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| album = [[Greatest Hits! Part 1]] {{noitalic|and}} [[The Party Album (Vengaboys album)|The Party Album]]

| recorded =1998

"'''Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!'''" is a song by Dutch [[Eurodance]] group [[Vengaboys]], released as a single in October 1998 from the band's first compilation, ''[[Greatest Hits! Part 1]]'' (1998), and their first international studio album, ''[[The Party Album (Vengaboys album)|The Party Album]]'' (1999). It reached number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in June 1999 and peaked atop the charts of [[Flanders]], the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden while also topping the Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' [[Canadian dance chart|Dance 30]] chart. It becamewas a top-10 hit in several other countries, including FranceAustralia, Germany, IrelandFrance, and Italy.

The song received mixed 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fradgley|first=Adam|title=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.|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-64184253|work=[[Sunday Mercury]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |access-date=|date=13 August 2000}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] editor William Cooper wrote that "the campy approach can be overbearing, but the upbeat, tuneful material on this release is difficult to dislike."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-party-album%21-mw0000237492|title=Vengaboys - The Party Album!|work=AllMusic|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> Andrew Cowen from the ''[[Birmingham Post]]'' described the song as being "as daft as the title".<ref>{{cite web|last=Cowen|first=Andrew|title=Post Style: dance reviews|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-60544664|work=[[Birmingham Post]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |access-date=|date=31 March 1999}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref> While Craig Seymour of ''[[The Buffalo News]]'' named it a "boppy uptempo tune" that is "sure to please the aerobics instructor in all of us".<ref>{{cite web|last=Seymour|first=Craig|title=Here at last; stars old and new will ring in the summer in Dunn Tire park|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22359643.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610060230/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22359643.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2014|work=[[The Buffalo News]]|publisher=([[Berkshire Hathaway]] via [[Highbeam Research]])|access-date=13 August 2012|date=25 May 2001}}{{subscription required}}</ref> ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' listed the song at number 66 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s" in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|first1= Matt |last1= Stopera |first2= Brian |last2= Galindo |title= The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s |website= [[BuzzFeed]] |date= 11 March 2017 |access-date= 31 March 2020 |url= https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/jump-to-the-rhythm-jump-jump-to-the-rhythm-jump}}</ref> Can't Stop the Pop described it as "a relentless tour-de-force of [[Eurodance]]". They added that "it's like a slightly poppier take on [[2 Unlimited]], with perfectly crisp, dizzying Wurlitzer-synth melodies and a thumping beat that evokes the spirit – if not quite the reality – of mid-‘90s club nights."<ref>{{cite web|title= Vengaboys – Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! |work= Can't Stop the Pop |date= 8 June 2020 |access-date= 28 July 2020 |url= https://www.cantstopthepop.com/2020/06/08/vengaboys-boom-boom-boom-boom/}}</ref> A writer from the ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'' said that Vengaboys were ready "for their biggest hit yet", adding that it, like their previous singles, was "another full on party anthem".<ref>{{cite web|title=Chartslot|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CHARTSLOT.-a060418520|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|publisher=([[Trinity Mirror]] via [[The Free Library]])|access-date=27 November 2013}}</ref> The writer also wrote that the song "has more bounce than a bouncy castle",<ref>"Chartslot". ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]''. 23 July 1999. Retrieved 1 December 2020.</ref> and added, "Start singing it and you won't stop all day. Band of the year anyone?"<ref>"Chartslot". ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]''. 16 July 1999. Retrieved 1 December 2020.</ref>

[[Insider Inc.|Insider]] said that "this sweet and poppy hit is a total earworm and chances are you still remember it all these years later."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/best-songs-90s-2019-4#boom-boom-boom-boom-vengaboys-33|title=Best songs from the '90s|publisher=[[Insider Inc.|Insider]]|access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref> A reporter from the ''[[Milton Keynes Citizen]]'' branded it a "spine-chilling teeny-pop chart hit".<ref>{{cite web|title=Morgan desperate to avoid successive drops|url=http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/sport/mk-dons/morgan-desperate-to-avoid-successive-drops-1-856184|work=[[Milton Keynes Citizen]]|publisher=[[Johnston Press]]|access-date=13 August 2012|date=13 April 2006}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The song was featured at number fifteen on ''[[The People]]''{{'}}s list of "top songs of 1999".<ref>{{cite web|title=Top singles of 1999|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60956008.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610060339/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60956008.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2014|work=[[The People]]|publisher=([[Trinity Mirror]] via [[Highbeam Research]])|access-date=13 August 2012|date=2 January 2000}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Pop Rescue wrote that "this song is so catchy – with its thumping beats, simple melody, and easy to remember chorus. It includes plenty of big ‘woaahhohohohoh‘ dance vocals and robotic vocal samples."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://poprescue.com/2015/09/18/pop-rescue-party-album-vengaboys-cd-1999/|title=REVIEW: "THE PARTY ALBUM!" BY VENGABOYS (CD, 1999)|publisher=Pop Rescue|date=18 September 2015|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> Katjusa Cisar from the ''[[Wisconsin State Journal]]'' described it 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."<ref>{{cite web|last=Cisar|first=Katjusa|title=Guilty as charged; Differing musical tastes brought brother-sister duo together on WSUM airwaves|url=http://host.madison.com/entertainment/music/article_e73477fe-8af6-593b-9e57-5e1655ca9822.html|work=[[Wisconsin State Journal]]|publisher=[[Lee Enterprises]]|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref>

In November 1999, "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" was used in an [[television advertisement|advert]] in [[Japan]] for [[Nissan]] for their [[Nissan AD|Wingroad]] [[station wagon|5-door estate]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NISSAN Wingroad CM(1999)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsE0X_jZzwM|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=14 May 2017|date=14 February 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> In 2001, [[United Kingdom|British]] furniture retailer [[DFS (British retailer)|DFS]] used the song to front a promotion campaign and their sales increased by ten per cent.<ref>{{cite web|title=The investment column: DFS's boom can't last forever|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1678590.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125173946/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1678590.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|work=[[The Independent]]|publisher=(Independent Print Limited via [[Highbeam Research]])|access-date=13 August 2012|date=19 April 2002}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Lisa Vaas from ''[[eWeek]]'' reported that an internet [[viral phenomenon|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''.<ref>{{cite webmagazine|last=Vaas|first=Lisa|title=Dancing Skeletons are Latest Storm Botnet Trick; Halloween-themed spamming is leading users to a dancing skeleton game that installs a Trojan and gains remote access to victims' PCs.|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1378199631.html|workmagazine=[[eWeek]] via [[Highbeam Research]]|publisher=([[Ziff Davis|Ziff Davis Media]])|access-dateid=13 August 2012{{ProQuest|date198555275}}|quote=31Researchers Octoberalso 2007}}{{deadnote that the malware-serving site further tortures visitors by playing the song "Boom Boom Boom Boom! " from the Vengaboys. link|date=February31 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{subscriptionOctober required2007}}</ref> In 2012, US recording artist [[Rye Rye]] sampled the song in the chorus to her single "[[Boom Boom (Rye Rye song)|Boom Boom]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Baltimore Rapper Rye Rye Releases New Single "Boom Boom" Today|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-285023491.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315102327/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-285023491.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 March 2016|work=China Weekly News|publisher=(NewRX via [[Highbeam Research]])|access-date=13 August 2012|date=20 March 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref> It was also used during the credits of the last editions of the ''[[Jeux sans frontières]]'' in [[Jeux Sans Frontières 1999|1999]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOXK2n1bc-8&t=5m46s|title=Játék Határok Nélkül 1999 Döntő 11/11|work=EBU|publisher=jatekhataroknelkul|via=YouTube|date=29 October 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/iOXK2n1bc-8|archive-date=21 December 2021|access-date=10 September 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Beginning in 2022, the song was adapted into a chant by supporters of English football club [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]], with the lyrics ''"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom / Mateta's in the room / There ain't no striker better / Than [[Jean-Philippe Mateta]]"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/first-team/jean-philippe-mateta-talks-being-a-crystal-palace-cult-hero-after-arsenal-millwall-and-brighton-goals/|title=BOOM: Mateta shares celebration request for Palace fans|date=12 April 2022|website=Crystal Palace F.C.}}</ref>

On 28 July 2000, Vengaboys performed the song twice at the [[Stadium Merdeka]] in [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ismail|first=Isa|title=Ecstatic display of dance energy|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82560690.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308214948/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82560690.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2016|work=[[New Straits Times]]|publisher=([[New Straits Times Press]] via [[Highbeam Research]])|access-date=12 August 2012|date=31 July 2000}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

* '''Dutch CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!|others=[[Vengaboys]]|year=1998|type=Dutch CD single liner notes|publisher=Breakin' Records|id=KRAK 4036}}</ref>

* '''Dutch maxi-CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!|others=Vengaboys|year=1998|type=Dutch maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Breakin' Records|id=KRAK4035}}</ref>

* '''UK CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=[[Positiva Records]]|id=CDTIVS114, 7243 8 87208 0 9}}</ref>

* '''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Positiva Records|id=CDTIV-114, 7243 8 872082 3}}</ref>

* '''UK cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Positiva Records|id=TCTIV114, 7243 8 87208 4 7}}</ref>

* '''Australian CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Central Station|id=CSR CD5 0339}}</ref>

* '''US maxi-CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=US maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Groovilicious|id=GM089}}</ref>

* '''US 2×12-inch single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!|others=Vengaboys|year=1999|type=US 2×12-inch single vinyl discs|publisher=Groovilicious|id=GM 089}}</ref>

!scope="row"|Canada Dance/Urban (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9962&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9962.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9962|title=RPM 1999 Top 50 Dance Tracks|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publishervia=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref>

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