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“I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” by Black Kids
From the EP Wizard of Ahhhs (2007)
“I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” by Black Kids appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2008 and 2022. It was first released in 2007 on the EP Wizard of Ahhhs. Its best result is #24 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #107 alternative song of 2008 and #7,317 alternative song of all time.
Black Kids, an American indie band, first floated "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You" as a demo on Wizard of Ahhhs, their 2007 EP, and that early version alone made number 68 on Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2007. It's a title that tells you half the story before a note has played, and it made a fine calling card.
The song then carried over to the band's debut album, Partie Traumatic, and Almost Gold Recordings put it out as their first single in April 2008, with Bernard Butler credited as producer. Britain took the bait and pushed it to number 11 on the singles chart; in the US, where it landed in late May, it never charted at all.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 27 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2008 | 136 |
| 2008 | 24 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 74 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1943 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1947 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2022 | 627 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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