Song · Charli XCX
“Boys” by Charli XCX
Released 2017
“Boys” by Charli XCX appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2017. It was first released in 2017. Its best result is #60 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #255 alternative song of 2017.
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Charli XCX dropped "Boys" on July 26, 2017, through Asylum and Atlantic, and it was supposed to be the second single from her third album. Then that album leaked online and was scrapped, and "Boys" was left to stand alone as a one-off. It stands just fine: a sugar-rush of bubblegum electropop with a sample from the Nintendo game Super Mario Bros. worked into it. The writing credit is a crowded one, shared by Ingrid Andress, Jerker Hansson, Lauv, Cass Lowe, Michael Pollack and Emily Warren.
The song kept shape-shifting after release. In 2018 Charli recorded a Mandarin version produced by the Beijing DJ Howie Lee, which surfaced first on Chinese social media, and that remix, with an added verse from Jeanie, later reached streaming and download services in China.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 60 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 | 100 |
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