Hey Boy

Hey Boy is a song by Verbalicious, serving as the B-side to her debut single, Don't Play Nice. It was released on February 21, 2005. The song was likely intended to be featured on her debut album, Verbal Issues, but the project was scrapped.
Hey Boy was registered under several alternate titles, including Love Games, Love Game, The Love Game, Love Game A, and Love Game B.
==Lyrics==
==Background==
A snippet of an earlier version of Hey Boy surfaced online on November 13, 2011, following the discovery of a 30-second preview on music licensing website, BMG.Warning... they're from the Verbalicous era. November 13, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via Night Owl on Gaga Daily. The song leaked in full on June 24, 2013, alongside other tracks from the Verbal Issues sessions.
Hey Boy and an earlier version of the song (leaked as Love Games) were leaked as the twelfth and fifteenth tracks on Verbal Issues respectively, but the track listing is most likely unofficial; for more information, see the album's page.
==Writing and Development==
Hey Boy was written during the development of the unreleased studio album, Verbal Issues, sometime after winning a BBC Radio 1 MC Battle in 2003 and before her debut single was released."she was signed soon after she won a Radio 1 MC competition when she was just 16." February 24, 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2022 via BBC.
The version of Hey Boy with credits from Carlos Keery-Fisher, Hugo Lira, and Thomas Gustafsson was officially released alongside Don't Play Nice.
====Alternate Versions====
There are several versions of the song that feature credits from different songwriters. One version has songwriting credits from Carlos Keery-Fisher, Richard Norris, and Richard Stannard, with the most common titles being Hey Boy and Love Game B. According to BMG, this is the version that leaked alongside songs from the Verbal Issues sessions as Love Games.Hey Boy by Carlos Keery-Fisher, Natalia Cappuccini, Richard Norris, Richard Stannard Retrieved June 23, 2022 via BMG.
Another iteration of the song features songwriting credits from Carlos Keery-Fisher and Richard Stannard, with the most common titles being Love Game and Love Game A.
The last known iteration of the song features songwriting credits from Richard Norris and Richard Stannard, with the most common titles being Love Games and Love Game A. It is unclear why two versions were both called Love Game A.
==Announcement and Release==
Hey Boy was released as the B-side to Don't Play Nice on physical copies of the single on February 21, 2005.Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice CD Single Retrieved August 11, 2022 via Discogs. As of 2023, the song is not available on streaming services or other music platforms.
==Official Versions==
==Registrations==
====Released Version====
This version of the song was officially released, so it was assigned an ISWC. Unusually, it was given two ISWCs with different main titles despite having the same writers. This could indicate that two different versions with the same writers exists, but separate ISWCs are only required if songwriting credits are different."A composition only gets one ISWC even if it's an arrangement or adaptation of an original composition. However, if the new version of a song has different songwriting splits than the original, then it is a different composition and would get a new ISWC. " Retrieved April 19, 2022 via Song Trust. Due to this, it is reasonable to infer that the two ISWCs exist as both "Hey Boy" and "Love Game" were contenders for the final song title.
ISWC: T-900.159.433-8, T-931.142.379-7
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====Alternate 1====
This version of the song was not assigned an ISWC, a unique code necessary for commercial releases, which suggests that the version was never finished or was never intended for an official release.
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====Alternate 2====
This version of the song was not assigned an ISWC, a unique code necessary for commercial releases, which suggests that the version was never finished or was never intended for an official release.
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====Alternate 3====
This version of the song was assigned an ISWC, a unique code necessary for commercial releases, which suggests that the song was finished and ready for release at a point in time. Interestingly, this song was assigned two ISWCs, but one no longer fetches any results on ISWC's website; it is unknown what the implication of this is.
ISWC: T-011.202.377-4, T-011.193.481-6 (Seemingly defunct)
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==Song Credits==
===Released Version===
====Writing and Production====
*Written by: Teddy Sinclair, Carlos Keery-Fisher, Thomas Gustafsson, Hugo Lira
*Produced by: Thomas Gustafsson, Hugo Lira
====Instrumentation====
*Keys: Thomas Gustafsson, Hugo Lira
*Guitar: Carlos Keery-Fisher
====Additional====
*Programming: Thomas Gustafsson, Hugo Lira
*Recorded by: Thomas Gustafsson, Hugo Lira
====Studio Information====
*Recorded at: Random Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
====Publishing====
*Published by: Stage Three Music, Sony ATV Publishing, Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
===Alternate 1===
====Writing and Production====
*Written by: Teddy Sinclair, Carlos Keery-Fisher, Richard Norris, Richard Stannard
===Alternate 2===
====Writing and Production====
*Written by: Teddy Sinclair, Carlos Keery-Fisher, Richard Stannard
===Alternate 3===
====Writing and Production====
*Written by: Teddy Sinclair, Richard Norris, Richard Stannard
==References==
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Category:2005