Boy in Love

"Boy in Love" is a song by The Residents, recorded during sessions for their eighth studio album Mark of the Mole. Stylistically and lyrically unrelated to that album, the "strange love song" was withheld from release, stored for safe keeping on one of the group's private "MOP tapes".Residue of The Residents liner notes, 1983
It was first released in April 1983 on the outtakes compilation Residue of The Residents. Closer in spirit to the minimalist pop songs found on their 1980 release Commercial Album, "Boy in Love" was later featured as a bonus track accompanying that album on its 1987 Classic Series and 2019 pREServed expanded CD reissues. In 2002, it was included on the promotional compilation CD Petting Zoo.
In 1992, it was covered by New York garage band the Cheepskates for their album Songs Vol. 2 - The Residents. In 1995, the song was covered by an artist also named Boy in Love for the Ecto Tapes tribute album The Residents Unmasked! 2. A version recorded in 2017 by fan Freek Kinkelaar was included on the vinyl version of the official tribute album I Am A Resident! in 2018.
==Lyrics==
 Once there was a boy who
 Once thought he was in love
 And he thought that true love
 Was sent down from above.
 Softly he was murmuring
 And tenderly he cursed
 Listening to secret sounds
 He wished he had not heard.
 He bit his tongue as
 Desperation sank into the room
 Like the pleasant scent of
 Roses in the afternoon.
 Once there was a boy who
 Once thought he was in love
 And he thought that true love
 Was sent down from above.Ima Buddy, Ima Buddy's Totally Impartial Companion to Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated BIG MAMAS, 1992
==List of releases==
*Residue of The Residents (1983) Grove Street studio recording, October 1979 - July 1981 (2:55)
*Commercial Album Classic Series CD edition (1988) 
*In Memoriam Torso (1994) 
*Residue Deux (1998) 
*Petting Zoo (2002) 
*I Am A Resident! vinyl edition (2018) Freek Kinkelaar studio recording, 2017 (3:47)
*Commercial Album pREServed CD edition (2019) 
=== List of versions ===
== See also ==
*MOP tapes
*Mark of the Mole
*Commercial Album
*Residue of The Residents
*I Am A Resident!
== Buy Or Die! ==
* "Boy in Love" on Spotify
* "Boy in Love" on Apple Music
==External links and references==
*Residue of The Residents at The Residents Historical
*Residue of The Residents at RZWeb (archived via archive.org)
Category:Songs
Category:Mark of the Mole
Category:Commercial Album
Category:Residue of The Residents
Category:Non-album tracks
Category:Petting Zoo
Category:I Am A Resident!
Category:MOP tapes