Boys Do Fall in Love
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{{Infobox song
| name = Boys Do Fall in Love
| cover = boys do fall in love.JPG
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Robin Gibb
| album = Secret Agent
| B-side = Diamonds
| released = May 1984
| recorded = 1984
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
- New wave{{cite magazine|author= Rolling Stone Staff|date=September 17, 2014|title=100 Best Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-singles-of-1984-pops-greatest-year-163322/|access-date=August 30, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|quote= The blue-eyed-soul Bee Gee made his New Wave move late, with stuttering, silly synth-pop...}}
- synth-pop{{cite magazine|author= Rolling Stone Staff|date=September 17, 2014|title=100 Best Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-singles-of-1984-pops-greatest-year-163322/|access-date=August 30, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|quote= The blue-eyed-soul Bee Gee made his New Wave move late, with stuttering, silly synth-pop...}}
| length = 3:50
4:35 (Extended Remix)
| label = Mirage (US)
Polydor (UK)
| writer = {{hlist|Robin Gibb|Maurice Gibb}}
| producer = {{hlist|Robin Gibb|Maurice Gibb}}
| prev_title = How Old Are You
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Secret Agent
| next_year = 1984
}}
"Boys Do Fall in Love" is a song by British singer-songwriter Robin Gibb. It was released as the lead single from his 1984 third solo album Secret Agent.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Robin-Gibb-Secret-Agent/master/13533 |title= Robin Gibb – Secret Agent |publisher=discogs}}
The single was released on Polydor Records in the UK and Mirage Records in the US. Its B-side is the track "Diamonds", also from Secret Agent. Both songs were written by Robin and Maurice Gibb.{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/84.html |title= Gibb Songs: 1984 |author=Joseph Brennan}}
Composition
Gibb wrote "Boys Do Fall in Love" with his brother Maurice along with six other songs on the album Secret Agent. The song was recorded between March and June 1984, and was registered in April that year. The song is memorable for its synthesizer riff played by Rob Kilgore and Maurice Gibb.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Robin-Gibb-Secret-Agent/release/1322716 |title=Robin Gibb – Secret Agent |publisher=discogs |accessdate=April 8, 2015}}
Release and chart performance
"Boys Do Fall in Love" was released as a single in many countries and became one of Gibb's biggest hits in the United States. In the UK, Canada, Italy, Germany and Spain, the single was titled as "Boys (Do Fall in Love)".{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Robin-Gibb-Boys-Do-Fall-In-Love/master/13523 |title= Robin Gibb – Boys Do Fall in Love / Diamonds |publisher=discogs}} It reached the top 40 charts in several countries, including the United States where it peaked at No. 37.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/secret-agent-mw0000193943 |title=Secret Agent – Robin Gibb |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=April 8, 2015}} In the UK, the song only managed to chart at No. 107, but was more successful in South Africa and Italy, peaking at numbers 7 and 10, respectively. It also reached No. 8 on the Dance/Disco Top 80 chart on July 21, 1984.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j5I4br0t7cwC&pg=PT108 |title=Billboard: Dance/Disco Top 80 (21 July 1984) |date=July 21, 1984 |accessdate=February 11, 2013}} Mirage pushed the song's promo version, run by Gibb's old friend Jerry L. Greenberg from Atlantic Records. In October 1984, "Boys Do Fall in Love" was certified gold along with Duran Duran's "The Reflex", Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It" and Laid Back's "Sunshine Reggae".{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT116 |title=Billboard 1984 |date=October 13, 1984 |accessdate=February 11, 2013}}
Cash Box said that "the classic Bee Gees sound and knack for a hook is intact though noticeably updated."{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-05-26.pdf|date=May 26, 1984|accessdate=2022-07-23|page=7}}
Music video
The music video features first the single cover of "Boys Do Fall in Love" then later features a kid talking with his grandfather while Gibb sings the song with his shades on his head; later on in the chorus, he finally wears his shades. The video also features robots.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqsM-rhF8Ns |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/sqsM-rhF8Ns |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Robin Gibb – Boys do fall in love |via=YouTube |accessdate=April 8, 2015}}{{cbignore}}
Charts and certifcations
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References
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Category:Songs written by Robin Gibb
Category:Song recordings produced by Robin Gibb
Category:Song recordings produced by Maurice Gibb
Category:British new wave songs
Category:British synth-pop songs