Boys & Girls 1+1=3

The songs on the album were written and/or performed in English, as part of the English-medium music scene Malaysia experienced in the 1990s,^[5] where local music was able to reach and grab the interest of international fans.^[3] The album featured a well established fand, OAG, but was primarily a debut album for several up and coming teen aged artists,^[6] like Nita, as well as some relatively unknown bands, like Nicestupidplayground, a teenage group from Sarawak, Borneo^[6] who until this album had not recorded professionally.^[7] The first and only single from the album was by Nicestupidplayground, called "Bedroom Window", and it is considered to have brought the band out of obscurity.^[7] Boys & Girls 1+1=3 also marked the recording debut for punk rock all-girl trio IntoXicated, goth rock duo Brodwyn (later renamed Juliet the Orange),^[8] and for Nita,^[6] who sang the song "He's a Mod", which is a cover of a song by The Senators called "She's a Mod"^[6] that was popularized in the 1960s by the band Ray Columbus & the Invaders.^[9] Also, Nita covered the song "True Love", which was originally written by The Marching Girls;^[10] both bands were from New Zealand, as was the album producer Paul Moss.

Boys & Girls 1+1=3 has been called a "landmark"^[8] album for alternative Malaysian music. The song "Bedroom Window" caught the attention of movie producer Wayne Wang, who included the song in his 1997 movie starring Jeremy Irons, Chinese Box,^[7][11][12] as well as several other songs by Nicestupidplayground.^[13] Although the music for the movie received a Golden Osella award for Best Original Music at the Venice Film Festival in 1997,^[14] the soundtrack did not include "Bedroom Window".^[15] It was also used in the movie Rogue Trader starring Ewan McGregor,^[16] and a subsequent video featuring Malaysian model Asha Gill^[17] was nominated in the Anugerah Video Muzik, and won awards.^[16][18]

Boys & Girls 1+1=3 went on to receive positive reviews, and in 1997 it was certified double platinum^[7][8][12] (making over 40,000 sales^[19][20]) in Malaysia. The album also received several distinguished awards, such as the Anugerah Industri Muziks award for Best Local English album of the year, on March 22, 1997.^{[3][5][7][21]} It debuted on the Billboard charts in Malaysia on September 9, 1998, at number 5,^[22] peaked at number 1 on the 15th,^[23] and remained in the top ten for five weeks.^[24]

Information on artists and song writers.^[10]

Information on track listing and time.^[25]