Be a Boy

2013 single by Robbie Williams

"Be a Boy"

Single by Robbie Williams

from the album Take the Crown

Released

11 March 2013

Recorded

2011–12

Genre

Pop

Length

4:39 (album version)
3:42 (radio edit)

Label

Island
Universal

Songwriter(s)

Robbie Williams
Tim Metcalfe
Flynn Francis

Producer(s)

Jacknife Lee

Robbie Williams singles chronology

"Different"
(2012)

"Be a Boy"
(2013)

"Goin' Crazy"
(2013)

Music video

"Be a Boy" on YouTube

"Be a Boy" is a song by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, taken from his ninth studio album, Take the Crown. It was released as the album's third and final single on 11 March 2013. The song was written by Robbie Williams, Tim Metcalfe and Flynn Francis. The song charted in Belgium. It was inspired by the fact people told Robbie his career was over, which is reference in the lines "They said it was leaving me, the magic was leaving me" and "I can make this last forever"

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Be a Boy" was first released onto YouTube on 29 January 2013 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-two seconds.^[1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Be a Boy"	4:39

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Albania (NRG Top 50 Chart)^[2]	33
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[3]	14
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)^[4]	11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[5]	52
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)^[6]	95

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	11 March 2013	Digital download	Universal

References

^ Robbie Williams - Be A Boy. YouTube
^ "NRG TOP50 - Hits Only Station". Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
^ "Robbie Williams – Be A Boy" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
^ "Robbie Williams – Be A Boy" (in French). Ultratip.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Robbie Williams" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201325 into search.