Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom

Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom
Studio album by Tom Tom Club
Released	1988
Genre	New wave
Length	39:40
Label	Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records (U.S.) 25888 Fontana/PolyGram Records (UK)
Producer	Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth
Tom Tom Club chronology
Close to the Bone (1983) Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom (1988) Dark Sneak Love Action (1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C+[2]

Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom is a 1988 album by Tom Tom Club and included the band's cover of the Velvet Underground track "Femme Fatale" with David Byrne on backing vocals. The track "Suboceana" was released as a single in the UK in late 1988 and received some radio airplay. In the US, a 12-inch (5 track maxi-)single of the song was released, which featured a remix by Marshall Jefferson, and contains the track "Devil, Does Your Dog Bite". That song is a bonus (track 11) on the japanese issue of the album that has the original 10 songs (like the European 1988 issue).

Track listing

All songs written by Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, except where noted.

1. "Suboceana" (Tina Weymouth, Frantz, Laura Weymouth) – 4:53
2. "Shock the World" – 3:51
3. "Don't Say No" – 4:30
4. "Challenge of the Love Warriors" (Frantz) – 3:07
5. "Femme Fatale" (Lou Reed) – 2:48
6. "Born for Love" – 4:24
7. "Broken Promises" – 3:45
8. "She Belongs to Me" (Bob Dylan) – 4:03
9. "Little Eva" – 4:00
10. "Mighty Teardrop" (Tina Weymouth, Frantz, Laura Weymouth) – 4:13

US/Canada (1989) track listing

The album was heavily revised for issue in the US and Canada. Three tracks of the original 1988 issue were dropped ("Born for Love", "Broken Promises" and "Mighty Teardrop"), while four new tracks were added ("Call of the Wild", "Kiss Me When I Get Back", "Wa Wa Dance" and "I Confess").

1. "Call of the Wild" (T. Weymouth, Frantz, Mark Roule, Gary Pozner)
2. "Kiss Me When I Get Back" (T. Weymouth, Frantz, Mark Roule, Gary Pozner)
3. "Wa Wa Dance" (T. Weymouth, Frantz, Mark Roule, Gary Pozner)
4. "I Confess" (T. Weymouth, Frantz, Mark Roule, Gary Pozner)
5. "Challenge of the Love Warriors"
6. "Suboceana"
7. "Don't Say No"
8. "Shock the World"
9. "Little Eva"
10. "Femme Fatale"
11. "She Belongs to Me" (on CD version only)

Personnel

• Tina Weymouth - bass, keyboards, rhythm guitar, vocals
• Chris Frantz - drums, keyboards, percussion
• Mark Roule - guitar, background vocals
• Gary Pozner - keyboards, drum programming, percussion, background vocals
• Laura Weymouth - background vocals
• Wally Badarou - Synclavier on "Challenge of the Love Warriors" and Bell keyboards on "Broken Promises"
• Steve Scales - bongos, percussion on "Challenge of the Love Warriors"
• Jerry Harrison - keyboards, background vocals on "Femme Fatale"
• Lou Reed - guitar, background vocals on "Femme Fatale"
• David Byrne - guitar, background vocals on "Femme Fatale"
• Eddie Martinez - guitar on "Born for Love"
• Jay Berliner - Spanish guitar on "Broken Promises"
• Glenn Rosenstein - rhythm guitar on "Born for Love", keyboards on "She Belongs to Me"
• Heidi Berg - violin on "Little Eva"

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/boom-boom-chi-boom-boom-mw0000652268
2. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Tom+Tom+Club