My Kz, Ur Bf

"My Kz, Ur Bf"
Single by Everything Everything
from the album Man Alive
Released	5 October 2009
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2008
Genre	Art rock, indie pop, indie rock
Length	3:37
Label	Geffen
Writer(s)	Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Michael Spearman, Alex Niven
Producer(s)	David Kosten
Everything Everything singles chronology
"Photoshop Handsome" (2009) "My Kz, Ur Bf" (2009) "Schoolin'" (2010)

"My Kz, Ur Bf" (often stylised as "MY KZ, UR BF" or "My Keys, Your Boyfriend") is a song from British indie pop band Everything Everything. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2009 as the third single from the band's debut studio album, Man Alive (2010).^[1]

Track listing

Background and Composition

The song began as what Jonathan Higgs has described as "an old demo I made in a sort of R&B pastiche style". The band released this demo, under the title "Airstrike On Your Forehead", on their official SoundCloud page, explaining how the song had been altered and stripped down since the demo version.^[2]

"My Kz, Ur Bf" is characterised by its usage of numerous synthesizers, complex syncopated rhythms, fast-paced vocals, and rich backing vocals. In a self-released video on the band's YouTube channel, Higgs describes the song's exploration of "two different types of America", referring to the stark contrast between the "superficial sitcom world" and "killing people in foreign lands". The song imagines a superimposition of the two environments, and how insignificant one would seem in the presence of the other.^[3]

Charts

For the chart week dated 4 September 2010, "My Kz, Ur Bf" debuted as number one hundred and twenty-one on the UK Singles Chart—marking the band's second appearance on the chart; following "Schoolin'" (#152, 2010).^[4]

Weekly charts

Release history

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