{{UBE|date=March 2024}} {{DMY|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Girl/Boy EP | type = ep | artist = [[Aphex Twin]] | cover = Aphex Twin - Girl Boy EP.png | released = 19 August 1996 | recorded = | genre = [[Drill 'n' bass]] | length = 15:35 | label = [[Warp (record label)|Warp]] | producer = [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]] | chronology = [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]] | prev_title = [[Expert Knob Twiddlers]] | prev_year = 1996 | year = 1996 | next_title = [[Richard D. James Album]] | next_year = 1996 }} '''''Girl/Boy EP''''' is an [[Extended play|EP]] by the British electronic music producer and DJ [[Aphex Twin]]. It was released through the label [[Warp (record label)|Warp]] on 19 August 1996.<ref name="warp68144">{{cite web|url=https://aphextwin.warp.net/release/68144-aphex-twin-girlboy-ep|title=Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy EP|work=[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]|access-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626111143/https://aphextwin.warp.net/release/68144-aphex-twin-girlboy-ep|archive-date=26 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> It peaked at number 64 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name=officialcharts/>
==Artwork== The sleeve cover features a photograph of a memorial for James' older brother, with whom he shared his name, who died at birth.<ref name=kelly>{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2017/04/14/funny-little-man-the-facts-and-fictions-of-aphex-twins-mythology/|title=Aphex Twin: 10 strange myths and the truth behind them|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|first=Chris|last=Kelly|date=14 April 2017|access-date=25 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705161243/http://www.factmag.com/2017/04/14/funny-little-man-the-facts-and-fictions-of-aphex-twins-mythology/|archive-date=5 July 2017}}</ref> In a 1996 interview, James said, "My mum was so upset about it when he died that she kept his name on but forgot about him, thinking 'The next boy I have, that'll be him.'"<ref name=kelly/>
==Critical reception== ''[[NME]]'' named the EP's title track the 35th best of 1996,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1996-2-1045366|title=Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1996|work=[[NME]]|date=10 October 2016|access-date=25 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714120335/http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1996-2-1045366|archive-date=14 July 2017}}</ref> while ''[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]'' placed it at number 11 on their 2017 "50 Best Aphex Twin Tracks of All Time" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2017/04/14/best-aphex-twin-songs/|title=The 50 best Aphex Twin tracks of all time|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|date=14 April 2017|access-date=25 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713020822/http://www.factmag.com/2017/04/14/best-aphex-twin-songs/|archive-date=13 July 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]] | headline = 1996 original edition<ref name="1996cd"/> | title1 = Girl/Boy | note1 = NLS Mix) ({{Audio|AphexTwinGirlBoySong.ogg|sample}} | length1 = 4:52 | title2 = Milk Man | length2 = 4:08 | title3 = Inkey$ | length3 = 1:24 | title4 = Girl/Boy | note4 = £18 Snarerush Mix | length4 = 1:57 | title5 = Beetles | length5 = 1:31 | title6 = Girl/Boy | note6 = Redruth Mix | length6 = 1:40 | total_length = 15:35 }} {{Track listing | headline = 2017 re-release edition bonus tracks<ref name="warp68144"/> | title7 = milkman instrumentil | length7 = 1:35 | title8 = milkman bonus beets | length8 = 1:33 | title9 = growth inst. [blonder]+6,ru | length9 = 2:37 | total_length = 21:23 }} * "Girl/Boy (NLS Mix)" is the same version as "Girl/Boy Song" from ''[[Richard D. James Album]]''.
==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes.<ref name="1996cd">{{cite AV media notes|title=Girl/Boy EP|type=CD liner notes|others=[[Aphex Twin]]|publisher=[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]|year=1996|id=WAP78CD}}</ref>
* [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]] – production, sleeve * Johnny Clayton – sleeve
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1" !scope="col"| Chart !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Denmark|19|artist=Aphex Twin|song=Girl / Boy|rowheader=true|access-date=18 March 2020}} |- {{single chart|UK|64|date=19961020|rowheader=true|refname=officialcharts|access-date=18 March 2020}} |- {{singlechart|UKdance|13|date=1996-10-20|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 August 2022}} |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|2503}}
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