Music

About Boom Boom Boom Boom!!

After months of tinkering with a Roland TR-909, a Roland JP-8000, and a Casio VL-Tone VL-1 in Studio 4045, Vengaboys officially released “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!” as a single in October 1998.

“Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!” was produced by producers Danski and Delmundo in Studio 4045. It was the fifth hit record taken from Vengaboys’ “The Party Album!” after “Parada de Tettas,” “To Brazil!”, “Up & Down” and “We Like to Party!”.

Official Video

All scenes for the official music video were shot on 16mm film. In the early 2000’s the video was digitized and uploaded to Youtube, where it has been viewed by nearly 200 million people.

Watch it again below or check out the official Vengaboys Youtube Channel for more Vengaboys music!

Storming the Charts

Netherlands

Soon after its official release, “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!” entered the Dutch Top 40 charts at number 8. It climbed to the third and second spot before the song ruled the charts at number 1 for 4 weeks. Vengaboys’ biggest party anthem remained on the Dutch Top 40 for nearly half a year (24 weeks).

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, Positiva Records released “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!” on 26 June 1999. Entering the Official Singles Chart Top 100 at number 1 within a week, it spent 17 weeks in the Top 100.

Germany

“Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!” took the German music charts by storm on 15 March 1999 with a peak position at number 6 and riding the Offizielle Deutsche Charts for 19 weeks.

France

Meanwhile, in La douce France, Polygram Records released “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!”. The French were soon singing along to the joyful Vengaboys sounds. Entering the French charts at the end of February in 1999 – “Boum, Boum, Boum, Boum!!” reached number 4 and was listed for 24 weeks.

USA

Across the pond in the United States, “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!” sailed into the Billboard Hot 100 at number 84 on 7 August 1999. Released on the Groovilicious label, it rocked the chart for 6 weeks.

Fun Facts

• In the summer of 2017, a car blasting out Boom Boom Boom Boom!! started one of the best street dances ever. It all took place in Cheltenham, England, in the early hours of the day. The street party was streamed live on Facebook, and went viral soon after with hundreds and thousands of tweets on Twitter. Thanks to the video, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! started trending worldwide on Apple Music. Nothing brings people together like Vengaboys!
• The chorus contains one of the most misheard song lyrics in pop music history. Where we sing “I wanna go Boom Boom” in the chorus, people often think we sing “I want a double boom”. The correct lyrics are “I wanna go Boom Boom”! For obvious reasons, we won’t discuss this matter any further.
• Several decades after the song’s release, Youtube fans from all over the world want to learn how to dance to Boom Boom Boom Boom!! If that sounds like fun to you, watch Vengaboys Dance Tutorial – Boom Boom Boom Boom on our channel!
• In November 1999, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! was used in a Japanese TV ad for the Nissan Wingroad Estate.
• British furniture retailer DFS used the song in 2001 to boost a promotional campaign. Sales increased by as much as 10 percent and business was booming.
• In October 2007, Lisa Vaas from eWeek reported that a viral internet game containing malware, hosted by The Russian Business Network, had been used to gain remote control of personal computers. Once in control, the attackers would ‘torture’ their victims by playing Boom Boom Boom Boom!!
• In 2012 US recording artist Rye Rye sampled the song in the chorus of her single Boom Boom.
• Boom Boom Boom Boom!! was written, recorded and mixed in a former Word War II bunker, which is currently being used by Spinning Records.

Boom Boom Boom Boom In Movies & TV Series

• Boom Boom Boom Boom!! played during the credits of the last editions of Les Jeux Sans Frontières in 1999.
• In 2004 the song is used in the TV series Nighty Night (Source: IMDB)
• In 2009 the song was used in the video CHIKARA: King of Trios 2009 – Night III (Source: IMDB)
• In 2010 Boom Boom Boom Boom!! Was used in the documentary Sons of Perdition (Source: IMDB)