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((Short description|Song performed by Lulu at the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest))
((More citations needed|date=January 2013))
((Infobox song
| name       = Boom Bang-a-Bang
| cover      = [[Image:Lulu - Boom-Bang-a-Bang.jpg|200px]]
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]]
| album      =
| B-side     =
| released   = 1969
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = 2:22
| label      = [[EMI Music]]/[[Columbia Records]]
| writer     = Alan Moorhouse and [[Michael Julien|Peter Warne]]
| producer   =
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
| next_year  =
| misc       = ((Infobox song contest entry | embed=yes
| artist = [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]]
| song = ((flagicon|United Kingdom)) "Boom Bang-a-Bang"
| image  = 
| country = United Kingdom
| year = 1969
| as = 
| with =
| language = English
| languages =
| composer = Alan Moorhouse
| lyricist = [[Michael Julien|Peter Warne]]
| conductor = [[Johnny Harris (musician)|Johnny Harris]]
| place = 1st 
| points = 18
| lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1969uk from Diggiloo Thrush]
| place_semi =
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| clip =
| prev = Congratulations
| prev_link = Congratulations (Cliff Richard song)
| next = Knock, Knock Who's There?
| next_link = Knock, Knock Who's There?
))
((External music video|header=Audio|((YouTube|1eQZgQGNbaU|"Boom Bang-a-Bang": Live at the Eurovision Song Content (1969)))))
))

"'''Boom Bang-a-Bang'''" is a song recorded by [[Scottish people|Scottish]] singer [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]]. The song was written by Alan Moorhouse and [[Michael Julien|Peter Warne]]. It was the ((esccnty|United Kingdom|y=1969|t=British winning entry)) at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1969]], held in [[Madrid]]. It was the joint winner with three other entries: [[Salomé (singer)|Salomé]] singing "[[Vivo cantando]]" for ((esccnty|Spain|y=1969)), [[Lenny Kuhr]] singing "[[De troubadour]]" for the ((esccnty|Netherlands|y=1969)), and [[Frida Boccara]] singing "[[Un jour, un enfant]]" for ((esccnty|France|y=1969)).

Lyrically, the song is a plea from the singer to her lover to "cuddle me tight". She then goes on to explain that "my heart goes boom bang-a-bang boom bang-a-bang when you are near", complete with appropriate musical accompaniment. The single made No. 2 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] and was a major hit throughout Europe.<ref name="Belgium" /><ref name="Ireland" /><ref name="Norway" /><ref name="Billboard, June, 1969" /><ref name="Switzerland" /><ref name="OfficialUK" />

Over two decades after its first release, the song was included on a blacklist of banned songs issued by the [[BBC]] during the 1991 [[Gulf War]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5R152hTbVPQdYjn29q5jt4/16-songs-banned-by-the-bbc|title=BBC Four - More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On - 16 songs banned by the BBC|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-10))</ref>

''Boom Bang-A-Bang'' was also the name of a BBC One 1-hour programme made to celebrate fifty years of the Eurovision Song Contest in ((escyr|2006)). Broadcast during that year's Eurovision week, the special was hosted by Sir [[Terry Wogan]] and featured archive footage and highlights of past contests, along with a performance of that year's UK entry by [[Daz Sampson]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007cgh9|title=BBC One - Boom Bang a Bang: 50 Years of Eurovision|website=BBC))</ref>

The song is the theme tune for the [[BBC Three]] sitcom ''[[Him & Her]]'' (2010).

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1969)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>((cite book |last= McGrath|first= Noel|date= |title= Australian Encyclopaedia of Rock|url= |location= |publisher= Outback Press|page= |isbn= |author-link= ))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|15 
|-
|align="left"|Austria ([[Ö3 Austria Top 40]])<ref name="Austria">((cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Lulu&titel=Boom+Bang%2DA%2DBang&cat=s|title=Austria charts|work=AUTCharts))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10 
|-
|align="left"|Belgium ([[Ultratop]])<ref name="Belgium">((cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/56/Lulu-Boom-Bang-A-Bang|title=Belgium charts|work=BECharts))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4 
|-
|align="left"|Denmark ([[Hitlisten]])<ref name="Billboard, May 24, 1969">((cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA67|title=Billboard Magazine, May 24, 1969|magazine=Billboard|date=24 May 1969))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|9 
|-
|align="left"|Finland ([[Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name="Billboard, June, 1969">((cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA63|title=Billboard Magazine, June, 1969|magazine=Billboard|date=7 June 1969))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10 
|-
|align="left"|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref name="Ireland">((cite web|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&placement%5Btitle%5D=Boom+Bang+a+Bang|title=Irelandcharts|work=IECharts|access-date=2018-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409012655/http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&placement%5Btitle%5D=Boom+Bang+a+Bang|archive-date=2014-04-09|url-status=dead))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1 
|-
|align="left"|Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40]])<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/lulu/boom-bang-a-bang-1698|title=Lulu – Boom Bang-A-Bang|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|19
|-
|align="left"|Netherlands ([[Single Top 100]])<ref name="Netherlands">((cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Lulu&titel=Boom+Bang%2DA%2DBang&cat=s|title=The Netherlands charts|work=NLCharts))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|19 
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand ([[Recorded Music NZ|RIANZ]])<ref name="NZ">((cite web|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=NZ%20listener%20charts&qyear=1969&qmonth=May&qweek=30-May-1969#n_view_location|title=New Zealand charts|work=Flavour of New Zealand|access-date=2018-07-03|archive-date=2021-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206183502/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=NZ%20listener%20charts&qyear=1969&qmonth=May&qweek=30-May-1969#n_view_location|url-status=dead))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5 
|-
|align="left"|Norway ([[VG-lista]])<ref name="Norway">((cite web |url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lulu&titel=Boom+Bang%2DA%2DBang&cat=s|title=Norway charts|work=NORCharts))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1 
|-
|align="left"|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|Promusicae]])<ref name="Billboard, June, 1969"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|5 
|-
|align="left"|Switzerland ([[Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref name="Switzerland">((cite web |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Lulu/Boom-Bang-A-Bang-86|title=Switzerland charts|work=CHCharts))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3 
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="OfficialUK">((cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28001/lulu/|title=Official UK charts|work=UKCharts))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2 
|-
|align="left"|West Germany ([[Musikmarkt]])<ref name="Germany">((cite web |url=https://germancharts.de/showitem.asp?interpret=Lulu&titel=Boom+Bang%2DA%2DBang&cat=s|title=Germany charts|work=DECharts))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|8 
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of songs banned by the BBC]]

==References==
((Reflist))

((s-start))
((succession box|
 before="[[La La La (Massiel song)|La, La, La]]" by [[Massiel]]|
 title=[[Eurovision Song Contest winners]]<br/>''co-winner with "[[Un jour, un enfant]]" by [[Frida Boccara]], "[[De troubadour]]" by [[Lenny Kuhr]] and "[[Vivo cantando]]" by [[Salomé (singer)|Salomé]]|''|
 after="[[All Kinds of Everything]]" by [[Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana]]|
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((succession box |
  before="[[Congratulations (Cliff Richard song)|Congratulations]]" by [[Cliff Richard]]|
  title=[[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest]] |
  years=[[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969|1969]] |
  after="[[Knock, Knock Who's There?]]" by [[Mary Hopkin]] |
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((end))

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