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"Boy" is the title of the 1985 debut single by the American synthpop band Book of Love. The song was included on the band's eponymous debut album ''Book of Love'' in 1986. Although the song failed to reach the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, it did make the Top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it peaked at no. 7 in April 1985.〔(1985 chart stats at billboard.com )〕 "Boy" was written by band member Theodore ("Ted") Ottaviano and features a prominent tubular bells melody. The band secured a recording contract when the demo of the song was given to DJ/producer Ivan Ivan, who then passed it along to Seymour Stein of Sire Records. The song is also notable for its uncommon (in a mainstream pop song of its time) subject matter, describing the frustrations of a woman who likes "a boy who likes boys".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://archive.org/details/bookofloveboy )〕 The lyrical content, however, is veiled and suggestive rather than overt and explicit, presumably due to the unease surrounding homosexuality in some circles of US culture in the mid-1980s. In 1985, a rare Australian promotional video was shot for the single. (see External links for video) On May 21, 1985, the song was featured on American Bandstand's rate-a-record segment.〔 Up against B.E. Taylor Group's "Reggae Rock & Roll", "Boy" won the competition with the score of 84. In 2000, almost sixteen years later, the song was remixed by noted club DJ Peter Rauhofer, as well as Headrillaz, Dubaholics, RPO, and re-released to dance clubs in late 2000/early 2001. These remixes, including an almost ten-minute-long version by Rauhofer, again charted on the ''Billboard'' Club Play chart under the title "Boy (Remixes)", this time reaching no. 1 on the dance chart in February 2001.〔(2001 chart stats at billboard.com )〕 Both the original version of "Boy" as well as an edit of the remix by Rauhofer were included on Book of Love's greatest hits album, ''I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love'', in 2001. In 2001, a promotional video remix titled 'Big Red Mix' was made for the album edit of the Peter Rauhofer remix using footage from the band's 1989 appearance at Bill Graham's ''In Concert Against AIDS'' benefit show in San Francisco. (see External links for video) The song is played during a club scene in the episode "Limbo" of the American television series ''Halt and Catch Fire''. ==Track listings== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boy (Book of Love song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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