The Animals Version
| "Boom Boom" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Animals | ||||
| from the album The Animals | ||||
| B-side | "Blue Feeling" | |||
| Released | November 1964 (1964-11) | |||
| Format | 7" 45 RPM | |||
| Recorded | January 1964 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:57 | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Writer(s) | John Lee Hooker | |||
| Producer | Mickie Most | |||
| The Animals singles chronology | ||||
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English rock band the Animals recorded "Boom Boom" for their 1964 UK debut album The Animals. Their rendition generally follows John Lee Hooker's version, except it conforms to a twelve-bar blues structure. They also added "shake it baby" as a response to the "come on and shake..." refrain in the middle section. (Hooker recorded "Shake It Baby" during the 1962 American Folk Blues Festival tour in Europe and for his 1965 album It Serves You Right to Suffer.)
The Animals version was released as a single only in North America and peaked at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the RPM Top 40&5 singles chart. The song was also included on their second American album The Animals on Tour as well as various compilation albums (sometimes with the twelve-bar guitar solo edited out).
Over the years, several versions of "Boom Boom" have been recorded by various Animals reunion lineups as well as by former members Eric Burdon and Alan Price.
Read more about this topic: Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker Song)
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