Fucking Boyfriend

"Fucking Boyfriend"
Single by The Bird and the Bee
from the album The Bird and the Bee (2007 album) and Again and Again and Again and Again (2006 EP)
Released	2006
Format	EP CD
Recorded	2006
Genre	Downtempo[1] synthpop[2] indie pop[3]
Length	3:17
Label	Blue Note
Writer(s)	Greg Kurstin Inara George
Producer(s)	Greg Kurstin Inara George Don Gilmore
The Bird and the Bee singles chronology
"Fucking Boyfriend" (2006) "Again & Again" (2007)

"Fucking Boyfriend" is the name of a song by American duo The Bird and the Bee. The single, which topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in December 2006, is featured on the acts' 2006 EP Again and Again and Again and Again and their 2007 full length CD The Bird and the Bee. The EP version was remixed by Canadian Electronica artist/DJ Peaches, while the CD Maxi releases were remixed by Ralphi Rosario & Jody den Broeder.

Reviewer Jon Young of Mother Jones cited "Fucking Boyfriend" as an example of how The Bird and the Bee "have something more subversive in mind, slipping corrosive thoughts inside their sugary confections".^[4] Margaret Coble of Curve called it "a snappy, bouncy dance floor ditty that takes on that angsty crush feeling all lovers' hearts can identify with."^[5]

"Fucking Boyfriend" reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Play,^[6] and marks the first time ever that a single on said chart with an explicit word in its title. Because of that word, radio stations only played the edited version of the song in their club mix shows and received limited airplay at Dance radio.

Song in popular culture

• "Fucking Boyfriend" has also appeared in the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Track listings

CD, maxi-single, promo (US)

1. "Fucking Boyfriend" (Ralphi Rosario & Jody Den Broeder Vox Mix) – 8:30
2. "Fucking Boyfriend" (Ralphi Rosario & Jody Den Broeder Clean Mix) – 8:30
3. "Fucking Boyfriend" (Ralphi Rosario & Jody Den Broeder Mixshow Edit) – 5:31
4. "Fucking Boyfriend" (Ralphi Rosario & Jody Den Broeder Radio Edit) – 3:48
5. "Fucking Boyfriend" (Ralphi Rosario & Jody Den Broeder Thick Dub) – 9:43
6. "Fucking Boyfriend" (album version) – 3:15

References

4. Jon Young, Review of The Bird and the Bee, Mother Jones, January 1, 2007  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
5. Margaret Coble, "New sounds for spring: shake your thang to Brazilian beats or chill out to acid jazz", Curve, March 1, 2007  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
6. "Hot Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 2, 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2014.

External links

• Track listing at e.discogs.com