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My Boo (Ghost Town DJ's song)
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<h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>Originally, an artist named Akema Johnson-Day was slated to provide lead vocals for the song with Virgo Williams on background vocals, however when a scheduling conflict prevented Akema from taking part in the production, Virgo Williams's vocals became the lead vocals. <a href="/facts/Lil_Jon/Iuwpzb6V">Lil Jon</a> was an <a href="/facts/Artists_and_repertoire/VwWpkYku">A&R</a> Director for <a href="/facts/So_So_Def/hN46uU1r">So So Def</a> at the time. Rodney Terry and Carl Mahone produced it, and it was the second version of the beat currently used in the song.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="music-video">Music video</h2> <p>The music video features a pool party. The group does not appear in the video, but <a href="/facts/Jermaine_Dupri/XAw6l8Kv">Jermaine Dupri</a> does.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="chart-performance">Chart performance</h2> <p>"My Boo" entered the <a href="/facts/Billboard_charts/sjC2KK8U"><i>Billboard</i> charts</a> on the issue dated June 15, 1996 with its number 71 debut on the <a href="/facts/Hot_R%26B_Airplay/6oBpMs6o">Hot R&B Airplay</a> chart, with early airplay concentrated at <a href="/facts/Southern_United_States/ppnGuAtB">Southern</a> R&B radio stations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Three weeks later, following its commercial release as a <a href="/facts/Vinyl_record/ccuFV9Af">vinyl</a> <a href="/facts/12-inch_single/AQLFHbJz">12-inch single</a>, it entered the <a href="/facts/Hot_R%26B_Singles/830VoC96">Hot R&B Singles</a> and <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9">Hot 100</a> charts at numbers 41 and 65, respectively.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> On the latter chart, where it was the highest-ranking debut of the week, nearly 85% of the single's chart points were derived from airplay, with its vinyl-only release precluding a larger contribution from sales.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Though it was ultimately never released domestically in the more popular <a href="/facts/Cassette_single/hIWAYuNc">cassette</a> and <a href="/facts/CD_single/gnlnYqx7">CD</a> configurations,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> the single managed to peak at numbers 18 and 31 on Hot R&B Singles and the Hot 100, respectively.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> The song was especially popular at <a href="/facts/Rhythmic_contemporary/hvYnJChP">rhythmic</a> radio stations, peaking at number 2 on the <a href="/facts/Rhythmic_(chart)/Qj33yCJB">Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover</a> chart.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> Abroad, the song became a major hit in New Zealand, where it rose to number three on the <a href="/facts/Recorded_Music_NZ/KlQ6jDS4">RIANZ Singles Chart</a> and earned a <a href="/facts/Music_recording_certification/zGzLFa9l">gold</a> certification for sales in excess of 5,000 copies.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p><p>Twenty years after the song's original chart run, a resurgence in its popularity driven by the Running Man Challenge <a href="/facts/Viral_video/1Nn7oKTu">viral meme</a> prompted its re-entry on the charts dated May 21, 2016.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> On the strength of 35,000 <a href="/facts/Music_download/96QbSLNp">digital download</a> sales and 12.3 million domestic <a href="/facts/Streaming_media/4rPhSq0Y">streams</a>, "My Boo" re-entered the R&B chart, which had long since been renamed <a href="/facts/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs/830VoC96">Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs</a>, at number 14, and the Hot 100 at number 29, surpassing the single's initial peaks on both charts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> It subsequently peaked at numbers 10 and 27, respectively.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="remixes">Remixes</h2> <p>In the 2004 song "I Wanna Be Your Lady" from <a href="/facts/Cam%27ron/TneQWxme">Cam'ron</a>, <a href="/facts/Nicole_Wray/5oScY5BU">Nicole Wray</a>, and <a href="/facts/The_Diplomats/FNIgKQ2v">the Diplomats</a>' second album together on <i><a href="/facts/Diplomatic_Immunity_2/ANBAxNqy">Diplomatic Immunity 2</a></i>, the song was interpolated. In 2007, the song was interpolated on <a href="/facts/Pitbull_(entertainer)/MPdESdQR">Pitbull</a> and <a href="/facts/Lloyd_(singer)/8v30868l">Lloyd</a>'s "Secret Admirer". In 2009, the song was sampled in the So So Def Mix of "<a href="/facts/H.A.T.E.U./krGmdAaB">H.A.T.E.U.</a>" by <a href="/facts/Mariah_Carey/DlaF3a03">Mariah Carey</a>. A slowed down <a href="/facts/Witch_house_(music_genre)/U9KqMk6L">witch house</a> remix was released by <a href="/facts/Balam_Acab/klPAhkfd">Balam Acab</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> in 2011. Interpolations of the song are featured in <a href="/facts/Ciara/s8Vws1V4">Ciara</a>'s 2013 single "<a href="/facts/Body_Party/gm5wkDWH">Body Party</a>". In 2016, a remix by Parx was released.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="cover-versions">Cover versions</h2> <ul><li>Brooklyn-based band Friends released a cover of "My Boo" as the B-side to their single "I'm His Girl", released on October 31, 2011.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li>Australian producer <a href="/facts/Flume_(musician)/pGuKUsDn">Flume</a> released a cover of "My Boo" featuring American rapper <a href="/facts/Vince_Staples/EumjSDmg">Vince Staples</a> and Australian singers <a href="/facts/Ku%C4%8Dka/7fVjX1HT">Kučka</a>, <a href="/facts/Ngaiire/6Wjpw2Um">Ngaiire</a>, and <a href="/facts/Vera_Blue/xMUsDLoP">Vera Blue</a> for <a href="/facts/Triple_J/zAyv9jWQ">Triple J</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Like_a_Version/RsWaFqp0">Like a Version</a></i> on December 1, 2016. The cover was later released on <a href="/facts/ITunes/pdXPE33T">iTunes</a> on December 16, 2016.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="running-man-challenge">Running Man Challenge</h2> <p>In 2016, twenty years after its initial release, "My Boo" gained notoriety through the Running Man Challenge, a <a href="/facts/Viral_video/1Nn7oKTu">viral meme</a> in which participants filmed and shared short clips of themselves performing a <a href="/facts/Dance/s9SeYNR9">dance</a> resembling <a href="/facts/Running/h09J9jtb">running</a> to the song. The original videos were posted on <a href="/facts/Vine_(service)/GqSU0AsN">Vine</a> by high school students Kevin Vincent and Jeremiah Hall in <a href="/facts/Hillside,_New_Jersey/42axL2Gv">Hillside, New Jersey</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> Inspired by Vincent and Hall's video, two players from the <a href="/facts/Maryland_Terrapins_men%27s_basketball/PaBGILBN">University of Maryland basketball program</a>, <a href="/facts/Jared_Nickens/37H2rxY1">Jared Nickens</a> and Jaylen Brantley,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> filmed their own versions of the Running Man Challenge, spreading the meme.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p><p>The challenge went viral on Vine, and Vincent, Hall, Nickens and Brantley were invited to perform it on <i><a href="/facts/The_Ellen_DeGeneres_Show/SDpTS7aw">The Ellen DeGeneres Show</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> Many other athletes from various sports, a number of celebrities and the general public embraced the trend and produced their own takes of the dance.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="track-listings">Track listings</h2> <p>Maxi CD single (US [promo only] & Europe) </p> <ol><li>"My Boo" (LP radio edit) – 4:09</li> <li>"My Boo" (Quiet Storm radio edit) – 4:04 <ul><li>Remix by <a href="/facts/Carl_Mo/j1stg9nD">Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone, Jr.</a>, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith</li></ul></li> <li>"My Boo" (Hitman's club mix) – 7:07 <ul><li>Remix by Mike "Hitman" Wilson</li></ul></li></ol> <p>12" vinyl (US) </p> <ol><li>"My Boo" (LP version) – 5:47</li> <li>"My Boo" (Just Da Beat club mix) – 6:25</li> <li>"My Boo" (Quiet Storm mix) – 4:04 <ul><li>Remix by Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone, Jr.*, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith</li></ul></li> <li>"My Boo" (Hitman's club mix) – 7:07 <ul><li>Remix by Mike "Hitman" Wilson</li></ul></li> <li>"My Boo" (Armand Representing Da East Mix) – 7:23 <ul><li>Remix by <a href="/facts/Armand_Van_Helden/6sTFjBQm">Armand Van Helden</a></li></ul></li> <li>"My Boo" (<a href="/facts/A_cappella/nsSwsrMw">a cappella</a>) – 4:27</li></ol> <p>12" vinyl (Europe) </p> <ol><li>"My Boo" (LP radio edit) – 4:09</li> <li>"My Boo" (Quiet Storm radio edit) – 4:04 <ul><li>Remix by Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone, Jr.*, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith</li></ul></li> <li>"My Boo" (Hitman's club mix) – 7:07 <ul><li>Remix by Mike "Hitman" Wilson</li></ul></li> <li>"My Boo" (LP radio edit) – 4:09</li> <li>"My Boo" (Quiet Storm radio edit) – 4:04 <ul><li>Remix by Carlton "Carl Mo" Mahone, Jr.*, Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith</li></ul></li> <li>"My Boo" (Hitman's club mix) – 7:07 <ul><li>Remix by Mike "Hitman" Wilson</li></ul></li></ol> <h2 id="charts">Charts</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td><h3>Weekly charts</h3><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Chart (1996)</th><th scope="col">Peak position</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Canada Dance/Urban (<i><a href="/facts/RPM_(magazine)/FqFN5o4x">RPM</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></th><td>2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/facts/Recorded_Music_NZ/KlQ6jDS4">Recorded Music NZ</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></th><td>3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></th><td>31</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <a href="/facts/Hot_100_Airplay/0u3Sflq5">Hot 100 Airplay</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></th><td>13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <a href="/facts/Hot_R%26B_Singles/830VoC96">Hot R&B Singles</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></th><td>18</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <a href="/facts/Hot_R%26B_Airplay/6oBpMs6o">Hot R&B Airplay</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></th><td>8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <a href="/facts/Dance_Singles_Sales/FHIRMdld">Maxi-Singles Sales</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></th><td>7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <a href="/facts/Pop_Airplay/xxLBXhPy">Top 40/Mainstream</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></th><td>16</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <a href="/facts/Rhythmic_(chart)/Qj33yCJB">Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></th><td>2</td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Chart (2016)</th><th scope="col">Peak position</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/facts/ARIA_Charts/aUXUHRK7">ARIA</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></th><td>26</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">France (<a href="/facts/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique/lT0tPFLb">SNEP</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></th><td>157</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/facts/Recorded_Music_NZ/KlQ6jDS4">Recorded Music NZ</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></th><td>25</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></th><td>27</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <a href="/facts/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs/830VoC96">Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></th><td>10</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><h3>Year-end charts</h3><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Chart (1996)</th><th scope="col">Position</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></th><td>24</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a></th><td>88</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US Hot 100 Airplay (<i>Billboard</i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></th><td>44</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US Hot R&B Singles (<i>Billboard</i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></th><td>60</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US Hot R&B Airplay (<i>Billboard</i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a></th><td>28</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US Maxi-Singles Sales (<i>Billboard</i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a></th><td>22</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US Top 40/Mainstream (<i>Billboard</i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></th><td>83</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover (<i>Billboard</i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></th><td>8</td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Chart (1997)</th><th scope="col">Position</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Canada Dance/Urban (<i>RPM</i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a></th><td>36</td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Chart (2016)</th><th scope="col">Position</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (<i>Billboard</i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a></th><td>75</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="certifications">Certifications</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Region</th><th scope="col">Certification</th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/List_of_music_recording_certifications/6CPQFNNn">Certified units</a>/sales</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/facts/Recorded_Music_NZ/KlQ6jDS4">RMNZ</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></th><td>Gold</td><td>5,000*</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>* Sales figures based on certification alone.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Heard and Unseen: The Oral History of Ghost Town DJ's 'My Boo' - SPIN". 26 May 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016. <a href="http://www.spin.com/2016/05/ghost-town-djs-my-boo-oral-history/" target="_blank">http://www.spin.com/2016/05/ghost-town-djs-my-boo-oral-history/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Weiner, Natalie (May 16, 2016). "Ballin' Out Podcast: The Ghost Town DJs (and the College Hoopsters Who Brought Them Back to the Hot 100) Talk 'My Boo', 20 Years Later". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 19, 2016. <a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/podcasts/7370626/running-man-challenge-ballin-out-podcast-the-ghost-town-djs" target="_blank">http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/podcasts/7370626/running-man-challenge-ballin-out-podcast-the-ghost-town-djs</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Sandiford-Waller, Theda (June 15, 1996). "Theda Sandiford-Waller's Rhythm Section". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 24. BPI Communications. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510. 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