Boys (Britney Spears song)

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"Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)"

Single by Britney Spears featuring Pharrell Williams
from the album Britney
Released	UK: July 29, 2002
Format	CD single
Recorded	2001
Genre	Pop rap
Length	3:28
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	Chad Hugo Pharrell Williams
Producer(s)	The Neptunes
Certification	Uncertified
Chart positions
#1 (Philippines) #7 (U.K.) #18 (United World Chart) #19 (Germany) #14 (Australia) #21 (Canada) #33 (Italy) #109 (U.S.)
Britney Spears UK/Australian singles chronology
"I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" (2002)	"Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)" (2002)	"I Love Rock 'N' Roll" (2002)
Britney Spears US/Europe singles chronology
"I Love Rock 'N' Roll" (2002)	"Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)" (2002)	"Me Against The Music" (2003)

"Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)" is the fourth single released in the U.S. although the fifth single in countries such as Australia and the UK from Britney Spears's 2001 album Britney. The song was released during the third quarter of 2002.

The song was written and produced by The Neptunes. For its release, the single was re-vamped as "The Co-Ed Remix," and featured help from Neptune Pharrell Williams on vocals. The track was also featured on the soundtrack for the film Austin Powers in Goldmember. The song shows Spears explaining that even though there are benefits to being single, "boys" are sometimes what a girl needs.

1 Music video
2 Remixes/Official Versions
3 Tracklist
4 Chart performance

[edit] Music video

Spears walking beside the pool.

The music video for "Boys" saw Britney reunite with director Dave Meyers ("Lucky"). It starts out with Britney, adorned in a dress and readying herself for a party, inside a castle where a group of women are dancing around her. The next scene takes place in one of the courtyards where Spears is found sitting at the end of a long table, and a man sitting at the other end. Following this, Britney is found walking around a pool, where she spots a guy (played by Justin Bruening) that she is apparently attracted to swimming around. They begin to toy with each other while Pharrell is seen at the bar flirting with a woman. Britney walks over to him and they begin to talk instead. Following this, Spears dances suggestively with a group of people, including Mike Meyers as Austin Powers (the video was used for promotion of the film Austin Powers in Goldmember). The end sees Spears and Austin going to have sex."

The video retired on MTV's TRL and was later nominated for a Video Music Award in 2003 for Best Video from a Film.

[edit] Remixes/Official Versions

Album Version 3:26
Album Version (Instrumental) 3:26
The Co-Ed Remix Feat. Pharrel Williams 3:45
The Co-Ed Remix Feat. Pharrel Williams (Instrumental)3:45
The Co-Ed Remix (Edit) 3:18 - Promotional edit from a Mexican Promo CD.
Riprock N Alex G Remix 4:00

[edit] Tracklist

Boys (The Co-Ed Remix) Featuring Pharrell Williams

. Boys (The Co-Ed Remix) -Featuring Pharrell Williams
. Boys (The Co-Ed Remix) (Instrumental)
. Boys (Album Version)
. Boys (Album Version) (Instrumental)

[edit] Chart performance

Although "Boys" was meant to be Spears' comeback single in the U.S. after the failure of the rest of the releases from the Britney album (aside from "I'm a Slave 4 U"), it ended up flopping on the pop charts harder than any of her previous singles. The song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaked only at number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart (equivalent to number 109 if the Hot 100 ran past one-hundred ranks). Regarding Top 40 radio, the single charted only on the lower-half of one of the component charts: the Mainstream Top 40.

"Boys" became her first entry into U.S. R&B charts, peaking at number 23. Although unexpected, her pop failure broke a major barrier in her career as it was on the R&B charts. The only other songs in her career that were on the R&B charts are "I'm A Slave 4 U" & "Outrageous."

"Boys" is also arguably her biggest international flop to-date, as it failed to ascend to the top ten in almost every country, and also missed even the top twenty in several regions.

The single was a success in the UK debuting at seven and selling a total of 74,000 copies.

Chart (2002)	Peak position
ARC Weekly Top 40	31
U.S. Billboard Bubbling-Under Hot 100	9
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40	32
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop	23
Australian ARIA Top 50	14
Austrian Top 75	18
Belgium Top 20	7
Brazilian Top 100	45
Canadian Billboard Top 100	21
Chile Top 100	20
Dutch Top 40	14
Dutch Mega Single Top 100	13
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	37
French Top 100	55
German Top 100	19
Indonesia Chart	8
Italian Top 50	30
Japanese Top 200	63
Mexican Top 100 (Album Version)	25
Mexican Top 100 (Co-Ed Remix)	8
N.P. Top 100	16
New Zealand Top 50	39
Philippine Top 20	1
Swedish Top 60	11
Swiss Top 100	20
'Tokio Hot 100'	38
UK Official Singles Chart	7
World Airplay Top 100	36
World Singles Top 100	16