Boomania

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Boomania
Boomania.jpg
Studio album by
Released10 September 1990
RecordedSeptember 1989 – April 1990
Genre
Length47:47
Label Rhythm King
Producer
Betty Boo chronology
Boomania
(1990)
GRRR! It's Betty Boo
(1992)
Singles from Boomania
  1. "Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)"
    Released: 31 July 1989
  2. "Doin' the Do"
    Released: 8 May 1990
  3. "Where Are You Baby?"
    Released: 30 July 1990
  4. "24 Hours"
    Released: 26 November 1990
Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo
Betty Boo - Doin' The Do, The Best Of Betty Boo.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Released6 November 1999
Length73:00
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
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NME 7/10 [3]
Select U+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svg [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.

Contents

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.TitleWriter(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)"
The Beatmasters 3:13
3."Boo Is Booming"
  • Boo
  • Yvonne Ellis
3:24
4."Boo's Boogie"
  • Boo
  • King John
3:19
5."24 Hours"
3:28
6."Valentine's Day"Boo
  • Boo
  • King John
  • Ellis [a]
4:44
7."Doin' the Do" (King John 7" mix)
  • Boo
  • King John
4:05
8."('Til My Last Breath) Doin' It to Def"
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
  • Lovegrove
  • Coldrick
3:39
12."Leave Me Alone"Boo
  • Boo
  • King John
4:45
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Doin' the Do" (7" radio mix)
  • Boo
  • Yardley
  • Young
The Beatmasters3:40
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.TitleWriter(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
Orbit5:31
3."Doin' the Do" (12" mix)
  • Boo
  • Yardley
  • Young
The Beatmasters5:40
4."Where Are You Baby?" (12" mix)BooLorimer6:37
5."Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" (12" mix)
  • Boo
  • Glanfield
  • Carter
  • Walmsley
  • Dean
  • Richards
The Beatmasters4:50
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 Ahead5:47
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
Orbit4:47
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 Ahead7:16
Total length:64:40
Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo
No.TitleWriter(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"Clarkson4:45
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"Clarkson3:50
12."Valentine's Day"Clarkson4:44
13."24 Hours"
  • Clarkson
  • Myers
  • Ross
3:28
14."Where Are You Baby" (12" Peter Lorimer version [b] )Clarkson6:37
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

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

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