'Boom Shack-A-Lak' | ||||
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Single by Apache Indian | ||||
from the album Make Way for the Indian | ||||
Released | May 1993 | |||
Genre | Dancehall | |||
Length | 3:48 | |||
Label | Mango | |||
Songwriter(s) | Steven Kapur | |||
Producer(s) | Wooligan | |||
Apache Indian singles chronology | ||||
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Apache Indian Top Songs. #1: 'Nuff Vibes EP'. #2: 'Arranged Marriage'. #3: 'Make Way for the Indian'. #4: 'Raggamuffin Girl'. #5: 'Chok There'. #6. ① Nuff Vibes EP by Apache Indian. 5 UK artist #1 hit written by Apache Indian. Movin' On by Apache Indian. We have over 600,000 songs from 20,000 song albums performed by 44,000 singers and bands. Free song lyrics from Apache Indian, for example Arranged Marriage, Boom Shack-a.
'Boom Shack-A-Lak' is a 1993 song by Apache Indian. The song was included on his EPNuff Vibes. The EP gave him his biggest hit in the UK, reaching number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1993.[1] It was also released as a single in the United States, France, and the Netherlands.
The promotional video for the track won the Best Reggae Video award at the 1994 Black Music Awards in London.[2]
Pakistani actress singer Bushra Ansari has covered the song in her album Yeh Meri Zindagi Hai, under the title 'Ghoom Ja Chala Ko Sweety'.
Nuff Vibes EP[edit]
- 'Boom Shack-A-Lak' (edit) — 3:48
- 'Caste System' (edit) — 3:40
- 'Warning' — 4:39
- 'Fun' — 4:05
US/France/Netherlands single[edit]
![Nuff Nuff](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125857907/949201741.jpg)
- 'Boom Shack-A-Lak' (edit) — 3:48
- 'Boom Shack-A-Lak' (instrumental) — 3:48
- 'Boom Shack-A-Lak' — 4:31
- 'Warning' — 4:39
Use in film and television[edit]
The song has been featured on over 70 TV commercials worldwide[citation needed] including an Axe advertisement with Jennifer Aniston.[3]
The song has also been featured in various Hollywood films: Dumb and Dumber, Dumb and Dumber To,[2]Threesome, Bio-Dome, and more recently Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. The song is also featured in the Bollywood film Anjaam.
The song also featured during the introduction for British comedian Greg Davies's 2013 live stand-up show The Back of My Mum's Head.
In Brazil, the music was part of the 'international' soundtracks of TV Globo's telenovela, Olho no olho - 'Eye to Eye' in 1993.
References[edit]
- ^'Apache Indian', Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 October 2014
- ^ abTaylor, Timothy D. (1997) Global Pop: World Music, World Markets, Routledge, ISBN978-0415918725, p. 170
- ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt1nUeRIb5I.Missing or empty
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