"Boy (I Need You)"
Single by Mariah Carey
from the album Charmbracelet
Released	UK: March 24, 2003
Format	CD single, 12" single
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	5:14
Label	Island/Def Jam
Writer(s)	Mariah Carey, Just Blaze, Cam'ron, Norman Whitfield
Producer(s)	Mariah Carey, Just Blaze
Chart positions
#17 (UK) #29 (Australia) #32 (Canada) Failed to chart (U.S.)
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"MC...Move the Crowd" / "The One" (2002)	"Boy (I Need You)" (2003)	"I Know What You Want" (2003)
Cam'ron singles chronology
2000 "My Hood"	2003 "Boy (I Need You)"	2003 "Hey Ma"

"Boy (I Need You)" is a song co-written and co-produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Just Blaze for Carey's twelfth album, Charmbracelet. It features a sample of the song "I'm Going Down" by Rose Royce which is also used in rapper Cam'ron's "Oh Boy", and Cam'ron himself provides verses for the song. Its protagonist tells a boy how she needs him and is daydreaming about him all day, and it was released as the album's second single in 2003 (see 2003 in music). Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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During promotion for "Through the Rain" (the first single from Charmbracelet), a 12" vinyl maxi-single titled "MC... Move the Crowd" was released in the U.S. in November 2002 and featured three tracks from Charmbracelet alongside their instrumental versions: "Boy (I Need You)", the G-funk-inspired jam "Irresistible (Westside Connection)" (featuring Ice Cube, Mack 10 and WC), and "You Got Me" with Jay-Z and Freeway. It was solicited to hip hop/R&B radio to "test" how listeners would respond to the songs and help producers select the album's second single. Few radio stations in the U.S. received the promo, and none of the songs attracted substantial airplay (though "Irresistible (Westside Connection)" peaked at eighty-one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart). A separate promo released for the song "The One" ultimately received the greatest airplay and was chosen as the album's second single instead. After the failure of "Through the Rain" in the U.S. both Carey and her record music label MonarC wanted to steer away from releasing a slow jam, and promotion for "The One" was consequently directed to the uptempo and hip hop-oriented "Boy (I Need You)". A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks (generally an a-side song and a b-side song). ... G-funk, an abbreviation of Gangsta-funk, is a type of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mack 10 (born David Rolison or DMon Rolison on August 9, 1971 in Inglewood, California) is a gangsta rapper and actor. ... WC (born William L. Calhoun, Jr. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... It has been suggested that Autobahn be merged into this article or section. ... The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, formerly known as Top Soul Singles, Top Black Singles, and Top R&B Singles (before the hip-hop term was added in the late 1990s), is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. ... The One was the second single from Mariah Careys twelfth album, Charmbracelet. ... Monarc is title of Mariah Careys own label, under Island Records Inc. ... A slow jam is a song with an R&B-influenced melody. ... Hip hop music, also referred to as rap or rap music, is a style of popular music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...

"Boy (I Need You)" was marketed as Carey's comeback single in the U.S. after the intended comeback single "Through the Rain" had failed. "Boy (I Need You)" was even less popular: it failed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and became Carey's first single not to appear on Billboard's Hot 100 Bubbling Under Singles chart. It performed marginally better elsewhere: it reached the top twenty in the United Kingdom and the top forty in Canada and Australia, but failed throughout most of continental Europe. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart comprised of 25 positions that represent songs that are making progress to chart on The Hot 100, but dont have enough points to register on the main chart yet. ... Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and peninsulae. ...

A scene from the music video.

The single's video, directed by Joseph Kahn, was largely influenced by Japanese culture. It features anime renditions of Carey and Cam'ron, cameos by Godzilla, cyber Japanese space cars, ninjas, Japanese symbols, and crowds of Japanese fans. Bianca, Carey's alter ego who previously appeared in the videos for "Heartbreaker" (1999), tries to run Carey off a Japanese highway, but Carey is able to evade her and she falls off the highway. In Cam'ron's opening dialogue Carey is publicly referred to as "Mimi" for the first time, a nickname that she would use for the title of her fourteenth album, The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Joseph Kahn (born October 12, 1972) is a notable Korean American music video director. ... Japanese culture and language Japans isolation until the arrival of the Black Ships and the Meiji era produced a culture distinctively different from any other, and echoes of this uniqueness persist today. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) Anime ) (IPA pronunciation: in Japanese, but typically or in English) is an abbreviation of the word animation. Outside Japan, the term most popularly refers to animation... Godzilla, as portrayed during his latest film from the Millennium series. ... Shinobi or Ninja (忍者, literally, One who is concealed) were agents of espionage and assassination, trained in the Japanese art of ninjutsu (roughly the art of stealth). ... Alter Ego has multiple meanings: Alter Ego is a game for the Commodore 64 computer. ... Heartbreaker is a song co-written by American singer Mariah Carey and rapper Jay-Z, and recorded for Careys sixth studio album Rainbow (1999). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Like "Through the Rain", the main remix for "Boy (I Need You)" was not accompanied by a video. The remix emphasises the sample of "I'm Going Down" and featured raps by Cam'ron, Juelz Santana, Jimmy Jones, and Freeway. The Copenhaniacs, Topnotch, the Punjabi Hit Squad, Duke & MVP from Disco Montego, Agent X / Dutti Boy, and others created remixes of the song. Through the Rain is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey for her twelfth album, Charmbracelet. ... A remix is an alternate version of a song, different from the original version. ... Juelz Santana (born LaRon Louis James on February 18, 1983) is an African American and Dominican rapper from Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA who first became known for his featured status on Camrons 2002 hits, Oh Boy, and Hey Ma. // Juelz Santana born LaRon Louis... Jim Jones (born Joseph Agurmella Jones in 1976) is half African-American, half Puerto Rican rapper. ... Leslie Pridgen (born July 8, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) better known as Freeway is an American rapper signed to Jay-Zs Roc-A-Fella imprint under Def Jam Recordings. ... TopNotch Records is an Amsterdam based record label, concentrating on Dutch Hip Hop. ... Panjabi Hit Squad are regarded by many as the originators of the modern Urban Asian Fusion sound (traditional Bhangra music fused with western beats). ...

The Remixes

A Cappella ft. Cam'Ron 3:58
Agent X 4x4 Instrumental 5:47
Agent X 4x4 Vocal Mix 6:30
Agent X Dutti Boy Instrumental 5:15
Agent X Dutti Boy Mix 5:18
Album Version Ft. Cam'Ron 5:15
Copenhaniacs Remix Ft. Cam'Ron 4:37
Instrumental 5:02
Just Blaze Remix Extended 5:13
Just Blaze Remix 3:52
Panjabi Hit Squad Mix Ft. Cam'Ron 4:16
Radio Edit - Ft. Cam'Ron 4:01
Radio Edit - Instrumental 4:01
Radio Edit/No Rap 3:16
Remix by The Duke & MVP from Disco Montego Ft. Cam'Ron 4:04
Street Remix Ft. Cam'Ron, Juelz Santana, Jimmy Jones & Freeway 5:32
Street Remix Radio Edit Ft. Cam'Ron, Juelz Santana, Jimmy Jones & Freeway 4:01
Street Remix Instrumental 5:32
Topnotch L8 Mix 4:14
Topnotch Tox Mix 4:17
Vice Remix 4:23

Charts