"My Boyfriend's Back" was a hit song in 1963 for The Angels, an American girl group. It was written by the songwriting team of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer. The track, employing the services of drummer Gary Chester, was originally intended as a demo for the Shirelles, but ended up being released as recorded. The single spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and reached No. 2 on the R&B Billboard. The song is a word of warning to a would-be suitor who, after being rebuffed by the female narrator of the song, spread nasty rumors accusing her of romantic indiscretions. Now, the narrator declares, her boyfriend is back in town and ready to settle the score, and she warns the rejected admirer to watch his back. Other musicians on the record include Herbie Lovelle on drums, Billy Butler, Bobby Comstock, and Al Gorgoni on guitar, and Bob Bushnelloverdubbing on an electric and an upright bass. This song also features a young Ronnie Dio on the Horns. Feldman, Goldstein & Gottehrer also wrote and produced some of Dio's early work with the band Ronnie Dio & The Prophets. The song begins with a spoken recitation from the lead singer that goes: "He went away, and you hung around, and bothered me every night. And when I wouldn't go out with you, you said things that weren't very nice". The album version, which has appeared on a few compilations in stereo, features the line: "Hey. I can see him comin'/ Now you better start a runnin'", before the instrumental repeat of the bridge section, a repeat of one stanza from the refrain, and finally, the coda section, just before the song fades. The inspiration for the song came from co-writer Bob Feldman, who overheard a conversation between a high school girl and the boy she was rebuffing. Billboard named the song No. 24 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.
A parody of the song was made in the 1980s for the Chunkycandy bar and used in an animated commercial. The song figured prominently in the 1989 made for television filmMy Boyfriend's Back, which featured Jill Eikenberry, Sandy Duncan and Judith Light as former members of a fictitious girl group the Bouffants. The song was parodied by Bob Ricci on his first album Get a Life as "My Girlfriend's Back". It is briefly referred to in the Dire Straits song "Romeo and Juliet". The jingle promoting Hess Corporation's toy trucks during the Christmas season is set to the tune of "My Boyfriend's Back". The title of Aerosmith's record "Permanent Vacation" was taken from a lyric in the song. The song was played at the "Fallout 76" announcement when Bethesda producer Todd Howard was introduced to the crowd, the song was a cover of the original 1963. A parody of the song lyrics was sung by characters of The Office in Season 8 – Episode 21 "Angry Andy":
Andy: My girlfriend's back and there's gonna be trouble- Andy & Erin: Hey la, hey la... Andy:...my girlfriend's back! Erin: ...his girlfriend's back!
