Song · Shaggy
“Boombastic” by Shaggy
Released 1995
“Boombastic” by Shaggy appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1995. It was first released in 1995. Its best result is #65 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #248 alternative song of 1995.
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Shaggy's "Boombastic", also known as "Mr. Boombastic", came out on Virgin in May 1995, the second single lifted from the third album that shares its name, and it's reggae fusion at its most lounge-lizard sly. It borrows from King Floyd's "Baby Let Me Kiss You", with Floyd sharing the writing credit alongside Shaggy and Robert Livingston, and Shaggy had a hand in the production too.
Then Levi's put it in an ad, and it went off like a rocket: number one in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Sweden and the UK, a week on top of the US R&B chart, and number three on both the Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100. A January 1996 remix with Sting International swapped in a sample of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" and showed up as a bonus track on some editions of the album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 65 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
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