[3] Gibb wrote "Boys Do Fall in Love" with his brother Maurice along with six other songs on the album Secret Agent.

[3][4] "Boys Do Fall in Love" was released as a single in many countries and became one of Gibb's biggest hits in the United States.

In the UK, Canada, Italy, Germany and Spain, the single was titled as "Boys (Do Fall in Love)".

[7] Mirage pushed the song's promo version, run by Gibb's old friend Jerry L. Greenberg from Atlantic Records.

[8] Cash Box said that "the classic Bee Gees sound and knack for a hook is intact though noticeably updated.