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This article is about the Beyoncé song. For the Big Brovaz song, see Baby Boy (Big Brovaz song).
"Baby Boy"
Song

"Baby Boy" is a Middle Eastern-influenced R&B song written by Beyoncé Knowles, Scott Storch, Sean Paul, Robert Waller, and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter for Knowles' debut solo album, Dangerously in Love (2003). It was produced by Knowles and Storch and was released to positive reception as the album's second single in August 2003. The song (which features dancehall singer Sean Paul) reached number one in the U.S., becoming Beyoncé's second solo number-one single and Sean Paul's second; it also reached number two in the UK. It was also recognized at the ASCAP awards by the label companies receiving the Publisher of the Year from EMI and Most Performed Songs award in 2005.

Song information

The single was co-written by Beyoncé, Scott Storch, Robert Waller, Sean Paul, and Jay-Z, and produced by Beyoncé and Storch. Although he does not perform on the record, Beyoncé's boyfriend Jay-Z (who had worked with her on her previous single, "Crazy in Love") is given co-writing credit for lyrical contributions. In this Middle Eastern/reggae hybrid, Beyoncé becomes enraptured by the thought of a man who haunts her, yet turns her on, as she cries "Baby Boy, you stay on my mind, fulfill my fantasies...". An alternative version of the song, in which the song structure and Sean Paul's raps are left intact, while Beyoncé sings completely different lyrics, was leaked to the Internet in 2003.

Chart performance

Fresh off the heels of "Crazy in Love", her first single, "Baby Boy" quickly shot up the charts, and the song was in the top ten while "Crazy in Love" was still number one on the Hot 100. "Baby Boy" rose to number one after only a four week gap between it and "Crazy in Love". The song topped both the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 weeks and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks for several weeks. The song was also strong on all major radio airplay formats, also hitting number one on the Hot 100 Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Top 40 Tracks, Top 40 Mainstream, and the Rhythmic Top 40. Because of the song's high level of airplay, it broke the record for the highest number of impressions in a week (as measured by BDS). Beyoncé held the record for the highest amount of audience impressions in a week for a female artist, until Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" broke her record. "Baby boy" eventually spent 9 weeks at #1 on the hot 100, one week longer than "Crazy in love" had spent at the summit, which made "baby boy" at that point, Beyonce's highest charting single to date. However in 2006 Beyonce's single "Irreplaceable" spent ten weeks at the top, surpassing the peak achieved by "baby boy". As of 2007 it is her second most successful single, behind Irreplaceable which stayed at #1 on the Hot 100 for one more week than Baby Boy. It managed to become a longer charting success, debuting at number 57, and quickly rose to the top ten in four weeks. The song stayed on the Hot 100 for twenty-nine weeks, two more weeks than "Crazy in Love". Internationally "Baby boy" performed just as well as. peaking at #1 in China, Mexico and Poland, #2 in the UK and New Zealand, and at #3 in Australia and the united world chart. In Canada "Baby boy" peaked at #2, and to date is her most successful single there tied with "Crazy in love" and "Naughty girl" which also peaked at #2 there. In German and France "baby boy" peaked higher than "Crazy in love" peaking at #4 and #8 respectively.

Music video

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Beyoncé's belly dance from the music video.

Following the critical acclaim she had received for enlisting relative newcomer Jake Nava to direct her first single, "Crazy In Love", Beyoncé decided to repeat her success, and enlisted Nava to direct her second video. The video does not have a central plot, but is better-known for its visual interpretation of Beyoncé's dreams and fantasies of her "Baby Boy". Beyoncé can be seen dancing in sets with wild flashing lights as Sean Paul sits on a throne and dictates his wishes to her. The video is most noted for its end sequence, in which Beyoncé breaks into an impromptu dance.

Charts

[1] [2]Chart (2003)[3] [4] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales 14
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay 1
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks 1
Australia ARIA Top 100 Singles 3
Argentina Top 40 29 [5]
Austria Top 75 Singles 18
Belgium Ultratop 50 11
Brazil Hot100Brasil 26
Canada Top 50 Singles 2
China 1
Chile Singles Chart 9
Polish Singles Chart 1
Danish Singles Chart 6
French Singles Chart 8
Chart (2003) Peak
position
German Singles Chart 4
Germany Black Singles Chart 1
Greece Singles Chart 11
Irish Singles Chart 6
Italian Singles Chart 12
Dutch Singles Chart 8
Mexican Top 100 Singles Chart 1
New Zealand Singles Chart 2
Norwegian Singles Chart 10
Spain Singles Chart 8
Swedish Singles Chart 5
Swiss Singles Chart 5
Tokio Hot 100 29
The Official UK Singles Chart 2
Europe Official Singles Chart 4
United World Tracks Chart 3
World Airplay Chart (independent research) 28
World Physical Sales Chart 1

Official remixes/versions


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