Bossy (Kelis song)
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}} "Bossy" is the first single released from Kelis's 2006 album Kelis Was Here. The single features Too $hort and was released in May 2006. It peaked at number sixteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in its twelfth week on the chart. On Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the single peaked at number eleven. The track is Kelis's second biggest Hot 100 hit thus far, behind her 2003 release "Milkshake", which peaked at number three.
It is believed[citation needed] that the track features a response to 50 Cent's 2005 single "Piggy Bank". In "Bossy", Kelis states "That's right, I brought all the boys to the yard/And that's right, I'm the one tattooed on his arm," in response to 50 Cent rapping, "Kelis said her milkshake brings all the boys to the yard/Then Nas went and tattooed the bitch on his arm" in his song. The lyric "I'm the first girl to scream on a track" refers to her debut single "Caught Out There", in which she "screamed" the chorus.
"Bossy" was featured in the season 3 finale episode of The O.C. ("The Graduates") first aired on May 18, 2006.
The single was released on 4 September, 2006 UK and became her smallest solo hit since "Young, Fresh 'n' New", peaking at #22. All four singles from the "Tasty" album made the top 20 there.
Track listings and formats
- CD single [1]
- Bossy (Radio Edit)
- Bossy (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)
- CD maxi single [2]
- Bossy (Album Version)
- Bossy (Cavemen Remix)
- Bossy (Redsoul 8055Y Remix)
- Bossy (Redsoul Onit Remix)
- Bossy (SebastiAn Remix)
- Bossy (CD-ROM Video)
- 12" maxi single [3]
- Bossy (Album Version)
- Bossy (Cavemen Remix)
- Bossy (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Earth Out Remix)
- Bossy (Switch Remix)
Video
(Shot in February 2006 at Los Angeles; directed by Marc Klasfeld, produced by Rockhard Films Co.)
The classy and sexy video for "Bossy", which was directed by Marc Klasfeld -who would work with Kelis on "Blindfold Me" and "Lil' Star" later that year-, sees Kelis in different scenarios and outfits, gracing us with a fashionable atmosphere from an alluring upper-class world; from a diamond, octopus-filled party to a red cabriolet drive out in the shiny night. It premiered on BET on May, 2006.
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 16 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Tracks | 22 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 11 |
| UK Singles Chart | 22 |
| UK Urban Singles Chart | 7 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 18 |
| Australian Urban Singles Chart | 4 |
| Brazil Hot 40 Dance Traxx | 8 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 8 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 18 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 41 |
| German Singles Chart | 64 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 27 |
| United World Chart | 16 |
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