Boys (Charli XCX song)

"Boys"
"Boys"
Single by Charli XCX
Released	26 July 2017
Genre	Electropop; minimal pop; bubblegum pop;
Length	2:42
Label	Asylum; Atlantic UK;
Songwriter(s)	Cass Lowe; Jerker Hansson; Ari Leff; Emily Warren; Ingrid Andress; Michael Pollack;
Producer(s)	Jerker Olov Hansson; Cass Lowe (add.);
Charli XCX singles chronology
Music video
	"Boys" on YouTube

"Boys" is a single by English singer Charli XCX, released on 26 July 2017 by Asylum Records and Atlantic Records UK. The song was originally intended to be the second single from her then-upcoming third studio album. However, the song became a stand-alone single when the projected third album was leaked on the internet and cancelled.^[4] The song makes use of a sample from the Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros.^[5]

A cover of the song by one of its writers, Ingrid Andress, is included on the deluxe edition reissue of Andress' debut studio album, Lady Like (2020), with a mandolin being used to replicate the video game sample.^[6]

^ Reed, Ryan (26 July 2017). "Charli XCX Recruits Joe Jonas, Wiz Khalifa, Caspar Richard Lee in Celeb-Packed 'Boys' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "Charli XCX Talks 'Boys' And Life After 'Number 1 Angel'". The Interns. 27 July 2017.
^ Geffen, Sasha (11 December 2017). "The 100 Best Songs of 2017". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ "Charli XCX's Delayed Album: Who Is Really to Blame?". Highsnobiety. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
^ James, Jack (28 June 2019). "5 iconic sound effects and the songs that sampled them". Happy. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "INGRID ANDRESS SET TO RELEASE A DIVINE DELUXE VERSION OF CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM LADY LIKE ON 10/2". Warner Music Nashville. 21 September 2020. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[rolling-1] Reed, Ryan (26 July 2017). "Charli XCX Recruits Joe Jonas, Wiz Khalifa, Caspar Richard Lee in Celeb-Packed 'Boys' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[2] "Charli XCX Talks 'Boys' And Life After 'Number 1 Angel'". The Interns. 27 July 2017.

[Pitchfork's_Best_of_100_2017-3] Geffen, Sasha (11 December 2017). "The 100 Best Songs of 2017". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[4] "Charli XCX's Delayed Album: Who Is Really to Blame?". Highsnobiety. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

[5] James, Jack (28 June 2019). "5 iconic sound effects and the songs that sampled them". Happy. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[6] "INGRID ANDRESS SET TO RELEASE A DIVINE DELUXE VERSION OF CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM LADY LIKE ON 10/2". Warner Music Nashville. 21 September 2020. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

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