"Where the Boys Are" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield for, and first recorded by, Connie Francis as the title track of the 1960 movie by the same name in which she was co-starring.

[1] Despite this reaction, Sedaka and Greenfield in fact completed two "Where the Boys Are" theme songs and in order to meet Pasternak's deadline, the demos of Sedaka singing both songs were delivered by an airline hostess who personally knew Francis and was working a flight to Florida.

"[3] Sedaka did perform the song in concert, however, notably for his live album "The Show Goes On" recorded at the Royal Albert Hall.

The version chosen by Joe Pasternak was recorded for the first time on July 12, 1960, in Hollywood and was only used when combined to medleys with the overture and closing credits scores written by George E.

The same session also came up with Francis' hits "Many Tears Ago" and "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart" as well as the songs "On the Outside Looking In", "Happy New Year Baby", and "Mein Herz weiß genau, was es will", which all would remain unreleased until the 1980s.

[2] Subsequently, Francis recorded "Where the Boys Are" in six other languages on November 9, 1960:[5][6] The German and French singles of the respective translations of "Where the Boys Are" would feature as B-side a translated version of "No One," the flip of the English-language single: the German rendering of "No One" was entitled "Niemand", the French was "Personne".

A revamped Disco version of Where the Boys Are was chosen as the leading track of the album and issued as a single.