Boom Boom Boom

"Boom Boom Boom"
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
"Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)"
(1995)		 "Boom Boom Boom"
(1995)		 "La La La Hey Hey Hey"
(1995)

"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.

Contents

In the media

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".

Track listings

12" maxi - U.S.
  1. "Boom Boom Boom" (TFX remix) — 4:32
  2. "Boom Boom Boom" (ohb underground mix (part 2)) — 5:26
  3. "Boom Boom Boom" (don't break my balls mix) — 4:13
  4. "Boom Boom Boom" (OHB underground mix (part 4)) — 4:43
  5. "Boom Boom Boom" (TFX instrumental remix) — 4:32
12" maxi - Italy
  1. "Boom Boom Boom" (don't break the balls mix) — 4:10
  2. "Boom Boom Boom" (OHB radio mix) — 3:34
  3. "Boom Boom Boom" (OHB underground mix) — 5:26
  4. "Boom Boom Boom" (OHB extended mix) — 4:55
12" maxi - France
  1. "Boom Boom Boom" (don't break my balls mix 2) — 4:13
  2. "Boom Boom Boom" (extended mix 2) — 4:45
  3. "Boom Boom Boom" (underground mix 4) — 4:43
  4. "Boom Boom Boom" (OHB underground mix 2) — 5:26
12" maxi - UK
  1. "Boom Boom Boom" (don't break my balls long mix) — 4:13
  2. "Boom Boom Boom" (TFX long mix) — 4:31
  3. "Boom Boom Boom" (itchy and scratchy dub) — 6:55
12" maxi - Germany
  1. "Boom Boom Boom" (extended mix)
  2. "Boom Boom Boom" (don't break my balls mix 2)
  3. "Boom Boom Boom" (underground mix 4)
  4. "Boom Boom Boom" (OHB underground mix 2)
  5. "Boom Boom Boom" (don't break my balls mix 1)
  6. "Boom Boom Boom" (TFX club remix)
CD single - France
  1. "Boom Boom Boom" (don't break my balls radio mix) — 3:00
  2. "Boom Boom Boom" (OHB radio mix) — 3:34
  3. "Boom Boom Boom" (UK radio edit) — 3:20
CD maxi - Australia
  1. "Boom Boom Boom" (radio version)
  2. "Boom Boom Boom" (TFX long mix)
  3. "Boom Boom Boom" (itchy and scratchy dub)
  4. "Boom Boom Boom" (OHB underground mix part 2)
  5. "Boom Boom Boom" (OHB extended mix part 4)
  6. "Boom Boom Boom" (OHB underground mix part 4)
CD maxi - Remixes
  1. "Boom Boom Boom" (lalala radio mix) — 3:59
  2. "Boom Boom Boom" (UK radio mix) — 3:34
  3. "Boom Boom Boom" (lalala remix) — 3:56
  4. "Boom Boom Boom" (extended mix 2) — 4:45
  5. "Boom Boom Boom" (don't break my balls mix 2) — 4:13

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[1] Gold 250,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 2
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 7
Belgium (Wallonia) Singles Chart[2] 31
Dutch Top 40 Singles Chart[2] 22
Finnish Singles Chart[2] 8
French Singles Chart[2] 3
German Singles Chart 1
Irish Singles Chart[3] 1
Italian Singles Chart[4] 7
New Zealand Singles Chart[2] 8
Norwegian Singles Chart[2] 6
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 2
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 4
UK Singles Chart[5] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 65
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[6] 31
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[6] 26
End of year chart (1995) Position
French Singles Chart[7] 15
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 32
End of year chart (1996) Position
Australian Singles Chart[9] 37
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)
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

References

  1. ^ "French single certifications – Outhere Brothers – Boom Boom Boom" (in French). InfoDisc. http://www.infodisc.fr/Single_Certif.php.  Select OUTHERE BROTHERS and click OK
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Boom Boom Boom", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 19, 2008)
  3. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 19, 2008)
  4. ^ Italian Single Chart Hit parade Italia (Retrieved June 01, 2008)
  5. ^ "Boomb Boom Boom", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved July 29, 2008)
  6. ^ a b c Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved July 29, 2008)
  7. ^ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)
  8. ^ 1995 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved July 29, 2008)
  9. ^ 1996 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved July 29, 2008)