This song was released as the lead single for the band’s debut studio album, Crazy for You.
The opening drum fill is almost identical to that of Bruce Springsteen’s “Badlands”. This was, according to frontwoman Bethany Cosentino, “an accidental homage to Springsteen”. Both songs are album openers,...
[Chorus]
I wish he was my boyfriend
I wish he was my boyfriend
I'd love him 'til the very end
But instead he is just a friend
I wish he was my boyfriend
[Verse 1]
There's nothing worse
Than sitting all alone at home
And waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting
Waiting by the phone
I hope that he's at home waiting by his phone
I wonder if he knows that I want him
[Chorus]
I wish he was my boyfriend
I wish he was my boyfriend
I'd love him 'til the very end
But instead he is just a friend
I wish he was my boyfriend
[Verse 2]
The other girl is not like me
She's prettier and skinnier
She has a college degree
I dropped out when I was seventeen
If I could only get her out of the picture
Then he would know how much I want him
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
One day I'll make him mine
And we'll be together all the time
We'll sit and watch the sunrise
And gaze into each other's eyes
I know that he knows
Know that he knows
I know that he wants to be my boyfriend
Boyfriend
Boyfriend
[Chorus]
I'd love him 'til the very end
But instead he is just a friend
I wish he was my boyfriend
I wish he was my boyfriend
I'd love him 'til the very end
But instead he is just a friend
I wish he was my boyfriend
Boyfriend was written by Bethany Cosentino.
Boyfriend was produced by Lewis Pesacov.
Best Coast released Boyfriend on Tue Jun 29 2010.
Bethany Cosentino, songwriter and lead vocalist, said in 2020:
“When I was 22 years old I wrote a song about a guy I was quite literally, obsessed with, called “Boyfriend.” This obsession took up a lot of my time and mental energy. In the decade since writing this song, I have had a lot of time to r...