Hush Boy

"Hush Boy" is a song by English electronic music duo Basement Jaxx. It was released in 2006 by record label XL as the first single from their fourth studio album Crazy Itch Radio. It reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

"Hush Boy"
Single by Basement Jaxx
from the album Crazy Itch Radio
B-side"Trouble"
Released7 August 2006 (2006-08-07)
GenreDance-pop
Length4:01
LabelXL
Songwriter(s)
  • Simon Ratcliffe
  • Felix Buxton
  • Vula Malinga
  • A. D. Burrise
  • Stephen Paul Mason
  • J. D. Burrise
Basement Jaxx singles chronology
"Do Your Thing"
(2005)		 "Hush Boy"
(2006)		 "Take Me Back to Your House"
(2006)

Composition

With the song "Oh My Gosh", the duo sat down and wrote it specially as a single for the album. Ratcliffe personally felt encouraged by it, he thought it was a good way to ease them back into songwriting process and applied the treatment to make "Hush Boy". However, they failed, and made the process even more difficult.[2]

Well, I mean it was a starting point, but then the record company said 'Oh, that song's really good, that could be a single.' And then the moment they say it could be a single, it likes... making it really difficult. Cause you think this has to be something that plays on the radio and has to work, but it's recorded as well, and you started to put pressure on the track. And that's not always good. — Buxton talks about the difficulty of making the song to FaceCulture[2]

Music video

Scott Lapatine from Stereogum stated: "Sorry for all the YouTubing today. Well, actually we're not that sorry seeing as how BJaxx never let us down."[3]

http://drownedinsound.com/releases/8014/reviews/1099798- Archived 2016-08-22 at the Wayback Machine

Track listings and formats

UK CD single

  1. "Hush Boy"
  2. "Trouble"

UK 12" single #1

  1. "Hush Boy"
  2. "Hush Salsa"
  3. "Trouble"

UK 12" single #2

  1. "Hush Boy" (Soul Seekerz Remix)
  2. "Hush Boy" (Les Visiteurs Remix)
  3. "Hush Boy" (Les Visiteurs Dub)

Charts
Chart performance for "Hush Boy"
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 39
Scotland (OCC)[5] 28
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 27
UK Dance (OCC)[7] 4
UK Indie (OCC)[8] 3

References
  1. "Basement Jaxx | full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. Interview Basement Jaxx - Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe (part 2) on YouTube. FaceCulture. August 4, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  3. Scott Lapatine (2006-09-05). "New Basement Jaxx Video – "Hush Boy"". Stereogum. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  4. "Basement Jaxx – Hush Boy". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  5. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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