Boy from School

"Boy from School"
Single by Hot Chip
from the album The Warning
B-side
  • "The Bell Ringers"
  • "Laws of Salvation"
  • "A Glue Too Thick"
  • "A Bad Bad Tackle"
Released8 May 2006 (2006-05-08)[1]
GenreElectropop[2]
Length5:20
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Hot Chip
Hot Chip singles chronology
"Over and Over"
(2006) 		"Boy from School"
(2006) 		"Colours"
(2006)

"Boy from School" (album version titled "And I Was a Boy from School") is a song by the British indietronica band Hot Chip. It was released on 8 May 2006 in the UK as the second single from their second studio album, The Warning (2006). The original title of the song was shortened for the single release at the request of EMI.[3] The song was covered by Portastatic in 2006, Maritime in 2007,[4] Grizzly Bear in 2010 and Tears For Fears in 2013.[5]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 6 May 2006. p. 27.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Matt (21 July 2023). "The 50 Greatest Synth-Pop Albums of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gig was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Richardson, Mark (7 February 2008). "New Music: Maritime: "Guns of Navarone" / "Boy from School" (Hot Chip cover)". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2 July 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Grizzly Bear Cover Hot Chip | News". Pitchfork. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2012.