New Kids On The Block – Boys In The Band (Boy Band Anthem)

New Kids On the Block offer a crash course in boy band history in the video for their song, “Boys In The Band (Boy Band Anthem)”, released on March 1st 2019.

The clip is set in a high school classroom, where the teacher – cheekily played by ‘NSync’s Lance Bass – introduces the New Kids as guest speakers. As the song kicks in, the group starts the performance as gray-haired geriatrics, but soon their traipsing through four decades of boy band history with the help of some swift costume changes.

Both the song and video for “Boys In the Band” are packed with sly references: Bell Biv DeVoe make a brief cameo appearance, while later the New Kids string themselves up like the ‘NSync marionettes in the “Bye Bye Bye” video. “If it is enough, why does every generation have another one?” Jordan Knight sings, “And why do all directions only lead to one/Before you know it they’ll be even more to come.”

Co-written by Donnie Wahlberg, the song celebrates the quintet’s lasting power over three decades and salutes the male vocal groups, which impacted New Kids on the Block back in the day, as well as the many boy bands which have followed.

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Members
Jonathan Knight
Jordan Knight
Joey McIntyre
Donnie Wahlberg
Danny Wood

Past members
Mark Wahlberg
Jamie Kelly

Lyrics:
You can hear them going crazy
In stadiums in every nation
A never-ending celebration baby
That’s how we show our dedication
The boys in the band
The boys in the band
We do it for the fans
The boys in the band

Where the ladies let the crowd in
Cause it’s about to get loud in here
And we’re only gettin’ started baby
Everybody wanna party with the boys in the band
The boys in the band
We do it for the fans
The boys in the band

And if it isn’t love
Then why these new editions keep on showin’ up
And why the boys from Boston keep on hangin’ tough
Went from boys to men but we ain’t ever growin’ up
Can’t get enough

CHORUS:
You can hear them going crazy
In stadiums in every nation
A never-ending celebration baby
That’s how we show our dedication
The boys in the band
The boys in the band
We do it for the fans
The boys in the band

We like the boys
The boys in the band
The boys in the band
The boys in the band
[REPEAT]

RAP:
Before we go Boyz II Men — To the End Of The Road
Let’s go back to the beginning
Pay respect — New Edition
Then came BBD, BSB, B2K, 1D
98 Degrees
Come And Talk To Me — Jodeci
From B Brown to Beantown
To H-Town to O-Town
Came the sound Berry Gordy found all the way back in Motown!
Woooooo — Had to catch my breath
Peace — LFO, Menudo, JLS, BTS
Westlife, Jackson 5, N’Sync, Take That
I Want You Back!

And if it isn’t love
Why does every generation have another one
And why do all directions only lead to one
Before you know it there’ll be even more to come
You can’t get enough

CHORUS:
You can hear them going crazy
In stadiums in every nation
A never-ending celebration baby
That’s how we show our dedication
The boys in the band
All around the world
The boys in the band
All across the land
We do it for the fans
Let me hear you say
The boys in the band
We wanna be with the boys in the band

We like the boys
The boys in the band
The boys in the band
The boys in the band
[REPEAT]

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