Boomania

Boomania
Studio album by Betty Boo
Released	September 10, 1990 [UK] October 23, 1990 [US]
Recorded	September, 1989 - April, 1990, Engineer - Mark Gilbert
Genre	Pop-rap, dance-pop
Length	47:47 56:51 [Incl. Bonus Tracks]
Label	Rhythm King, Sire
Producer	King John, Betty Boo, The Beatmasters, Yvonne Ellis, Paul Myers, Dean Ross, William Orbit
Betty Boo chronology
Boomania (1990) GRRR! It's Betty Boo (1992)

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Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo
Greatest hits album by Betty Boo
Released	1999
Recorded	1989, 1990, 1999
Genre	dance/pop
Length	73:00
Label	BMG
Betty Boo chronology
GRRR! It's Betty Boo (1992) Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo (1999)

Boomania is the debut and most successful album by 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.

A similar album, Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo, was released in 1999. It consists solely of tracks from Boomania alongside extended versions of two of its singles, plus a remix and a megamix. Its cover art is a mirrored version of the photo from Boomania with the addition of Betty Boo's signature and minor digital alterations.

Track listing

Boomania

1. "Where Are You Baby?" - 4:15
2. "Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" - 3:16
3. "Boo Is Booming" - 3:27
4. "Boo's Boogie" - 3:21
5. "24 Hours" - 3:29
6. "Valentine's Day" - 4:45
7. "Doin' the Do" (King John 7" Mix) - 4:06
8. "('Til My Last Breath) Doin' It to Def" - 4:45
9. "Don't Know What To Do" - 3:52
10. "Shame" - 5:03
11. "Mumbo Jumbo" - 3:41
12. "Leave Me Alone" - 4:47
13. "Doin' the Do" (7" Radio Mix) - 3:43*
14. "Where Are You Baby?" (King John Mix) - 4:20*

• At least one CD release, as well as the vinyl, did not have the last two "bonus" tracks. The UK cassette includes the bonus tracks, but "Doin' the Do (7" Radio Mix)" is moved to the end of side one, after "Valentine's Day".

Doin' the Do: The Best of Betty Boo

1. "Where Are You Baby? (7" Version)" (Alison Clarkson) – 4:05
2. "Doin' the Do (7" Version)" (Alison Clarkson, Larry Young, Yardley) - 3:41
3. "Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" (Alison Clarkson, P. Carter, M. Glanfield, R. Walmsley, D. Richards, D. Dean) - 3:15
4. "24 Hours (Norman Cook Remix)" (Alison Clarkson, Myers, Dean Ross) - 5:35 †
5. "Boo's Boogie" (Alison Clarkson, Rex Brough, John Coxon) - 3:19
6. "Leave Me Alone" (Alison Clarkson) - 4:45
7. "Shame" (Alison Clarkson, Rex Brough, John Coxon) - 5:01
8. "Boo Is Booming" (Alison Clarkson, Barry, Bloom) - 3:27
9. "Mumbo Jumbo" (Alison Clarkson, A. Lovegrove, Coldrick) - 3:39
10. "('Til My Last Breath) Doin' It to Def" (Alison Clarkson, K. Clark) - 4:45
11. "Don't Know What to Do" (Alison Clarkson) - 3:50
12. "Valentine's Day" (Alison Clarkson) - 4:44
13. "24 Hours" (Alison Clarkson, Myers, Dean Ross) - 3:28
14. "Where Are You Baby (12" Peter Lorimer Version)" (Alison Clarkson) - 6:37 †
15. "Doin' the Do (12" Version)" (Alison Clarkson, Young, Yardley) - 5:38 †
16. "Boo's Megamix" (Alison Clarkson, John Coxon, Rex Brough, Myers, Dean Ross, Richards, Dean, Walmsley, Glanfield, Carter, Young, Yardley) - 7:16 †

† Denotes a new track that was not originally on Boomania

Sampled tracks

• "Where Are You Baby?" - looped piano sequence is a slightly different sampled arrangement taken from "The Velvelettes' "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'".
• "Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" - based on "Martha Reeves and the Vandellas' - "I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing".
• "Boo Is Booming" - the whistle hook/riff in the background appears to be sourced from "Montego Bay" by Bobby Bloom.
• "Doin' the Do" - features a similar melody hook from the 1968 song "Captain of Your Ship" by Reparata and the Delrons.
• "Shame" - appears to use the first second of "Family Affair" by Sly and the Family Stone; looped, with a modified (sined) pitch bend (0<->4 semitones). It also shares a remarkably similar bassline arrangement to "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" by Esther Phillips.