Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)

## *Notes on a Conditional Form* chronology

**"Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)"** is the fourteenth track on The 1975's fourth studio album, *Notes on a Conditional Form*.

## Background

*"This is the anomaly on the record for me. I don't know where it came from. That was me fucking around when the record was feeling really, really relaxed. It reminds me of all the kind of proper pop music that I grew up listening to, like Backstreet Boys. And it’s like an ode to early Max Martin, late-'90s pop. I don't think we ever do anything retro. We never do anything pastiche-y. But there’s definitely a reflection on a certain time of our musical upbringing. And that was very much part of that. And it’s got a great Temptations sample at the beginning, and kind of reminds me of Kanye or something."*
The track “Tonight (I Wish I Was Your Boy)” is a light, Jamaican-pop-esque track off of The 1975’s fourth studio album, Notes on a Conditional Form that utilizes samples from The Temptations' “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)” and Hiroshi Satoh’s “Say Goodbye”.

The song showcases the idea of yearning for a romantic lover, but ultimately besmirching one’s own self, thus any possibility of a relationship with this person is “fucked… royally”.

## Lyrics

I tell you I can visualise it all

Too real it all seems

But once again, runnin' away with me

Once again‚ runnin' away with me

This couldn't be a dream

Runnin' away with me

Runnin' away with me

And I stop myself for a minute

See if my heart's still in it

Say a few things just to win it

Funny how it works out‚ innit?

And I told her‚ "Some things have their time

How can I be yours if you're not mine?"

She said, "They should take this pain

And give it a name"

Tonight, I wish I was your boy

(Run away from me‚ run away from me)

I (Run away from me, run away from me)

Tonight, I think I fucked it royally

(Run away from me‚ run away from me)

(Run away from me, run away from me)

Give yourself a new name

Change your voice on the train

Have her complain about your fame

Tell me that it's all a rigged game

She told me, "Some things just take time

How can you be sure if you won't try?"

She said, "I guess I'll take this pain

Instead of your name"

Tonight, I wish I was your boy

(Run away from me, run away from me)

I (Run away from me, run away from me)

Tonight, I think I fucked it royally

(Run away from me, run away from me)

(Run away from me, run away from me)

And it's been replaying on my mind

Unfortunately, I've been to this place in my life

Far too many times

Sunday's nearly over, so I'll just lie awake

Tonight, I wish I was your boy, I

Tonight, I think I fucked it royally

And tonight, I wish I was your boy

(Run away from me, run away from me)

I (Run away from me, run away from me, runnin' away with me)

Tonight, I think I fucked it royally

(Run away from me, run away from me)

(Run away from me, run away from me, runnin' away with me)

Runnin' away with me

Runnin' away with me

## Personnel

* **Published by:** Good Soldier Songs and Dirty Hit Songs ltd
* **Produced by:** George Daniel and Matthew Healy
* **Vocals:** Matthew Healy
* **Guitar:** Matthew Healy and Adam Hann
* **Drums:** George Daniel
* **Keyboards:** George Daniel
* **Bass:** Ross MacDonald
* **Mixed by:** Mike Crossey
* **Mastered by:** Robin Schmidt
* **Engineered by:** Jonathan Gilmore

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/TwitterMusic/status/1263904012514013187
2. ↑ https://music.apple.com/us/album/notes-on-a-conditional-form/1473599936