Boom Bang-a-Bang

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"Boom Bang-a-Bang"
Lulu - Boom-Bang-a-Bang.jpg
Single by Lulu
Released1969
Length2:22
LabelEMI Music/Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)Alan Moorhouse and Peter Warne
Eurovision Song Contest 1969 entry
Country
United Kingdom
Artist(s)
Lulu
Language
English
Composer(s)
Alan Moorhouse
Lyricist(s)
Peter Warne
Conductor
Johnny Harris
Finals performance
Final result
1st
Final points
18
Entry chronology
◄ "Congratulations" (1968)   
"Knock, Knock Who's There?" (1970) ►

"Boom Bang-a-Bang" is a song recorded by Scottish singer Lulu. The song was written by Alan Moorhouse and Peter Warne. It was the British winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, held in Madrid. It was the joint winner with three other entries: Salomé singing "Vivo cantando" for Spain, Lenny Kuhr singing "De troubadour" for the Netherlands, and Frida Boccara singing "Un jour, un enfant" for France.

Lyrically, the song is a plea from the singer to her lover to "cuddle me tight". She then goes on to explain that "my heart goes boom bang-a-bang boom bang-a-bang when you are near", complete with appropriate musical accompaniment. The single made No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart and was a major hit throughout Europe.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Over two decades after its first release, the song was included on a blacklist of banned songs issued by the BBC during the 1991 Gulf War.[7]

"Boom Bang-A-Bang" was also the name of a BBC One 1-hour programme made to celebrate 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006. Broadcast in Eurovision week, the special was hosted by Sir Terry Wogan and featured archive footage and highlights of past contests, along with a performance of that year's UK entry by Daz Sampson. The song is the theme tune for the BBC Three sitcom Him & Her (2010).

Chart performance[]

Chart (1969) Peak
position
Australia Kent Music Report[8] 15
Ö3 Austria Top 40[9] 10
Belgium Ultratop[1] 4
Denmark Hitlisten[10] 9
Dutch Single Top 100[11] 19
Official Finnish Charts[4] 10
German Musikmarkt[12] 8
Irish Singles Chart[2] 1
New Zealand RIANZ[13] 5
Norway VG-lista[3] 1
Spain Promusicae[4] 5
Swiss Hitparade[5] 3
UK Singles Chart[6] 2

See also[]

  • List of songs banned by the BBC

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Belgium charts". BECharts.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Irelandcharts". IECharts. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Norway charts". NORCharts.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Billboard Magazine, June, 1969". Billboard. 7 June 1969.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Switzerland charts". CHCharts.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official UK charts". UKCharts.
  7. ^ "BBC Four - More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On - 16 songs banned by the BBC". BBC. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  8. ^ McGrath, Noel. Australian Encyclopaedia of Rock. Outback Press.
  9. ^ "Austria charts". AUTCharts.
  10. ^ "Billboard Magazine, May 24, 1969". Billboard. 24 May 1969.
  11. ^ "The Netherlands charts". NLCharts.
  12. ^ "Germany charts". DECharts.
  13. ^ "New Zealand charts". Flavour of New Zealand.
Preceded by
"La, La, La" by Massiel 		Eurovision Song Contest winners
co-winner with "Un jour, un enfant" by Frida Boccara, "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr and "Vivo cantando" by Salomé
1969 		Succeeded by
"All Kinds of Everything" by Dana
Preceded by
"Congratulations" by Cliff Richard 		United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
1969 		Succeeded by
"Knock, Knock Who's There?" by Mary Hopkin
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