Boy (Captain Jack song)

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"Little Boy"
Captain Jack - Little Boy single.jpg
Single by Captain Jack
from the album The Mission
B-side "Remix"
Released13 September 1996
Genre Eurodance
Length3:41
Songwriter(s) Franky Gee
Producer(s) Udo Niebergall
Captain Jack singles chronology
"Soldier, Soldier"
(1996)
"Little Boy"
(1996)
"Another One Bites the Dust"
(1996)
Music video
"Little Boy" on YouTube

"Little Boy" is a song recorded by the German eurodance group Captain Jack. It was released in September 1996 as the fourth and final single from their album, The Mission . The song peaked at number 8 in the Netherlands, number 16 in Finland and number 27 in Germany. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Little Boy" reached number 73.

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Music video

The music video was directed by Oliver Sommer and filmed in Berlin, Germany.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [2] 31
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [2] 46
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [3] 73
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [2] 16
Germany (Media Control Charts) [4] 27
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [2] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] 10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [2] 50

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [6] 82

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