Boom Boom Boom
| "Boom Boom Boom" | ||||
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| Single by The Outhere Brothers | ||||
| from the album 1 Polish, 2 Biscuits & a Fish Sandwich | ||||
| Released | June 1995 | |||
| Format | CD single, CD maxi single, 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Hip house, electro hop | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Aureus Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Hula, Silk E. | |||
| Producer | Hula, The Outhere Brothers | |||
| The Outhere Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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"Boom Boom Boom" is a song by hip hop duo The Outhere Brothers from their debut album 1 Polish, 2 Biscuits & a Fish Sandwich.
The song reached #1 in the United Kingdom in 1995. The original version of the song contained sexually explicit lyrics which were removed for the radio edit but were retained in remixes of the track on the single. The music video cost $2 to make and that was supposedly the rent for the basketball court it was shot in.
In parts of Wales, the track is regularly played in commercial nightclubs, where the DJ dips the audio to replace the word "Wayoh" with "Wales" and the crowd is expected to respond by singing "Wales", again whilst the audio is dipped.
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[edit] In the media
- The 18th track on the various artists album Jock Jams, Volume 2.
- Played in the 1998 movie Woo.
- Played in an episode of Smallville.
- A prerecorded medley contained this song and an unrelated song by Vengaboys, "Boom Boom Boom Boom".
- Played by Boston Red Sox after a player hits a home run.
- This song was sung in the Scott Mills show feature 'Barryoke' with some words replaced with the name Barry.
- The song was used in the trailer of the 2006 animated film Open Season.
- This song is used as the entrance theme for the Professional Wrestling Tag Team the Northstar Express.
- Betty Boop is featured in the music video.
The melody of the verses "Girl your booty is so round..." was taken from Prince's "Erotic City" released as the B-side to the 1984 single "Let's Go Crazy" and to the 12" version of the 1986 single "Girls & Boys".
[edit] Track listings
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[edit] Certifications
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| France (SNEP)[1] | Gold | 250,000* |
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*sales figures based on certification alone |
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[edit] Charts
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[edit] Chart successions
| Preceded by "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 |
Irish IRMA number-one single June 24, 1995 – July 15, 1995 (4 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Never Forget" by Take That |
| Preceded by "Unchained Melody / The White Cliffs of Dover" by Robson Green & Jerome Flynn |
UK Singles Chart number-one single July 2, 1995 – July 23, 1995 (4 weeks) |
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| Preceded by "In My Dreams" by Darkness |
Canadian RPM Dance chart number-one single July 24, 1995 - July 31, 1995 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Nicki French |
| Preceded by "Scatman's World" by Scatman John |
German number-one single September 1, 1995 – September 15, 1995 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "I Wanna Be a Hippy" by Technohead |
[edit] References
- ^ "French single certifications – Outhere Brothers – Boom Boom Boom" (in French). InfoDisc. http://www.infodisc.fr/Single_Certif.php. Select OUTHERE BROTHERS and click OK
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Boom Boom Boom", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 19, 2008)
- ^ RPM: issue date July 24, 1995
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 19, 2008)
- ^ Italian Single Chart Hit parade Italia (Retrieved June 01, 2008)
- ^ "Boomb Boom Boom", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved July 29, 2008)
- ^ a b c Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved July 29, 2008)
- ^ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)
- ^ 1995 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved July 29, 2008)
- ^ 1996 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved July 29, 2008)