Ooh Boy

For the 2004 En Vogue song, see Soul Flower. For other uses, see Oh Boy (disambiguation).
"Ooh Boy"
Single by Rose Royce
from the album Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom
B-side "You Can't Please Everybody"
Released 1977
Format 12" single 7" single Vinyl
Genre R&B, soul, funk
Length 4:15
Label Whitfield
Writer(s) Norman Whitfield
Producer(s) Norman Whitfield
Rose Royce singles chronology
"Do Your Dance (Part 1)"
(1977)
"Ooh Boy"
(1977)
"Wishing on a Star"
(1978)

Ooh Boy (sometimes known as "Ooh Boy (I Love You So)") is a song written by Norman Whitfield and originally recorded by Rose Royce for their second album, Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom. It was released as the third single taken from that album. It has been covered and sampled by numerous artists.[1]

Track listing

Vinyl / 7" Single [2]

Side A "Ooh Boy" (4:15)
Side B "You Can't Please Everybody" (3:47)

Charts

Charts (1977) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[3] 35
UK Singles Chart [4] 46
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 72
US Hot Black Singles [5] 3

Real McCoy Version

"Sleeping With An Angel / Ooh Boy"
Single by Real McCoy
from the album Another Night
B-side Love & Devotion (remix)
Released 1995
Format CD, Cassingle
Genre Eurodance / Downtempo
Label Arista / BMG (07822-12983-1)
Producer(s) Douglas Carr
Per Adebratt
Tommy Ekman
David Brunner
Billy Steinberg
Rick Nowels
Real McCoy singles chronology
"Come and Get Your Love"
(1995)
"Sleeping With An Angel / Ooh Boy "
(1995)
"One More Time"
(1997)

In 1995, the German eurodance group Real McCoy released a double A-sided single of "Sleeping with an Angel/Ooh Boy". It was the final single release from their studio album Another Night. The single peaked at number #19 on the U.S Dance Chart.

Track listing

CD Single [6]
  1. Sleeping With An Angel (Album Version) (4:26)
  2. Ooh Boy (Extended Single Version) (4:47)
  3. Ooh Boy (Uno Clio Extended Remix) (7:44)
  4. Ooh Boy (Armand's South Of The Border Mix) (7:02)
  5. Love & Devotion (Development Corp. Mix) (5:42)
Cass Single [7]

A "Sleeping With An Angel" (4:26)
B1 "Ooh Boy" (Album Version) (3:04)
B2 "Ooh Boy" (Uno Clio Remix) (3:56)

Peak positions

Charts (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 101
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play [8] 19

Other Covers & Samples

"Ooh Boy" has been covered and sampled, numerous times [9]

Covers

Samples

  1. "Rose Royce Ooh Boy Sampled". whosampledwho.com. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. "Rose Royce - Ooh Boy / You Can't Please Everybody (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  3. "CAN Charts > Rose Royce". RPM. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  4. "UK Charts > Rose Royce". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  5. 1 2 "US Singles Charts >Rose Royce". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  6. "CD Single Real McCoy Sleeping With An Angel - Ooh Boy". Discogs. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  7. "Cassingle Real McCoy Sleeping WIth An Angel - Ooh Boy". Discogs. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  8. "The Real McCoy Chart - Dance Club Songs". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  9. "Who Sampled Who - Real McCoy Ooh Boy Rose Royce Ooh Boy". whosampledwho.com. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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