Baby Boy (Big Brovaz song)

"Baby Boy" is a single released in 2003 by the UK hip hop/R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fourth single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, Nu-Flow. "Baby Boy" became Big Brovaz' fourth UK top-ten hit, peaking at number four and spending three months on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also their third top-ten hit on the Australian Singles Chart, peaking at number eight and receiving a Platinum certification from the Australian Recording Industry Association. "Baby Boy" additionally reached number 10 in Ireland, number 13 in New Zealand, and number 29 in Flanders.

"Baby Boy"
Single by Big Brovaz
from the album Nu-Flow
Released	1 September 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	R&B, hip hop
Length	3:17 (radio edit) 4:02 (album version)
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Big Brovaz Dionne Howell
Producer(s)	Skillz Fingaz
Big Brovaz singles chronology
"Favourite Things" (2003) "Baby Boy" (2003) "Ain't What You Do" (2003)

The video for the song parodies the popular sitcom Friends and was directed by Vaughan Arnell.[1] "Baby Boy" was released across two CD singles and featured two previously unreleased tracks, "Anything" and "Party Over Here".

Music video

The video for the song was a parody of the popular US sitcom Friends. It was directed by Vaughan Arnell.[1]

Track listing

UK CD 1[2]

1. "Baby Boy" (radio edit)
2. "Baby Boy" (Blacksmith remix)
3. "Anything"
4. "Baby Boy" (video)

UK CD 2[3]

1. "Baby Boy" (radio edit)
2. "Party Over Here"
3. "Baby Boy" (Jaimeson vocal mix)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[4] 8 Australian Urban (ARIA)[5] 4 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 29 Ireland (IRMA)[7] 10 Scotland (OCC)[8] 4 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 13 UK Singles (OCC)[10] 4 UK R&B (OCC)[11] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position UK Singles (OCC)[12] 39 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[13] Platinum 70,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[14] Silver 200,000 ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Robin Brown - United Agents". United Agents. p. 2. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
2. UK CD: 1 track listings reference
3. UK CD: 2 track listings reference
4. "Australian-charts.com – Big Brovaz – Baby Boy". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
5. "Issue 718" ARIA Top 40 Urban Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
6. "Ultratop.be – Big Brovaz – Baby Boy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Baby Boy". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
8. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
9. "Charts.nz – Big Brovaz – Baby Boy". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
11. "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
12. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2003" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
13. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
14. "British single certifications – Big Brovaz – Baby Boy". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics