My Kz, Ur Bf

"My Kz, Ur Bf"
Single by Everything Everything
from the album Man Alive
Released 5 October 2009
Format Digital download
Recorded 2008
Genre Art rock, indie pop, indie rock
Length 3:37
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Michael Spearman, Alex Niven
Producer(s) David Kosten
Everything Everything singles chronology
"Photoshop Handsome"
(2009)		 "My Kz, Ur Bf"
(2009)		 "Schoolin'"
(2010)

"My Kz, Ur Bf" (often stylised as "MY KZ, UR BF" or "My Keys, Your Boyfriend") is a song from British indie pop band Everything Everything. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2009 as the third single from the band's debut studio album, Man Alive (2010).[1]

Track listing

Digital EP[1]
No. Title Length
1. "My Kz, Ur Bf"   3:37
2. "My Kz, Ur Bf" (Grum Remix) 5:51

Background and Composition

The song began as what Jonathan Higgs has described as "an old demo I made in a sort of R&B pastiche style". The band released this demo, under the title "Airstrike On Your Forehead", on their official SoundCloud page, explaining how the song had been altered and stripped down since the demo version.[2]

"My Kz, Ur Bf" is characterised by its usage of numerous synthesizers, complex syncopated rhythms, fast-paced vocals, and rich backing vocals. In a self-released video on the band's YouTube channel, Higgs describes the song's exploration of "two different types of America", referring to the stark contrast between the "superficial sitcom world" and "killing people in foreign lands". The song imagines a superimposition of the two environments, and how insignificant one would seem in the presence of the other.[3]

Charts

For the chart week dated 4 September 2010, "My Kz, Ur Bf" debuted as number one hundred and twenty-one on the UK Singles Chart—marking the band's second appearance on the chart; following "Schoolin'" (#152, 2010).[4]

Weekly charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
UK Singles(Official Charts Company)[4] 121

Release history

Region Date Format
United Kingdom 13 June 2010[1] Digital download

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Everything Everything - 'My Kz, Ur Bf' - Digital Download". iTunes. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  2. ↑ "Airstrike On Your Forehead". SoundCloud. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Everything Everything - Man Alive - Track by Track". YouTube. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Chart Log UK > New Entries Update". Zobbel.de. 2010-09-04. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
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