Artist
John Lee Hooker
Lyrics
Boom, boom, boom, boom
I'm gonna shoot you right down
Knock you off of your feet
And take you home with me
Put you in my house
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I love to see you strut
When you're walking to me
When you're talking to me
That knocks me out
Boom, boom, boom, boom
You know I like it like that
With your baby-talk
Oh and the way that you walk
You know it knocks me right down
Knocks me off of my feet
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
How, how, how, how
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now, now, now, now
I'm gonna shoot you right down
Knock you off of your feet
And take you home with me
Put you in my house
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I love to see you strut
When you're walking to me
When you're talking to me
That knocks me out
Boom, boom, boom, boom
You know I like it like that
With your baby-talk
Oh and the way that you walk
You know it knocks me right down
Knocks me off of my feet
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
How, how, how, how
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now, now, now, now
RS500_rank
218
Length
2:10
BPM
91.5
Released Year
1962
Genre Era
Genre
Key
A m
Produced By
Calvin Carter
Released Info
Feb. '62 on Vee-Jay
Chart Weeks
10 weeks
Chart Top
No. 60
Musicbrainz ID
b4429584-389b-adf9-0d55-d0cd82e16e71
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Hooker
Album
The Very Best of John Lee Hooker (Rhino)
Song Status
Keith Richards said of Hooker, "Even Muddy Waters was sophisticated next to him." It was a compliment. In his gruff voice, the Hook put boogie to the blues in "Boom Boom," inspiring a generation of British blues acts, including the Animals, who covered the song to great effect.