Boyfriend (Big Time Rush song)

"Boyfriend"
Single by Big Time Rush featuring Snoop Dogg or New Boyz
from the album BTR
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2011
Recorded2010
Genre
Length3:35 (single version)
3:21 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Wayne Hector, Lucas Secon
Producer(s)Lucas Secon
Big Time Rush singles chronology
"Til I Forget About You"
(2010)
"Boyfriend"
(2011)
"Worldwide"
(2011)
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Wet"
(2010)
"Boyfriend"
(2011)
"Mr Endowed (Remix)"
(2011)
New Boyz singles chronology
"Backseat"
(2011)
"Boyfriend"
(2011)
"Better with the Lights Off"
(2011)
Music video
"Boyfriend" on YouTube

"Boyfriend" is a song recorded by American pop band Big Time Rush for their debut studio album BTR (2010). The song was produced by Lucas Secon and written by him and Wayne Hector. It features rap verses by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released as the album's second official single on February 8, 2011, and was solicited to mainstream radio on February 15, 2011 via Columbia Records.

The song "Boyfriend" was met with mixed reviews by music critics; some praised it as a catchy single while others called it unoriginal and safe. Critics, however, praised Snoop Dogg for adding flavor to the song with his verses. The song was, however, a moderately international success, charting in Austria, Germany, Mexico, Belgium and the United Kingdom as well as a host in other countries. In the United States, the song peaked at number seventy-two on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming their highest-charting single to date. And it later earned a gold certification in the US for sales of more than 500,000 sold downloads. In 2018, the song was ranked ninety-seventh by Billboard in their compilation of the 100 Greatest Boyband Songs of All Time.[1]

  1. ^ "The 100 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time : Critics Picks:Big Time Rush, "Boyfriend" ft. Snoop Dogg". Billboard.