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“Boom” by P.O.D.

From the album Satellite (2001)

“Boom” by P.O.D. appears on 17 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2002 and 2005. It was first released in 2001 on the album Satellite. Its best result is #12 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #64 alternative song of 2002 and #5,343 alternative song of all time.

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"Boom" came off P.O.D.'s fourth album, Satellite, in 2001, and after the dark, brooding weight of "Youth of the Nation" it lands like a fist through drywall. Guitarist Marcos Curiel said the Christian metal band wanted to rediscover the spirit of "Alive" and remember how to have fun, and that's exactly the sound: raw rap metal with Curiel's riffs chugging and the whole band bouncing like the pit is already open, with Sonny Sandoval, Traa Daniels and Wuv Bernardo sharing the writing credit alongside him. Howard Benson produced with the band, Chris Lord-Alge mixed it hot and Randy Staub engineered.

It went out as the album's third single, though after the September 11 attacks Clear Channel had put it on its list of inappropriate songs, the only P.O.D. track to make that list. Film and TV kept reaching for it anyway, and in 2017 Spin's Annie Zaleski ranked it eighth among nu metal's all-time best tracks.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2002	51	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002	107
2002	69	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2002	91
2002	53	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002	101
2002	42	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002	92
2002	52	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002	100
2002	77	107.7 The End Seattle, WA	The End Top 107 Songs of 2002	107
2002	60	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2002	89
2002	77	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002	100
2002	70	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002	99
2002	12	WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002	106
2002	83 (tie)	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2002	224
2002	88	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002	103
2002	92	Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT	WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002	104
2002	81	103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL	Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002	103
2002	53	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002	99
2002	57	KNAC Los Angeles, CA	KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002	105

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2005	507	99X	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)	1000

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