Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!

"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!"
Single by Vengaboys
from the album The Party Album
Released 14 June 1999
Format CD single
Recorded 1998
Genre
Length 3:21
Label Breakin' Records/Violent Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Vengaboys
Vengaboys singles chronology
"We Like to Party"
(1998)		 "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!"
(1999)		 "We're Going to Ibiza"
(1999)
Music video
"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" on YouTube

"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" is a song by the Dutch Eurodance group Vengaboys. It was released in June 1999 and re-released in June 2017 as a single. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 June 1999. The song peaked within the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland and Sweden.

Background

The song was written by Danski, Benny Andersson, Wessel van Diepen and Björn Ulvaeus, with the first verse interpolating the ABBA song "Lay All Your Love on Me" written by Andersson and Ulvaeus.[1] It was released to radio in the United States in June 1999 and re-released to radio in the United States in June 2017[2] and in the United Kingdom via Positiva Records and there were two versions of the CD single.[3][4]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 20 June 1999.[5] It has sold over 620,000 copies in the UK as of July 2014.[6]

Critical reception

The song received polarized reviews, though most were generally positive. It was named the fifth "worst ever summer song" in a survey conducted by Tony Blackburn and music e-tailer www.bol.com.[7] A writer from the Daily Record said that Vengaboys were ready "for their biggest hit yet" with Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, and he added that, like their previous singles, it was "another full on party anthem".[8] The song was featured at number fifteen on The People's list of "top songs of 1999".[9] Katjusa Cisar from the Wisconsin State Journal described the song as "a sublime mix of catchy melodies, booming bass and stupidly simple lyrics, dating back to the days when Euro dance-pop was at its peak."[10] A reporter from the Milton Keynes Citizen branded it a "spine-chilling teeny-pop chart hit".[11] Andrew Cowen from the Birmingham Post described the song as being "as daft as the title".[12] While Craig Seymour of The Buffalo News a named it a "boppy uptempo tune" that is "sure to please the aerobics instructor in all of us".[13]

Usage in the media

Five months after its original release, "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" was used in an advert in Japan for Nissan for their Wingroad 5-door estate.[14] In 2001, British furniture retailer DFS used the song to front a promotion campaign and their sales increased by ten per cent.[15] Lisa Vaas from eWeek reported that an internet viral game containing malware had been used to gain remote control of computers; once in control, the attackers would "torture" their victims by playing Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom.[16] In 2012, US recording artist Rye Rye sampled the song in the chorus to her single "Boom Boom".[17]

Live performances

On 28 July 2000, Vengaboys performed the song twice at the Stadium Merdeka in Malaysia.[18]

Track listing

UK 12" single (1999)
  1. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (airplay) – 3:24
  2. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Brooklyn Bounce Boombastic RMX) – 6:57
  3. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Mark van Dale with Enrico RMX) – 6:34
  4. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (XXL version) – 5:23
  5. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Equator RMX) – 6:20
  6. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Pronti & Kalmani RMX) – 6:50
  7. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Beat Me Up Scotty RMX) – 7:38
  8. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Beat Me Up Bob ) – 8:38
UK CD single (2017)
  1. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Re-Release Brooklyn Bounce Boombastic RMX) – 6:57
  2. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Re-Release Mark van Dale with Enrico RMX) – 6:34
  3. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Re-Release XXL version) – 5:23
  4. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Re-Release Equator RMX) – 6:20
  5. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Re-Release Pronti & Kalmani RMX) – 6:50
  6. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Re-Release Beat Me Up Scotty RMX) – 7:38
  7. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Re- Release Beat Me Up Bob ) – 8:38
  8. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" (Re-Release Mix) – 6:59

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[53] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[54] Platinum 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[55] Platinum 620,000[6]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

TV broadcast history

References

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  2. ↑ White 1999, p.131.
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  5. 1 2 "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  6. 1 2 Myers, Justin (11 July 2014). "Official Charts Flashback 1999: Ricky Martin – Livin' La Vida Loca". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Fradgley, Adam (13 August 2000). "Summer hall of shame; A new survey has spotlighted the summer singles we all love to loathe. Adam Fradgley, the Mercury's man in Ibiza, catches up with an old chestnut to talk pop pap". Sunday Mercury. (Trinity Mirror via Highbeam Research). Retrieved 12 August 2012. (subscription required)
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  10. ↑ Cisar, Katjusa. "Guilty as charged; Differing musical tastes brought brother-sister duo together on WSUM airwaves". Wisconsin State Journal. Lee Enterprises. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Morgan desperate to avoid successive drops". Milton Keynes Citizen. Johnston Press. 13 April 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2012. (subscription required)
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  40. 1 2 Canadian peak Allmusic.com
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