Baby Boy (Big Brovaz song) explained

Baby Boy
Cover:	Big_Brovaz_-_Baby_Boy_(CD_1).jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Big Brovaz
Album:	Nu-Flow
B-Side:	"Anything" "Party Over Here"
Studio:	Dairy (Brixton, England)
Length:	3:17 (radio edit) 4:02 (album version)
Label:	Epic Daylight
Producer:	Skillz and Fingaz
Prev Title:	Favourite Things
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Ain't What You Do
Next Year:	2003

"Baby Boy" is a single released in 2003 by British hip hop-R&B group Big Brovaz. The single is the fourth single taken from Big Brovaz' 2002 debut album, Nu-Flow. "Baby Boy" became Big Brovaz' fourth UK top-10 hit, peaking at number four and spending three months on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also their third top-10 hit on the Australian Singles Chart, peaking at number eight and receiving a platinum certification from the Australian Recording Industry Association. "Baby Boy" additionally reached number 10 in Ireland, number 13 in New Zealand, and number 29 in Flanders.

The video for the song parodies the popular sitcom Friends and was directed by Vaughan Arnell.^[1] "Baby Boy" was released across two CD singles and featured two previously unreleased tracks, "Anything" and "Party Over Here".

Track listings

UK CD1^[2]

1. "Baby Boy" (radio edit) – 3:18
2. "Baby Boy" (Blacksmith remix) – 4:17
3. "Anything" – 3:40
4. "Baby Boy" (video version)

UK CD2^[3]

1. "Baby Boy" (radio edit) – 3:18
2. "Party Over Here" – 3:35
3. "Baby Boy" (Jaimeson vocal mix) – 5:45

European CD single^[4]

1. "Baby Boy" (radio edit) – 3:18
2. "Baby Boy" (Blacksmith remix) – 4:17

Australian maxi-CD single^[5]

1. "Baby Boy" (radio edit)
2. "Baby Boy" (Blacksmith remix)
3. "Baby Boy" (Kardinal beats L.A. remix)
4. "Party Over Here"

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes.^[2]

Studio

• Recorded at Dairy Studios (Brixton, England)

Personnel

• Michael Mugisha – writing
• John Paul Horsley – writing
• Michael Brown – writing
• Cherise Roberts – writing
• Nadia Shepherd – writing
• Dion Howell – writing

• Abdul Bello – writing
• Temi Tayo Aisida – writing
• Big Brovaz – vocals
• Stuart Reid – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, engineering, mixing
• Skillz and Fingaz – production
• Richard Morris – engineering assistant

Charts

Year-end charts

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
United Kingdom	1 September 2003			^[8]
Australia	3 November 2003	CD		^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Robin Brown – United Agents. United Agents. 2. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073838/http://unitedagents.co.uk/node/3046/pdf/4. 4 March 2016. 18 August 2014.
2. Baby Boy. Big Brovaz. 2003. UK CD1 liner notes. Epic Records, Daylight Records. 674309 2.
3. Baby Boy. Big Brovaz. 2003. UK CD2 disc notes. Epic Records, Daylight Records. 674309 5.
4. Baby Boy. Big Brovaz. 2003. European CD single liner notes. Epic Records, Daylight Records. EPC 674309 1, 6743091000.
5. Baby Boy. Big Brovaz. 2003. Australian maxi-CD single liner notes. Epic Records, Daylight Records. 674403.2.
6. Web site: European Top 20 Charts – Week Commencing 22nd September 2003. ARIA. 23. 22 September 2003. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20031006140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20031007-0000/Issue709.pdf. 6 October 2003. 10 April 2021.
7. Web site: The Official UK Singles Chart 2003. UKChartsPlus. 4 June 2019.
8. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 23. 30 August 2003. 8 September 2021.
9. Web site: The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 3rd November 2003. ARIA. 26. 3 November 2003. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20031106130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20031107-0000/Issue715.pdf. 6 November 2003. 26 June 2021.