"Shy Guy" is a song by Jamaican recording artist and songwriter Diana King for the movie soundtrack album Bad Boys.

It topped the charts in Finland, Sweden and Zimbabwe and became a top-five hit in several other countries, including Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Norway.

Devon Jackson from Entertainment Weekly named "Shy Guy" a standout on the Bad Boys soundtrack, complimenting it as "a seamless merging of Anita Baker and dancehall reggae.

"[3] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report stated that King's artistry "will be discovered by the masses who hear this song via the airwaves and the soundtrack of the new Will Smith and Martin Lawrence film, Bad Boys.

"[4] Bianca Gracie from Idolator ranked it one of the 50 Best Pop Singles of 1995, noting that "the breezy mid-tempo dance tune features sassy lyrics that are peppered with patois inflections that urge women everywhere to realize they deserve more than what these f*ck boys are offering.

"[6] Stephen Meade from The Network Forty wrote that "reggae flava with ultra-smooth vocals lead us to a hook we can't forget.

Two music videos were made: one in black and white, directed by German film director and producer Marcus Nispel,[9] for the Tougher Than Love album; the other, directed by American film director and producer Michael Bay,[10] for the Bad Boys soundtrack with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence appearing in it.

In 2016, Belgian singer Unicq released her own bilingual French / English version under the title "Mercy (Shy Guy)".

[69] The chorus of the 2016 song "Don't Hurt Me" by DJ Mustard and Nicki Minaj contains an interpolation of "Shy Guy".