Boy

About Boy

"Boy" is the title of the 1985 debut single by the American pop 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."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". The lyrical content, however, is veiled and suggestive rather than overt and explicit, presumably due to the unease surrounding homosexuality in most circles of US culture in the mid-1980s. Ted Ottaviano said in a 2016 Village Voice interview that the song "is actually written about Boy Bar, which was a very exclusive gay club in the East Village." more »

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2018

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I want to be where the boys are
but I'm not allowed
I wait outside of the boy's bar
I wait for them to all come out

I'm not a
boy

It's not my fault
that I'm not a boy
it's not my fault
I don't have those toys

I'm not a
boy

And now it's alright
without those boys
I stay at home at night
and I play with my toys

I'm not a
boy 

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Book of Love

Book of Love was, from 1984 to 1993, a popular synthpop and dance music band, alongside Sire Records labelmates Depeche Mode and Erasure. Led by vocalist Susan Ottaviano, the band also included Ted Ottaviano (no relation to Susan), Lauren Roselli and Jade Lee. more »

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