Billy S.

"Billy S." is a song recorded by Canadian musician Skye Sweetnam. It was released as her debut major label single in 2003, and was the first single from her album, Noise From the Basement. It reached number 15 on the Canadian Singles Chart and also charted in France and the Flanders region of Belgium. The song was featured on the soundtrack to the movie How to Deal.[2]

"Billy S."
Single by Skye Sweetnam
from the album Noise From the Basement
B-side"Wild World"
ReleasedMay 19, 2003[1]
Recorded2002
Genre
Length2:16
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
  • Skye Sweetnam
  • James Robertson
Skye Sweetnam singles chronology
"Shattered"
(2002)		 "Billy S."
(2003)		 "Tangled Up in Me"
(2004)

Song information

The song's title, "Billy S." stands for Billy Shakespeare, a reference to William Shakespeare, whom Skye refers to throughout the song. Sweetnam thought that the title "Billy Shakespeare" was too long, and decided to shorten it.

Music video

The music video for "Billy S.", filmed in Southern California, features Skye Sweetnam recording herself singing into a hand held camera. The video then goes on to show Sweetnam editing the video on a computer. The video also features scenes from the movie How to Deal. Skye is also shown, while making her video, gathering a group of people for the purpose of throwing a party and ultimately skipping school, walking triumphantly past the (school) bus.

The video for "Billy S." received regular airplay on MuchMusic and YTV.

Track listings

Canadian CD single[3]

  1. "Billy S."
  2. "Wild World"

European CD single[4]

  1. "Billy S."
  2. "Tidal Wave"

French DVD single[5]

  1. "Billy S."
  2. "Tidal Wave"
  3. "Billy S." (video)

Charts
Chart (2003–2005) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6] 3
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] 15
France (SNEP)[8] 92

References
  1. http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=5/19/2003&Format=1%5B%5D
  2. "Original Soundtrack – How to Deal". AllMusic. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. Billy S. (Canadian CD single liner notes). Skye Sweetnam. Capitol Records. 2003. 724355337923.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Billy S. (European CD single liner notes). Skye Sweetnam. Capitol Records. 2003. 7243 5533792 4.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Billy S. (French DVD single liner notes). Skye Sweetnam. Capitol Records. 2003. 7 24359 900919 6.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "Ultratop.be – Skye Sweetnam – Billy S." (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  7. "Skye Sweetname Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  8. "Lescharts.com – Skye Sweetnam – Billy S." (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved January 12, 2020.


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