<P> Also included are several wordless phrases, "how - how - how - how" and "hmm - hmm - hmm - hmm". "Boom Boom" became the Hooker song that is "the most memorable, the most instantly appealing, and the one which has proved the most adaptable to the needs of other performers". </P> <P> When "Boom Boom" was released as a single in May 1962, the song became a hit . It entered the Billboard R&B chart on June 16, 1962, where it spent eight weeks and reached number 16 . The song also entered the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached number 60, making it one of only two Hooker singles to enter the pop chart . It was included on the 1962 Vee - Jay album Burnin' (SR 1043) as well as many Hooker compilations, including John Lee Hooker: The Ultimate Collection . </P> <P> Thirty years later in the UK, after being featured in a Lee Jeans commercial in 1992, the song reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart . Hooker recorded several later versions . Following the success of the Animals' version, Hooker re-recorded the song in 1968 for Stateside Records as the B - side of "Cry Before I Go" under the longer title "Boom Boom Boom". He reworked the song as "Bang Bang Bang Bang" for his Live at Soledad Prison album, as a South Side Chicago street musician in the film The Blues Brothers (but the song itself is not included in the film soundtrack), and as the title track for his 1992 album Boom Boom with Jimmie Vaughan . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "Boom Boom" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by The Animals </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> from the album The Animals </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> B - side </Th> <Td> "Blue Feeling" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> November 1964 (1964 - 11) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Format </Th> <Td> 7 - inch 45 rpm record </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recorded </Th> <Td> January 1964 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Blues rock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 2: 57 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> MGM </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> John Lee Hooker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Mickie Most </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Animals singles chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "I'm Crying" (1964) </Td> <Td> "Boom Boom" (1964) </Td> <Td> "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (1965) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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