The Boys is the third studio album by the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released on October 19, 2011 by both SM Entertainment and KMP Holdings in South Korea. The album features the lead single "The Boys".

In August 2011, SM Entertainment confirmed that the group will be back in September with their third full-length album, but the release date was eventually delayed to October due to Sooyoung’s unexpected car accident injury.

On September 30, 2011, SM Entertainment announced that the album would be indefinitely postponed due to ongoing discussions about an album release in the United States, with details to be released as soon as they were confirmed. The group's comeback performances commence on October 21, 2011, starting with Music Bank on October 21, 2011. A US maxi-single was announced as being released worldwide on November 19, 2011 under their American label, Interscope Records, but the release has been postponed to an unknown date.

It was confirmed on November 27 that a re-release of the album will be out on December 8. The concept for the B Version will be Mr. Taxi promoted as the title track, with the addition of The Boys English Version.

On September 26, 2011 the first teaser photo featuring Taeyeon was released online for the impending comeback for "The Boys", followed by Sunny and Hyoyeon on September 27, Jessica, Sooyoung and Tiffany on September 28, and Yoona, Yuri, and Seohyun on September 29. The girls all represented a fairytale theme. On October 1, 2011, SM Entertainment released "The Boys" Image Teaser #1, followed by "The Boys" Image Teaser #2 on October 7, 2011. Both teasers showed Yoona picking up a black crystal, and proceeds to show the rest of the members in an outside, mistly atmosphere. Later on October 13, 2011, SM Entertainment released 16 sec. teaser clips for both the Korean and English version of the "The Boys". The teaser depicts the girls rapping and chanting along to the song. On the same day, SM released 30 sec. teaser clips of "The Boys", which showed a longer version of the previous teaser videos.

Track List

1.	"The Boys"	Yoo Youngjin	Teddy Riley, Taesung Kim, DOM, Richard Garcia	3:48
2.	"Telepathy" (텔레파시)	Kim Boomin	Hitchhiker	3:45
3.	"Say Yes"	Kim Younghoo	Kim Younghoo	3:46
4.	"Trick"	Jo Yoonkyung	Martin Hansen	3:15
5.	"How Great Is Your Love" (봄날)	Sooyoung	Jean Na	3:54
6.	"My J"	Hwang Sungje	Hwang Sungje	3:53
7.	"Oscar"	Kim Jungbae	Kenzie	3:23
8.	"Top Secret"	Hong Jiyu	Peter Wennerberg, Mathias Venge, Gabriella Jangfeldt, Sharon Vaughn	2:59
9.	"Lazy Girl"	Kim Taeyoon	Lucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen	3:05
10.	"Sunflower" (제자리걸음)	Kim Boomin	Hitchhiker	3:50
11.	"Vitamin" (비타민)	Hwang Hyun	Hwang Hyun	3:10
12.	"Mr. Taxi" (Korean Ver.)	STY	STY, Scott Mann, Chad Royce, Paolo Prudencio, Allison Veltz	3:32

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