Boys Wanna Be Her

"Boys Wanna Be Her"
Single by Peaches
from the album Impeach My Bush
Released November 6, 2006
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre Glam rock, electroclash
Length 3:55 (album version)
3:57 (radio edit)
Label XL
Writer(s) Peaches
Producer(s) Peaches
Peaches singles chronology
"Downtown"
(2006)		 "Boys Wanna Be Her"
(2006)		 "Wild Thing (Peaches Remix)"
(2007)
Music video
"Boys Wanna Be Her" on YouTube

"Boys Wanna Be Her" is a song written and recorded by Peaches, released as the second single from her third full-length album, Impeach My Bush.

Track listing

  1. "Boys Wanna Be Her" – 3:57
  2. "Boys Wanna Be Her" (The Flaming Lips Eat Peaches) – 3:14
  3. "Boys Wanna Be Her" (Tommy Sunshine’s Brooklyn Fire Retouch) – 5:04
  4. "Boys Wanna Be Her" (Weird Science Remix) – 3:53

Music video

The music video shows Peaches and The Herms, all dressed in glam rock fashions, hitting themselves until they bleed while performing the song on stage.

Uses in other media

"Boys Wanna Be Her" was featured in episodes of television series Ugly Betty ("Don't Ask, Don't Tell"),[1] The L Word (featured on the L Tunes: Music from and inspired by The L Word compilation album), [2] and Lost Girl, a Canadian supernatural TV show.

It was used in promos for the FX network show Dirt and Fox network show Dollhouse,[3] the Electronic Arts videogame Need For Speed: ProStreet, and the Matchstick Productions ski film Push. It was also featured in the trailer of the 2012 movie Bad Kids Go to Hell.

The song is featured in the 2009 movie Whip It and the movie's trailer; in addition, the song appears on the official Whip It soundtrack.

Part of the song is used in Canadian car television commercials for the 2011 Subaru Forester as part of the "Sexy Comes Standard" advertising campaign.

The song is used as the theme music for the TBS late-night television series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.

Peaches performed the song on season 4, episode 7 of Orphan Black, "The Antisocialism of Sex."

The song is used in the Season 1 Official Trailer for the Amazon series "Fleabag".

Other versions

"Boys Wanna Be Her (Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Retouch)" appeared on the Ultra.Rock Remixed compilation album from Ultra Records in 2007.

The Weird Science remix of the song was included on the 2008 album Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles by Steve Aoki.

Live performances

On April 13, 2007, Peaches made her second appearance on The Henry Rollins Show and performed "Boys Wanna Be Her" and "Hit it Hard".[4][5]

Nominations

Year Category Genre Recording Result
MVPA Awards[6]
2007 Best Make-up Music Video Boys Wanna Be Her Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  2. ↑ "L Tunes: Music from and Inspired by The L Word".
  3. ↑ "TV Show Music – Dollhouse Music". tvshowmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  4. ↑ "Portlandia".
  5. ↑ "Marilyn Manson/Peaches". 13 April 2007 – via IMDb.
  6. ↑ "Ashram presents Peaches, Shit Robot at Indochine".
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