Boys That Sing

"Boys That Sing"
Single by Viola Beach
from the album Viola Beach
Released 22 January 2016
Format Digital download
Recorded 2015
Genre Indie pop[1]
Length 3:13
Label Fuller Beans
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Ian Grimble
Viola Beach singles chronology
"Swings & Waterslides"
(2015)		 "Boys That Sing"
(2016)
Music video
"Boys That Sing" on YouTube

"Boys That Sing" is a song performed by English indie rock group Viola Beach. The song was released as a digital download on 22 January 2016 through Fuller Beans Records. It was to be the last single released from Viola Beach before their deaths in February 2016. The song peaked at number 80 on the UK Singles Chart after the four band members and their manager Craig Tarry were killed in an incident on the E4 motorway bridge at Södertälje, southwest of Stockholm, Sweden on 13 February 2016. The song will be included on their posthumous debut studio album. It peaked at number 50 after Coldplay covered the song as a tribute at the 2016 Glastonbury Festival. The song was written by Viola Beach and produced by Ian Grimble.

Music video

To mark the release of the group's self-titled album, a mixed-media animation video was release for the single in July 2016.[2][3] The video includes a mixture of live action footage taken in Warrington the group's hometown with animated characters and footage of the group.

Track listing

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Boys That Sing"   3:13
2. "Like a Fool"   2:51

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 50

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 22 January 2016 Digital download Fuller Beans

References

  1. ↑ Burrows, Marc (29 July 2016). "Viola Beach - Viola Beach". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Viola Beach - Boys That Sing (Official Music Video". YouTube. Viola Beach. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Viola Beach animated video for 'Boys That Sing'". Music-News.com. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-07-01" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
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