{{Infobox song | name = Be a Boy | cover = Be-a-Boy-Robbie Williams.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Robbie Williams | album = Take the Crown | released = 11 March 2013 | recorded = 2011–12 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = 4:39 (album version)<br/>3:42 (radio edit) | label = {{hlist|Island|Universal}} | writer = {{hlist|Robbie Williams|Tim Metcalfe|Flynn Francis}} | producer = Jacknife Lee | prev_title = Different | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = Goin' Crazy | next_year = 2013 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|iNVlPl4MW_w|"Be a Boy"}}}} }}
"'''Be a Boy'''" is a song by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, taken from his ninth studio album, ''Take the Crown''. It was released as the album's third and final single on 11 March 2013. The song was written by Robbie Williams, Tim Metcalfe and Flynn Francis. The song charted in Belgium. It was inspired by the fact people told Robbie his career was over, which is reference in the lines "They said it was leaving me, the magic was leaving me" and "I can make this last forever"
==Music video== A music video to accompany the release of "Be a Boy" was first released onto YouTube on 29 January 2013 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-two seconds.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNVlPl4MW_w Robbie Williams - Be A Boy]. YouTube</ref>
==Track listing== {{tracklist | headline = Digital download | title1 = Be a Boy | length1 = 4:39 }}
==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- | Albania (NRG Top 50 Chart)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radionrg.net/?page_id%3D12805 |title=NRG TOP50 - Hits Only Station |accessdate=2013-05-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522013759/http://www.radionrg.net/?page_id=12805 |archivedate=2013-05-22}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|33 |- {{singlechart|Flanders Tip|14|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Be A Boy}} |- {{singlechart|Wallonia Tip|11|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Be A Boy}} |- {{singlechart|Dutch40|52|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Be A Boy}} |- {{singlechart|Slovakia|95|year=2013|week=25|artist=Robbie Williams|song=Be A Boy}} |- |UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2013/2013-03-23-Music-Week.pdf|title=Top 50 Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=23 March 2013|page=32|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref> |align="center"| 17 |- |}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Country ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label |- | United Kingdom | 11 March 2013 | Digital download | Universal |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Robbie Williams singles}} {{Authority control}}
Category:2012 songs Category:2013 singles Category:Robbie Williams songs Category:Island Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Jacknife Lee Category:Songs written by Robbie Williams