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'''"Boyz'''" is a [[Dance music|dance]]/[[hip hop]] song written and co-produced by [[rapper]] and [[artist]] [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] from her second album ''[[Kala (album)|Kala]]'' (2007), released as the album's first single on [[June 11]], [[2007]] (see [[2007 in music]]).
'''"Boyz'''" is a [[Dance music|dance]]/[[hip hop]] song written and co-produced by [[rapper]] and [[artist]] [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] from her second album ''[[Kala (album)|Kala]]'' (2007), released as the album's first single on [[June 11]], [[2007]] (see [[2007 in music]]). In [[December]] [[2007]] it placed #9 in [[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'s "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" <ref>{{cite web | title= "Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of 2007"| url= http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/3 | work = Rolling Stone | date=[[2007]]-[[12-11]] | accessdate=2007-12-11}}</ref>


==Background and release==
==Background and release==

Revision as of 22:50, 16 December 2007

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"Boyz"
Song

"Boyz" is a dance/hip hop song written and co-produced by rapper and artist M.I.A. from her second album Kala (2007), released as the album's first single on June 11, 2007 (see 2007 in music). In December 2007 it placed #9 in Rolling Stone's "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" [1]

Background and release

File:MIA BoyzUSB.jpg
Limited Edition Boyz Single 500mb USB/Wristband

Written and co-produced by Maya Arulpragasam and Switch, the song was the first official single to be lifted from M.I.A.'s second studio album Kala. M.I.A. recorded the beats using urmi drummers from Chennai, India, before taking her material to Trinidad where she recorded the vocals, and layered the song with soca music influences. "Boyz", like her other song "Bird Flu" from Kala utilizes the gaana genre[2] (Dappan koothu music), a sound M.I.A. also often heard from temples near where she lived during her childhood. She admits: "There's this one drum called the urmi that I really wanted to use on my album...It's like a spoke drum that they use in temples; they use it in this kind of music called 'gaana.' ... That’s the same drum in 'Boyz' too."[3] The track was worked on with co-producer Switch, and recording also took place in Brooklyn. The song was premiered on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show on 24 April, 2007. On June 3, 2007, the HQ Radio Edit of Boyz was leaked to the internet. On June 10, 2007, details of the release were published on M.I.A.'s official website. The track was released internationally via XL Recordings, in the UK via XL as a limited edition 12 inch maxi single and in USB key format on June 11th, and as a 12 inch vinyl and enhanced CD single in the US via Interscope Records on July 17.[4][5]

The single was also released through M.I.A.'s official website's store on August 10. The single was available for purchase in physical CD-single format, 12" vinyl and also limited edition 500mb USB stick/wristband (released in five different colors).[6][7]

The release includes Acapella and instrumental versions of the single, photos, remix parts, the video, and a making of the video part 1 feature.

The song was released on June 18, 2007 on iTunes Stores in Europe and peaked at number nineteen on the UK iTunes Dance Most Downloaded Songs.

"Boyz" featured in an episode from season 2 of the TV show Heroes, and in a sixth season episode of the TV show CSI: Miami.

Music video

File:MIA Boyzmusicv.jpg
M.I.A. in the music video for Boyz

The music video for the single was directed by Jason "Jay Will" Williams and M.I.A., and shot in Jamaica towards the end of April 2007. Photographs from the set of the video appeared on the internet in early May. The video features M.I.A. singing and dancing in serene surroundings with vibrant, neon colours and animation graphics, accompanied by several male dancers. One scene sees M.I.A. dancing around a defunct car.[8] The video premiered on M.I.A.'s official website and Myspace page on June 10th 2007. M.I.A. says about the video:

Boyz' is very outdoors. The video was shot in Jamaica, but the actual track was recorded in Trinidad. I didn't record the drums outdoors, but I think it sounds like that.[9]

The Video has received some rotation on MTV's (188) Greatest hits list as chosen by viewers.

Track listings and formats

Promo CD

  1. "Boyz" – 3:28
  2. "Boyz" [acapella] – 3:00
  3. "Boyz" [instrumental] – 3:29

12" vinyl

  1. "Boyz" [album version] – 3:28

U.S. CD single (Enhanced EP)/USB Wristband

  1. "Boyz" – 3:28
  2. "Boyz" [Acapella] – 3:00
  3. "Boyz" [instrumental] – 3:29
  4. Photos
  5. Remixes
  6. Video
  7. Making of the Video Part 1

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales[10] 7
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales[11] 13
Canadian Singles Chart 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales[12] 3

References

  1. ^ ""Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of 2007"". Rolling Stone. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-12-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ ""M.I.A."". SL2UK. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
  3. ^ ""Life in Exile"". Fader. 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-10-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ ""M.I.A."". M.I.A. Official site. 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-06-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ ""Pitchfork: M.I.A. Namez First Kala Single "Boyz""". Pitchforkmedia. 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2007-06-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ ""M.I.A. >> August 10th"". 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2007-08-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ ""M.I.A PRODUCTS"". Backstreet-Merch.com. 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-08-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ ""Pitchfork: Photos: M.I.A.'s Jamaican Vacation"". Pitchforkmedia. 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-05-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ ""Video: M.I.A., "Boyz""". VIBE. 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-06-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ ""Billboard - Hot Singles Sales"". Billboard. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ ""Billboard - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales"". Billboard. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ [1]. AllMusicGuide. Retrieved October 14 2007.



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