"Good Boys" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie

Blondie (band)

Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

. Released in 2003, it was the only single to be released from their eighth studio album The Curse of Blondie

The Curse of Blondie

The Curse of Blondie is the eighth studio album from the US rock band Blondie. It was released in October 2003, and peaked at no.36 in the U.K..The band departed from bankrupt Beyond Records and signed with Sony Music...

. The single peaked at number 12 in the UK and was the final single from the band for eight years.

The single was released as part of a two-CD

Compact Disc

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 set and on vinyl

Gramophone record

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. CD 1 features live versions of "Maria

Maria (Blondie song)

"Maria" is a song by the American band Blondie, taken from their 1999 album No Exit. This song was Blondie's comeback single, their first since "War Child" in July 1982. In the UK, it was the band's sixth no.1 single, topping the charts exactly 20 years after their first UK no.1 "Heart of Glass" in...

" and "Rapture

Rapture (song)

"Rapture" is a single by the American new wave band Blondie. It was released in January 1981 and was the second and final song to be released from the band's 1980 top 10 album Autoamerican, the first being "The Tide Is High", which had topped the chart in the US and UK. "Rapture" went on to reach...

", plus the video for "Good Boys" directed by Jonas Åkerlund

Jonas Åkerlund

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. CD 2 featured a remix by Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder

Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...

. The 12-inch vinyl

12-inch single

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 featured remixes by Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder

Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...

, Return To New York, and Scissor Sisters

Scissor Sisters

Scissor Sisters are an American band "spawned by the scuzzy, gay nightlife scene of New York" who took their name from a sexual position between two women also known as tribadism...

. The Australian single release coincided with the band's 2003 tour of the country, peaking at number 37 and becoming their first top 40 hit there as a group since "Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls (song)

"Island Of Lost Souls" is a song recorded by Blondie in 1981 and released as a single in April 1982. It was the first single released from their sixth studio album, The Hunter.-Song information:...

" in 1982.

Credits and Queen

The song credits Brian May

Brian May

Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...

 of the British rock band Queen

Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

 as a co-writer because Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...

 wanted to use lyrics that were similar to those of Queen's

Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

 1977 hit "We Will Rock You

We Will Rock You

"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century...

" for the rap

Rapping

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 section. Although the lyrics are not entirely identical, Queen threatened to sue, as was explained by Harry and fellow Blondie member Chris Stein

Chris Stein

Christopher "Chris" Stein is co-founder and guitarist in the New Wave band, Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film Wild Style....

 on a VH1

VH1

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 special. The lyrics used in "Good Boys" were "You got me on your face / A big disgrace / Shakin' your feathers all over the place."

The lyrics from "We Will Rock You" are "You got mud on your face / You big disgrace / Kicking your can all over the place."

Track listing

All tracks (Harry/Griffin/May) unless otherwise noted.

UK 12"

1. "Good Boys" (Giorgio Moroder
   Giorgio Moroder
   Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
   
    Extended Long) - 7:07
2. "Good Boys" (Scissor Sisters
   Scissor Sisters
   Scissor Sisters are an American band "spawned by the scuzzy, gay nightlife scene of New York" who took their name from a sexual position between two women also known as tribadism...
   
   ' Gyad Byas Myax Ya Mix) - 3:40
3. "Good Boys" (Return To New York Mix) - 8:22

UK CD1 (674399 2)

1. "Good Boys" (Album Version) - 4:18
2. "Maria" (Live - from album Livid (Live)
   Livid (Live)
   Livid a.k.a. Live is the title of a live album by the band Blondie released in 2000. The album was recorded after their successful 1999 comeback album No Exit and includes all their best-known songs, including "Atomic", "The Tide Is High", "Call Me" and "Heart of Glass", as well as the 1999 UK...
   
   ) (Destri) - 4:49
3. "Rapture (Live - from album Livid (Live)
   Livid (Live)
   Livid a.k.a. Live is the title of a live album by the band Blondie released in 2000. The album was recorded after their successful 1999 comeback album No Exit and includes all their best-known songs, including "Atomic", "The Tide Is High", "Call Me" and "Heart of Glass", as well as the 1999 UK...
   
   ) (Harry, Stein) - 6:24
4. "Good Boys" (Video-B&W Version w/Color) - 3:47

UK CD2 (674399 5)

1. "Good Boys" (Album Version) - 4:18
2. "Good Boys" (Giorgio Moroder Extended Long) - 7:07

European CD (674065 2)

1. "Good Boys" (Album Version) - 4:18
2. "Good Boys" (Giorgio Moroder Extended Long) - 7:07
3. "Good Boys" (Scissor Sisters' Gyad Byas Myax Ya Mix) - 3:40
4. "Good Boys" (Return To New York Mix) - 8:22

Australian CD (674065 5)

1. "Good Boys" (Album Version) - 4:18
2. "Good Boys" (Giorgio Moroder Single Mix) - 4:06
3. "Good Boys" (Dead Guy's Ghost Remix) - 7:14
4. "Good Boys" (Scissor Sisters' Gyad Byas Myax Ya Mix Extended) - 5:15