MHL Sydney buoy
All American Boy, The - 1959 - Bill Parsons
All American Boy (I practiced all day and up into the night, my papa's hair was turning white, 'cuz he didn't like rock 'n roll, he said "you can stay boy, but that's gotta go") - 1959 - Bobby Bare
American Boy – 2008 – Estelle featuring Kanye West
Baby Boy – 2003 – Beyonce and Sean Paul
Bachelor Boy - 1962 - Cliff Richard
Bad Bad Boy - 1973 - Nazareth
Bad, Bad Boy – 2009 – The Perry Twins featuring Niki Haris
Bad Boy - 1960 - Marty Wilde
Bad Boy (I'm a bad boy, I'm a bad boy, they call me nasty, they call me bad, 'cause I'm a bad boy) – 1984 – Quiet Riot
Bad Boy (boys will be boys, bad boys, bad boys; bad bad bad bad boy, you make me feel so good; the way you hold me tight, you get me so excited) - 1986 - Miami Sound Machine
Bad Boys - 1983 - Wham!
Bad Boys (Theme From Cops) (bad boys, bad boys, whatchu gonna do?, watchu gonna do when they come for you?) - 1993 - Inner Circle
Bad Boys – 2009 – Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida
Be My Boy - 1961 - Paris Sisters
Beach Boy Gold - 1981 - Gidea Park
Beach Boys Medley, The - 1981 - The Beach Boys
Big Boys Don't Cry - 1999 - Lolly
Black Eyed Boys, The - 1974 - Paper Lace
Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys - 1971 - Equals
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - 1973 - Bette Midler
Boy Does Nothing, The – 2008 – Alesha Dixon
Boy From New York City (ooh-wah ooh-wah cool cool kitty, tell us about the boy from New York City; he's kind of tall, he's really fine, someday I hope to make him mine all mine; ooh-wee you ought to come and see, how he walks, and how he talks) - 1965 - Ad Libs
Boy From New York City - 1978 - Darts
Boy From New York City (ooh-wah ooh-wah cool cool kitty, tell us about the boy from New York City; he's kind of tall, he's really fine, someday I hope to make him mine all mine; ooh-wee you ought to come and see, how he walks, and how he talks) - 1981 - Manhattan Transfer
Boy From Nowhere, A - 1987 - Tom Jones
Boy/Girl - 1979 - U2
Boy I'm Gonna Marry, The (today I met the boy I'm gonna marry) - 1963 - Darlene Love
Boy Is Mine, The - 1998 - Brandy and Monica
Boy Named Sue, A - 1969 - Johnny Cash
Boy Next Door, The - 1963 - The Secrets
Boy Without A Girl, A - 1959 - Frankie Avalon
Boy You Knock Me Out - 1999 - Tatyana Ali & Will Smith
Boyfriend – 2010/2011 – Big Time Rush
Boyfriend - 2012 - Justin Bieber
Boyfriend/Girlfriend – 2008 – C-Side featuring Keyshia Cole
Boyfriend #2 – 2009 – Pleasure P
Boys - 1963 - The Beatles
Boys And Girls – 2009 – Pixie Lott
Boys Are Back In Town, The (spread the word around) - 1976 - Thin Lizzy
Boys Are Back In Town, The (spread the word around) - 1989 - Bon Jovi
Boys Cry - 1964 - Eden Kane
Boys Do Fall In Love - 1984 - Robin Gibb
Boys Keep Swingin' - 1979 - David Bowie
Boys Night Out – 1987 – Timothy B. Schmit
Boys Of Fall, The – 2010 – Kenny Chesney (country)
Boys Of Summer (out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a cadillac) - 1985 - Don Henley
Boys Of Summer – 2003 – Ataris
Boys Or Girls – 2010 – L2
Boys With Girlfriends – 2008/2009 – Meiko
Bring The Boys Home - 1971 - Freda Payne
BOY TITLE SONGS: COUNTRY - COWBOY'S
Country Boy – 2008 – Alan Jackson
Country Boy – 2011 – Aaron Lewis featuring George Jones and Charlie Daniels
Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.) - 1976 - Glen Campbell
Cowboy – 1998 – Kid Rock
Cowboy Casanova – 2009 – Carrie Underwood (country)
Cowboy Take Me Away (I said I wanna touch the earth, I wanna break it in my hands, I wanna grow something wild and unruly, I wanna sleep on the hard ground, in the comfort of your arms, on a pillow of bluebonnets, in a blanket made of stars; oh it sounds good to me I said cowboy take me away, fly this girl as high as you can, into the wild blue, set me free oh I pray, closer to heaven above and closer to you, closer to you) – 1999 – Dixie Chicks
Cowboys And Angels - 2012 - Dustin Lynch
Cowboys And Indians – 1987 – The Cross
Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond Of Each Other - 2006 - Willie Nelson
Cowboys To Girls - 1968 - The Intruders
Cowboy's Work Is Never Done, A - 1972 - Sonny and Cher
BOY TITLE SONGS: DANCIN' - DUFFLE
Dancin’ Cowboys – 1980 – Bellamy Brothers
Danny Boy - 1959 - Conway Twitty
Dirty White Boy (I'm a dirty white boy) - 1979 - Foreigner
Doing Alright With The Boys - 1975 - Gary Glitter
Down Boys (where the down boys go) - 1988 - Warrant
Drop The Boy - 1988 - Bros
Drummer Boy – 2010 – Debi Nova
Duffle Bag Boy – 2007 – Playaz Circle featuring Lil’ Wayne
BOY TITLE SONGS: FAVOURITE - FINE
Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) - 1981 - Haircut 100
Fine Fine Boy, A - 1963 - Darlene Love
BOY TITLE SONGS: GIRLFRIEND - GOOD
Girlfriend/Boyfriend - 1999 - Blackstreet and Janet Jackson
Girls And Boys - 1994 - Blur
Glamour Boy – 1973 – The Guess Who
Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy - 1977 – Queen
BOY TITLE SONGS: HERSHAM - HOT
Hersham Boys - 1979 - Sham 69
He's Sure The Boy I Love - 1963 - The Crystals
Hey Boy Hey Girl - 1999 - Chemical Brothers
Homeboy – 2011 – Eric Church
Hot Boyz - 1999 - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
BOY TITLE SONGS: I - I'VE
I Know What Boys Like (I know what boys like, I know what guys want; I know what boys like, boys like, boys like me) – 1982 – The Waitresses (pop)
I Wanna Be A Cowboy (and you can be my cowgirl) - 1985 - Boys Don't Cry
If I Were A Boy – 2008 – Beyonce
If I Were A Boy (cover version) – 2010/2011 – Reba McEntire
I'm A Boy - 1966 - The Who
I've Been A Bad Bad Boy - 1967 - Paul Jones
BOY TITLE SONGS: JAPANESE
Japanese Boy - 1981 - Aneka
BOY TITLE SONGS: KIND
Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget - 1963 - The Raindrops
BOY TITLE SONGS: LADIES - LOVERBOY
Ladies Love Country Boys (she’s riding in the middle of his pickup truck, blaring Charlie Daniels, yelling “turn it up!â€, they raised her up a lady but there’s one thing they couldn’t avoid, ladies love country boys) – 2006 – Trace Adkins
Ladyboy Is Mine, The - 2001 - Stuntmasterz
Last Of The Famous International Playboys - 1989 - Morrissey
Laughing Boy - 1963 - Mary Wells
Let A Boy Cry - 1997 - Gala
Let's Hear It For The Boy (let's give the boy a hand; he loves me, loves me, loves me, I know that he loves me anyway) - 1984 - Deniece Williams
Like A Boy – 2007 - Ciara
Little Boy (In Grown Up Clothes) – 1965/1966 – Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
Little Boy Sad - 1961 - Johnny Burnette
Lonely Blue Boy - 1960 - Conway Twitty
Lonely Boy - 1959 - Paul Anka
Lonely Boy - 1972 - Donny Osmond
Lonely Boy (oh what a lonely boy) - 1977 - Andrew Gold
Lonely Boy – 2011 – The Black Keys
Love On A Farmboy's Wages - 1983 – XTC
Loverboy - 1985 - Billy Ocean
Loverboy – 2001 – Mariah Carey featuring Cameo
Loverboy – 2011 – You Me At Six
BOY TITLE SONGS: MACARENA - MY
Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) - 1996 - Los Del Rio
Mama’s Boy – 1979/1980 - Suzi Quatro
Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys – 1978 – Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Mary Had A Little Boy - 1990 - Snap
Mercedes Boy (do you wanna ride in my Mercedes, boy?) - 1988 - Pebbles
Midnight Cowboy (Instrumental) - 1970 - Ferrante and Teicher
My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy – 1969 – Dolly Parton (country)
My Boy - 1974 - Elvis Presley
My Boy Lollipop - 1964 - Millie Small
My Boyfriend's Back (and you're gonna be in trouble, hey-la hey-la, my boyfriend's back, if you see him coming, better cut out on the double, hey-la hey-la, my boyfriend's back) - 1963 - The Angels
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - 1980 - Willie Nelson
BOY TITLE SONGS: NANCY - NASTY
Nancy Boy - 1997 – Placebo
Nasty Boy – 2010 – Jipsta
BOY TITLE SONGS: OH - ONLY
Oh, Boy! (all of my love, all of my kissin', you don't know what you've been missing, oh boy; I want the world to see that you were meant for me) - 1958 - The Crickets featuring Buddy Holly
Oh Boy - 1975 - Mud
Oh Boy - 1977 - Brotherhood Of Man
Oh Boy – 2002 – Cam’ron and Juelz Santona
Only Living Boy In New Cross, The - 1992 - Carter-The Unstoppable Sex Machine
BOY TITLE SONGS: PLAYBOY - PRETTY
Playboy - 1962 - The Marvelettes
Playboy - 1986 - Gene and Debbe
Poor Boy - 1957 - Elvis Presley
Poor Boy - 1958 - Royaltones
Potential New Boyfriend – 1983 – Dolly Parton (country)
Pretty Boy Swag – 2010 – Soulja Boy Tell’Em
BOY TITLE SONGS: RAGTIME - RHINESTONE
Ragtime Cowboy Joe - 1959 - Chipmunks
Rhinestone Cowboy (like a rhinestone cowboy, riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo, like a rhinestone cowboy, getting cards and letters from people I don't even know) - 1976 - Glen Campbell
BOY TITLE SONGS: ROUGH - RUNAWAY
Rough Boy – 1985/1986 - ZZ Top
Rude Boy – 2009/2010 – Rihanna
Rude Boys Outa Jail - 1980 – Specials
Runaway Boys - 1980 - Stray Cats
BOY TITLE SONGS: SHY - SUMMERTIME
Shy Boy (and don't it make you feel good) - 1982 - Bananarama
Skater Boy – see Sk8er Boi
Sk8er Boi – 2002 – Avril Lavigne
Smalltown Boy - 1984 - Bronski Beat
Smokin' In The Boy's Room (teacher don't you fill me up with your rules, 'cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school) - 1974 - Brownsville Station
Smokin' In The Boy's Room (teacher don't you fill me up with your rules, 'cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school) - 1985 - Motley Crue
Soldier Boy - 1962 - The Shirelles
Sometimes I Wish I Were A Boy – 1964 – Lesley Gore
Stories For Boys - 1979/1980 - U2
Stupid Boy (she laid her heart and soul right in your hands, and you stole her every dream and you crushed her plans) - 2007 - Keith Urban
(Summertime Love) Boys - 1988 - Sabrina
BOY TITLE SONGS: TARZAN - TWO
Tarzan Boy - 1985 - Baltimora
Thank God I'm A Country Boy (life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle, thank god I'm a country boy) - 1975 - John Denver
That Boy John - 1964 - The Raindrops
That’s How Country Boys Roll – 2009 – Billy Currington (country)
That's The Way Boys Are - 1964 - Lesley Gore
This Ole Boy - 2011/2012 - Craig Morgan
Tomboy - 1959 - Perry Como
Toy Boy - 1987 - Sinitta
20th Century Boy - 1973 - T-Rex
Two Little Boys - 1969 - Rolf Harris
BOY TITLE SONGS: W - WONDERBOY
W. Lee O’Daniel (And The Light Crust Doughboys) – 1987 – Johnny Cash
What Kinda Boy You Looking For (Girl) - 1983 - Hot Chocolate
When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart) - 1962 - Connie Francis
When The Boys Talk About The Girls - 1958 - Valerie Carr
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone - 1997 - Paula Cole
Where The Boys Are - 1961 - Connie Francis
Wide Boy - 1985 - Nik Kershaw
Wild Boy - 2011/2012 - MGK featuring Waka Flocka Flame
Wild Boys, The (they tried to tame us, looks like they'll try again) - 1984 - Duran Duran
Wonderboy - 1968 - The Kinks
Young Boy – 1997 – Paul McCartney
Buoys don't cry?
Oh but they do when they're left off a comprehensive list supposedly featuring every song title with boy in it.
TTBB, I am mightily impressed that you went through that list with a fine tooth comb. Must be a big Cure fan then eh?
Actually, I just realised they also left off 'The Boys Light Up' by Australian Crawl. Must be a Yank site.
good news about the buoys going directional.
Did they say why they lose the signal when the swell is big?
Dave, the current Sydney buoy is an older model (Waverider Mk1, I believe) with an internal communication problem. They're looking to swap it over with a new Mk4 buoy in the near future.
Don't forget 70's Oz shockrockers "Jimmy and the buoys" ...
Looking forward to the upgrades, esp accurate directional.
Yeah, I got that bit Ben.
But even before it was switched over, the buoys would often go down mid storm. Port Kembla and Sydney seem to be the worst.
I know what you mean Dave - but I don't think the previous outages (on the Sydney buoy) were especially frequent in years gone by. However, the software used to generate the buoy data actually runs on Windows (!) and I know that their servers would occasionally lock up. Sometimes during significant swell events - often associated with severe weather - the telemetry between the buoy and the receiving station (at Manly Vale) would be lost.
As for Port Kembla - MHL told me some time ago that the receiving station had poor quality reception of the buoy data. I think they may have relocated the receiving station - in any case the data feed of late has been excellent - much better than I have ever seen (before, I don't think I saw a single day without a drop out of some sort!).
The Sydney and Port Kembla are replicating data exactly.
Sydney was AWOL for ages, so maybe as a quick fix they've just copied the data off Port Kembla.
Ben Modra, if you're out there do you have any info on this?
Cheers, Craig
https://new.mhl.nsw.gov.au/data/realtime/wave/Stn-portkembla
I had a chat with MHL last week about the ongoing problems with the data feed from their Sydney buoy. As some of you may have noticed, Sydney buoy data has been either very sporadic or completely non-existent for several months which has been quite frustrating during some of the large swell events in recent weeks.
Turns out the current buoy will be upgraded soon - right now, it's an older Waverider buoy that was deployed temporarily while the previous one was taken in for repairs - unfortunately this older buoy also has its own problems. As such we should see a return to a more consistent data feed in the next couple of weeks once.
Also, MHL have upgraded all NSW buoys to be directional, which is fantastic news (it's been a large, expensive project over the last three or four years).