Boomania

Boomania
Studio album by Betty Boo
Released	10 September 1990
Recorded	September 1989 – April 1990
Genre	Pop-rap dance-pop
Length	47:47
Label	Rhythm King
Producer	King John Betty Boo The Beatmasters Yvonne Ellis Paul Myers Dean Ross William Orbit
Betty Boo chronology
Boomania (1990) GRRR! It's Betty Boo (1992)
Singles from Boomania
"Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" Released: 31 July 1989 "Doin' the Do" Released: 8 May 1990 "Where Are You Baby?" Released: 30 July 1990 "24 Hours" Released: 26 November 1990

Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo
Greatest hits album by Betty Boo
Released	6 November 1999
Length	73:00
Label	BMG
Betty Boo chronology
GRRR! It's Betty Boo (1992) Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo (1999) Boomerang (2022)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Los Angeles Times	[2]
NME	7/10 [3]
Select	[4]

Boomania is the debut album by the British singer Betty Boo, released on 10 September 1990. King John (a duo comprising Rex Brough and John Coxon) produced most of the songs on the album; Coxon continued to collaborate with Betty Boo on her second album, GRRR! It's Betty Boo in 1992.

In 1999, the album was reissued as Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo. This edition consists of all the tracks from Boomania in a slightly different order, alongside extended versions of two of its singles, a remix, and a megamix, all of which were included on a later reissue of the original album by Cherry Pop Records. Its cover art features a mirrored version of the photo from the front of Boomania.

Track listings

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Where Are You Baby?"	Betty Boo	Boo King John Peter Lorimer [a]	4:12
2.	"Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)"	Boo Amanda Glanfield Paul Carter Richard Walmsley Debbie Dean Deke Richards	The Beatmasters	3:13
3.	"Boo Is Booming"	Boo Jeff Barry Bobby Bloom	Boo Yvonne Ellis	3:24
4.	"Boo's Boogie"	Boo Rex Brough John Coxon	Boo King John	3:19
5.	"24 Hours"	Boo Dean Ross Paul Myers	Boo Ross Sweet Paulino William Orbit	3:28
6.	"Valentine's Day"	Boo	Boo King John Ellis [a]	4:44
7.	"Doin' the Do" (King John 7" mix)	Boo Ben Yardley Kenny Young	Boo King John	4:05
8.	"('Til My Last Breath) Doin' It to Def"	Boo Kevin Clark	Boo King John Don Weekes [a]	4:43
9.	"Don't Know What to Do"	Boo	Boo King John Lorimer [a]	3:48
10.	"Shame"	Boo Coxon Brough	Boo King John	5:01
11.	"Mumbo Jumbo"	Boo Andy Lovegrove Matt Coldrick	Boo Lovegrove Coldrick	3:39
12.	"Leave Me Alone"	Boo	Boo King John	4:45

CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Doin' the Do" (7" radio mix)	Boo Yardley Young	The Beatmasters	3:40
14.	"Where Are You Baby?" (King John mix)	Boo	Boo King John	4:17
Total length:				56:28

2016 deluxe edition bonus disc ^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Remixer(s)	Length
1.	"Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" (EM-Q 7" mix)	Boo Glanfield Carter Walmsley Dean Richards	DJ Streets Ahead	3:26
2.	"24 Hours" (12" version)	Boo Ross Myers	Orbit	5:31
3.	"Doin' the Do" (12" mix)	Boo Yardley Young	The Beatmasters	5:40
4.	"Where Are You Baby?" (12" mix)	Boo	Lorimer	6:37
5.	"Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" (12" mix)	Boo Glanfield Carter Walmsley Dean Richards	The Beatmasters	4:50
6.	"24 Hours" (Norman Cook mix)	Boo Ross Myers	Norman Cook	5:35
7.	"Shame" (Hoodlum mix)	Boo	Boo King John	4:24
8.	"Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" (EM-Q mix)	Boo Glanfield Carter Walmsley Dean Richards	DJ Streets Ahead	5:47
9.	"24 Hours" (Oratronic mix)	Boo Ross Myers	Vince Clarke	5:20
10.	"Boo's Boogie" (12" version)	Boo Coxon Brough	Boo King John	5:30
11.	"24 Hours" (12" instrumental)	Boo Ross Myers	Orbit	4:47
12.	"Boo Megamix" (comprises "24 Hours", "Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)", "Doin' the Do", and "Where Are You Baby?")	Boo Coxon Brough Myers Ross Richards Dean Walmsley Glanfield Carter Young Yardley	DJ Streets Ahead	7:16
Total length:				64:40

Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Where Are You Baby?" (7" version [b] )	Alison Clarkson	4:05
2.	"Doin' the Do" (7" version)	Clarkson Young Yardley	3:41
3.	"Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)"	Clarkson Carter Glanfield Walmsley Richards D. Dean	3:15
4.	"24 Hours" (Norman Cook remix [b] )	Clarkson Myers Dean Ross	5:35
5.	"Boo's Boogie"	Clarkson Brough Coxon	3:19
6.	"Leave Me Alone"	Clarkson	4:45
7.	"Shame"	Clarkson Brough Coxon	5:01
8.	"Boo Is Booming"	Clarkson Barry Bloom	3:27
9.	"Mumbo Jumbo"	Clarkson Lovegrove Coldrick	3:39
10.	"('Til My Last Breath) Doin' It to Def"	Clarkson Clark	4:45
11.	"Don't Know What to Do"	Clarkson	3:50
12.	"Valentine's Day"	Clarkson	4:44
13.	"24 Hours"	Clarkson Myers Ross	3:28
14.	"Where Are You Baby" (12" Peter Lorimer version [b] )	Clarkson	6:37
15.	"Doin' the Do" (12" version [b] )	Clarkson Young Yardley	5:38
16.	"Boo's Megamix [b] "	Clarkson Coxon Brough Myers Ross Richards Dean Walmsley Glanfield Carter Young Yardley	7:16

Notes

• ^{^a} denotes an additional producer.
• ^{^b} denotes tracks on Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo that were not included on the original edition of Boomania.
• Engineered by Mark Gilbert.
• "Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" is a reworking of "I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.
• "Boo Is Booming" samples "Montego Bay" by Bobby Bloom.
• "Doin' the Do" samples the 1968 song "Captain of Your Ship" by Reparata and the Delrons.
• Some original CD and cassette releases omit the bonus tracks. The UK cassette includes the bonus tracks, but "Doin' the Do (7" Radio Mix)" is moved to the end of side one, after "Valentine's Day".

Charts

Chart performance for Boomania

Chart (1990–91)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA Charts) [6]	68
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7]	25
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)	4

References

1. "Boomania Review by Alex Henderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
2. Hochman, Steve (24 February 1991). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 21 January 2023.
3. Staunton, Terry (8 September 1990). "Long Play". NME . Retrieved 24 February 2023.
4. Harrison, Andrew (October 1990). "Betty Boo: Boo-mania". Select . No. 4. p. 95.
5. "Boomania: Deluxe Edition". Cherry Red Records.
6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 38.
7. "Charts.nz – Betty Boo – Boomania". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

External links

• Boomania at Discogs (list of releases)
• Boomania entry at the Official Charts Company