"F****** Boyfriend" (“F**king Boyfriend” for radio and during its chart run) is the name of a song by American duo
the Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee (stylized in all lowercase) is an American indie pop musical duo from Los Angeles, consisting of Inara George ("the bird") and Greg Kurstin ("the bee"). Kurstin is a seven-time Grammy Award–winning producer and multi- ...
. The single, which topped the U.S.
Hot Dance Club Play
Dance Club Songs is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It is a national look over of club disc jockeys to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the country. It was launched as t ...
chart in December 2006, is featured on the acts' 2006 EP ''
Again and Again and Again and Again
''Again and Again and Again and Again'' is the debut EP by American indie pop duo the Bird and the Bee. It was released on October 31, 2006, by Blue Note Records, three months before the duo's first full-length album, ''The Bird and the Bee''. T ...
'' and their 2007 full-length CD ''
The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee (stylized in all lowercase) is an American indie pop musical duo from Los Angeles, consisting of Inara George ("the bird") and Greg Kurstin ("the bee"). Kurstin is a seven-time Grammy Award–winning producer and multi- ...
''. The EP version was remixed by
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
Electronica artist/DJ
Peaches
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, while the CD Maxi releases were remixed by
Ralphi Rosario
Ralphi Rosario is an American house musician and founding member of the influential Chicago DJ group Hot Mix 5.
Biography
When Hot Mix 5 was formed in 1981 on radio station WBMX (now WVAZ), Rosario, the youngest member of the group, was still in ...
& Jody den Broeder.
Reviewer Jon Young of ''
Mother Jones
Mary G. Harris Jones (1837 (baptized) – November 30, 1930), known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She h ...
'' 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". Margaret Coble of ''
Curve
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Intuitively, a curve may be thought of as the trace left by a moving point (ge ...
'' called it "a snappy, bouncy dance floor ditty that takes on that angsty crush feeling all lovers' hearts can identify with."
"Fucking Boyfriend" reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Play,
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, and during its run at Dance Club Songs, the title was censored to read “F**king Boyfriend” out of concern from its readers.
Song in popular culture
* "Fucking Boyfriend" has also appeared in the 2008 film ''
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
''Forgetting Sarah Marshall'' is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Nicholas Stoller and starring Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and Russell Brand. The film, which was written by Segel and co-produced by Judd Apatow, was released by ...
''.
Track listings
References
External links
Track listing at e.discogs.com
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2006 singles
Electronic songs
Songs written by Greg Kurstin
2007 songs
Blue Note Records singles
Song recordings produced by Greg Kurstin
Songs written by Inara George