:Boys (Sky Ferreira song)

In February 2014, it was reported that "Boys" would be serviced as the second single from Night Time, My Time, following its lead single "You're Not the One" which premiered in September 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7507472/sky-ferreira-boys-single-cover|title=Sky Ferreira Taps "Boys" As The Next Single From 'Night Time, My Time'|last=Wass|first=Mike|website=Idolator|date=February 26, 2014|access-date=March 8, 2014}} Ferreira clarified via Twitter that the track would not serve as the album's official second single,{{cite tweet|last=Ferreira|first=Sky|author-link=Sky Ferreira|user=skyferreira|number=438352706390855680|title=Boys is NOT the official 2nd single.|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415170215/https://twitter.com/skyferreira/status/438352706390855680|archive-date=April 15, 2014}} and it was ultimately released as a free promotional digital download in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2014, preceding the launch of Night Time, My Time in the country.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boys-Sky-Ferreira/dp/B00IK30V5I|title=Boys: Sky Ferreira|website=Amazon|location=United Kingdom|access-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322112032/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boys-Sky-Ferreira/dp/B00IK30V5I|archive-date=March 22, 2016}} Its single cover depicts an orange-tinted close-up of Ferreira, placed in front of a water-textured background.

"Boys" appears as the opening track on Night Time, My Time with a duration of four minutes and forty seconds,{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/night-time-my-time/728951009|title=Night Time, My Time by Sky Ferreira|website=iTunes Store|date=January 2013 |location=United States|access-date=March 8, 2014}} although it is shortened by two seconds on its individual release. Jacques Peterson from Popdust recognized grunge and new wave music elements within "Boys",{{cite web|url=https://www.popdust.com/sky-ferreira-selects-boys-as-her-next-official-single-1889837226.html|title=Sky Ferreira Selects 'Boys' As Her Next Official Single|last=Peterson|first=Jacques|website=Popdust|date=February 24, 2014|access-date=February 20, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} while Mike Wass from Idolator described the track as a "guitar-pop tune". Annie Zaleski from The A.V. Club stated that its lyrical content sees Ferreira "optimistic about love" after having found her ideal boyfriend.{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/sky-ferreira-night-time-my-time-1798178478|title=Sky Ferreira: Night Time, My Time|last=Zaleski|first=Annie|work=The A.V. Club|date=October 29, 2013|access-date=February 20, 2021}}

"Boys" received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. Writing for AllMusic, Heather Phares highlighted the song as one of three stand-out tracks from the record.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/night-time-my-time-mw0002554864|title=Night Time, My Time – Sky Ferreira|last=Phares|first=Heather|website=AllMusic|access-date=March 8, 2014}} Carrie Battan from Pitchfork joked that while Ferreira sounds "glum" in several points throughout the album, she "isn't afraid to address [the men in her life] in a purposefully grade-school tone" with the lyrics "Boys, they're a dime a dozen / Boys, they just make me mad".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18681-sky-ferreira-night-time-my-time/|title=Sky Ferreira: Night Time, My Time|last=Battan|first=Carrie|website=Pitchfork|date=October 29, 2013|access-date=March 8, 2014}} Elias Leight from PopMatters enjoyed the incorporation of "ringing blasts of guitar, played on buzz-saw setting", and shared a similar sentiment with Battan in regards to its lyrical content.{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/176283-sky-ferreira-night-time-my-time-2495710805.html|title=Sky Ferreira: Night Time, My Time|last=Leight|first=Elias|website=PopMatters|date=November 19, 2013|access-date=February 20, 2021}} Jordan Sargent from Spin complimented "Boys" for blending the "giddiness" of the optimistic lyrics "You put my faith back in boys" with an "electric pulse", which he credited to the "mental and physical exhaustion" Ferreira experienced in asserting her creative input during the production of the record.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/11/sky-ferreira-night-time-my-time/|title=Sky Ferreira, 'Night Time, My Time' Review|last=Sargent|first=Jordan|work=Spin|date=November 1, 2013|access-date=March 8, 2014}}

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Night Time, My Time.{{cite AV media notes|title=Night Time, My Time|title-link=Night Time, My Time|type=liner notes|others=Sky Ferreira|publisher=Capitol Records|year=2013|id=B001872402}}

• Recorded at Heavy Duty Studios (Los Angeles, California)
• Mastered at The Lodge (New York City)

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• Sky Ferreira – vocals
• Ariel Rechtshaid – production, recording, organ, guitar, programming
• Justin Raisen – co-production, recording, synths, guitar, programming
• David Schiffman – mixing
• Chris Kasych – Pro Tools engineering
• Mark Santangelo – Pro Tools engineering assistance
• Emily Lazar – mastering
• Rich Morales – mastering assistance

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