| "Johnny Got a Boom Boom" | ||||
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| Single by Imelda May | ||||
| from the album Love Tattoo | ||||
| B-side | "Why Don't You Do Right?" | |||
| Released | 26 January 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 at Embassy Studios in Basingstoke, United Kingdom | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | Ambassador (Universal Music Ireland) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Imelda May | |||
| Producer(s) | Imelda May | |||
| Imelda May singles chronology | ||||
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"Johnny Got a Boom Boom" is the debut single by Irish rockabilly musician Imelda May. Written solely by May, the song was released on 26 January 2009 on Ambassador Records, a sub-label of Universal Music Ireland, and is from her second studio album, Love Tattoo. The song gained significant popularity in Ireland and the United Kingdom upon its release and launched May into mainstream success after her performance of the song on Later... with Jools Holland on 23 September 2008.[1] The song is also featured on the 2010 comedy-action movie Wild Target.
- ^ "BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Later Live... with Jools Holland, Series 33, Episode 2". BBC. Retrieved 25 December 2010.