The Boy Does Nothing (3:30)

“The Boy Does Nothing” is the third single from Alesha Dixon and the first one from her second album, The Alesha Show, released on Asylum Records, an offshoot of Atlantic Records.

Song information

“The Boy Does Nothing” is the first single taken from The Alesha Show, her first album since her win in the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. It was written by Dixon and Xenomania. The song itself has a mambo-esque feel to it, and contains lyrics referring to a man who cannot dance and who does no housework.

Music video

The video for “The Boy Does Nothing” is directed by the art director from the film Moulin Rouge!, Michael Gracey. It takes place in a theatre style room, where two children are spying on the floor below. Dixon is dancing on a stage with six other girls dressed in pink. There are also couples around the room dancing along as well. Towards the end of the video, everyone starts to sing the last lines of the songs a cappella, and various male dancers try to impress Dixon with their good dancing.

Performances

Dixon performed her new single on the results show of Strictly Come Dancing on 19 October 2008, with the show’s professional dancers, including her professional partner whilst on the show in 2007, Matthew Cutler. On Saturday 8 November, Dixon performed a 5-song set at London’s G-A-Y Club. On Friday 14 November, she presented and performed for Children in Need 2008. She presented at the beginning of the show in the BT Tower, monitoring the calls and donations. On Saturday 13 December, Dixon sang at Miss World 2008, which it is said to have been watched by over 2 billion people worldwide.