I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

From The Rubinoos' Back To The Drawing Board LP - recorded summer of 1978 in England at Ramport Studios.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

This Pop Rock song just draws me in. No escaping it !!!

[@goonerbeau]

The Rubinoos were an American power pop band and 'I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend' has such a real boyish sweetness and innocence to it that almost 45 years later, I'm still scratching my head as to how this wasn't huge. Rubinoos you woz robbed!

[@Hoke-dh3wz]

Great memories of them at Keystone Berkeley. Many times with Greg Kihn.

[@hoboroadie4623]

My favorite memory of the Keystone was a packed house shouting in unison "Beer and weed! Beer and weed! Beer and weed is all you need!" 🤘Party 'til we die 🎸

[@boblewis1227]

Never heard of this band, but like the sound!! Rock On!

[@PhilipShaw-nm5im]

There is a box set which is excellent. You should be able to find it online.

[@antoinettevambe5714]

I loved this as a 16yr old and still do ✨️🌼💛🌟🏵⭐️

[@ericmyers2167]

Great example of Power Pop at its best! I always wondered why this wasn't a hugh hit.

[@hoboroadie]

No sound card on this box. Nice pictures. I love this tune.

[@marshalllancaster2314]

What a sound these guys have. Pumped to be going to a show soon!

[@lukehallinan9966]

It’s the summer of 1978 again😎

[@mikefisher2673]

Yes it is.

[@hussamalnawab]

Bring it on! 🎉

[@jamesdaughton8017]

Saw them open for Elvis Costello in San Diego in 78.

[@makeadifference4all]

The song sounds 70s in some parts and 90s in others. I could hear them using the chorus as the theme for "Friends."

[@LarzGustafsson]

Great stuff.

[@rundoetx]

The Rubinoos are the BEST power pop band period!!

[@xXDexter3000Xx]

weezer

[@vphi5289]

@@xXDexter3000Xx Weezer is shit

[@kurisupikurimu1866]

The Nerves are pretty awesome, one of the greatest bands ever

[@rundoetx]

@@kurisupikurimu1866 i'll give em a listen. Thanks tor the tip. Peace and Love

[@JimiHendrix_67]

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@hyperbeam2876]

Love this

[@Giuliaaa_Sty]

Eu amo essa música. ❤

[@joelmatlis627]

Heavenly

[@momster64]

So, I was 14 in 1978 and this is exactly the kind of music I loved at the time - how is it I never heard of The Rubinoos until lately? We’re they a regional group?

[@davidherz9968]

no, quite famous, I remember their vinyls, not regional to my knowledge

[@geocs5895]

Berkeley, CA.

[@melsmith237]

I was 13 in 78 & in the uk, I still have this original vinyl from back then.

[@sderoski1]

The riff reminds me of the Replacements song Color Me Impressed just as much as the chorus reminds me of the Avril Lavigne song Girlfriend

[@UziDoesIt8818]

The OG skater music came out in the late 70s

[@bYtealiEnSzen]

Pure rock pop sugar masterpiece

[@saguaroboy]

Give a listen to 1974 KISS and the song Comin' Home. The Rubinoos 100% lifted the middle part for much of this song....

[@drstevie]

FAB :)

[@LarzGustafsson]

They did "I Think We're Alone Now" as well.

[@jamesbrown2627]

Hey you.

[@nathalyatevrede1336]

“ i wanna be your boyfriend

[@tylerthompson1842]

I wanna be your boyfriend but get off my cloud first

[@bostongirlsandy]

Im beginning to wonder if the Ramones copied The Rubinoos with their song I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.

[@dknox90803]

It sounds like The Oneders from “That Thing You Do!”

[@dhalsinhc]

Its sound like an 80's sitcom show about a nostalgic childhood of the protagonist

[@sugarcoach]

Nice song, I like it. Although I don't hear any remarkable similarities with Avril's "Girlfriend" except the lyrics of hey hey you you I wanna be your

[@infwin5944]

Yeah confused how this lawsuit even had any hold, there are so many songs nowadays that are way more similar to past songs, or ones that literally sample old songs

[@jp6721]

AVRIL ❤️❤️❤️

[@davidgrossman6892]

Berzerkely...is that spelled right? As long as I can remember the girls were screaming. Do they still?

[@donaldfewell8908]

Beserkley was their record label.

[@rainav1885]

Sitting here so close, together So far we're just friends, but I'm wondering whether I, am I just imagining You, or do you really have a thing for me Like I think I see when I see you smile And the smile's for me, I wanna tell you... Hey, You, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Trying to say I wanna be your number one Hey, You, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Gonna make you love me before I'm done Late at night when I, when I can't sleep Picture in my mind, I see you and me I, I'm telling you what I wanna be You, you're saying you're in love with me And oh, it feels so good in a dream That I know in life it's just got to be I wanna tell you...... Gonna make you love me, yeah I'm Gonna make you love me, yeah I'm Gonna make you love me, before I'm done I, am I just imagining You, or do you really have a thing for me Like I think I see when I see you smile And the smile's for me, I wanna tell you... Hey, You, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Trying to say I wanna be your number one Hey, You, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Gonna make you love me, yeah I'm Gonna make you love me, yeah I'm Gonna make you love me before I'm done

[@user-re3xr5nw7u]

アヴリルラヴィーンはこれを素材にしたんだね

[@endaime26_52]

The songwriter of this song sued Avril Lavigne bc of her 2007 song "Girlfriend"

[@drummergurl99]

*girlfriend

[@stephangeorgakarakos]

&les rubignolles

[@Heartsforsk8terboyy]

Girl bye this sounds nothing like girlfriend 💀

[@yoshimichick4755]

dude when i heard Avril Lavigne plagiarized someone i was like WHAT lol then i googled this and was like ah this is obviously plagiarism

[@andyruiz080]

The good thing is that Avril won

[@jomamma1750]

@@andyruiz080 No bub, she settled. She clearly stole the chorus, at the very least.

[@drummergurl99]

@@jomamma1750except she didn’t hear the song… who has even heard of this band.. what’s the odds. And it doesn’t even sound alike.

[@jomamma1750]

@@drummergurl99 OK, 5 watt bulb, I'm glad you believe that....

[@cecilyang4149]

lush did it best

[@donaldfewell8908]

I have to hear this! Thanks!

[@eddiegrondin4034]

Avril Lavigne covered it

[@phill765]

Got sued too

[@suburban_toys]

@@phill765 though Avril Lavigne won!!

[@NicholasMew]

@@suburban_toys They settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. There was no court hearing, so nobody won or lost, but Avril ended up paying the Rubinoos and they dropped the claim. www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/avril-lavigne-settles-lawsuit-over-girlfriend-1.735798

[@katelynneswitzer4458]

No she didn’t lmao her song sounds nothing like this 🤦‍♀️

[@roadkillavenger1325]

Those songs are nothing alike.

[@OtakusVoid]

They really sued Avril Lavigne? This song sounds absolutely nothing like Girlfriend. The only thing remotely similar is the ‘hey hey you you’ and you can’t sue someone over 4 words.

[@uhuhuh1966]

Apparently you can because they won, also the line right after “I wanna be your ___friend” so it’s more than 4 words

[@parmaniac]

You’re high as a giraffe’s ass. It’s a complete and utter bite

[@rufusframelius2374]

​@@uhuhuh1966Wikipedia says that Lavigne won, but i don't know

[@uhuhuh1966]

@@rufusframelius2374 she didn’t win they settled out of court and had to pay the Rubinoos

[@drummergurl99]

Seriously

[@JunoRWf]

Avril Lavigne really just fucking stole that shit and ran.

[@heavenandhello6629]

She didn’t steal it, she inspired it. Similar to how Flo Rida inspired the band Dead Or Alive by making a song called Right Round. It’s inspired by one of Dead Or Alive’s songs called You Spin Me Like a Record.

[@rainav1885]

Sitting here so close, together So far we're just friends, but I'm wondering whether I, am I just imagining You, or do you really have a thing for me Like I think I see when I see you smile And the smile's for me, I wanna tell you... Hey, You, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Trying to say I wanna be your number one Hey, You, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Gonna make you love me before I'm done Late at night when I, when I can't sleep Picture in my mind, I see you and me I, I'm telling you what I wanna be You, you're saying you're in love with me And oh, it feels so good in a dream That I know in life it's just got to be I wanna tell you...... Gonna make you love me, yeah I'm Gonna make you love me, yeah I'm Gonna make you love me, before I'm done I, am I just imagining You, or do you really have a thing for me Like I think I see when I see you smile And the smile's for me, I wanna tell you... Hey, You, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Trying to say I wanna be your number one Hey, You, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Gonna make you love me, yeah I'm Gonna make you love me, yeah I'm Gonna make you love me before I'm done