Live Performances and Covers
Spears performed "Boys" on multiple occasions. She performed the song on February 10, 2002 at the 2002 NBA All-Star Game. She also performed it on the twenty-seventh season of Saturday Night Live on February 2, 2002. She performed the song as a mash-up with "I'm a Slave 4 U" on her ABC special, In the Zone, to promote her fourth album In the Zone. In the United Kingdom, Spears performed the song on CD:UK. The singer has performed the song on all of her tours since its inception, which include Dream Within a Dream Tour, The Onyx Hotel Tour, The Circus Starring Britney Spears and the Femme Fatale Tour. When Spears performed the song on the Dream Within a Dream Tour, and this was the only occasion where she performed the original track as in the following tour performances she performed "The Co-Ed Remix." In the tour's extension in 2002, she replaced the original version with the remix on the tour. On the Dream Within a Dream Tour, Spears performed it wearing a tank-top and suspenders. While performing it on The Onyx Hotel Tour, it featured male dancers pushing her while she was standing in luggage carts. During her performance of the song on The Circus Starring Britney Spears Spears performed wearing a military costume, while surrounded by her dancers, some of them riding bicycles. On 2011's Femme Fatale Tour, Spears wears a golden cape for a snake charming number of the song. The song has been covered by Glee in its second Britney Spears tribute, "Britney 2.0". The song has been mashed up with Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend".
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